By the way, 2026 is the year the PS4 is effectively phased out officially.
We are about to stop getting PS4 games on PS Plus (if there is a PS4 version of a PS5 game there than it'll still be granted).
PS4 is also reportedly going to start taking away features available from new games submission during this year too, giving devs less reasons to make PS4 versions of their games.
And if the PS4 is still in production somewhere, which is likely as they never confirmed it being discontinued worldwide, it's likely to stop too as it's clear the movement is to leave the PS4 behind to become a legacy console.
It will also be the year Genshin Impact, one of the gaming biggest things ever, born on the PS4, will finally stop working on it.
As someone that only during the PS4 gen, with the Slim release back in late 2016, was able to finally have a current gen console (I did get a PS3 in late 2013 before the PS4 was out, but it was the year it was replaced, pretty much 3 months after I got the PS3 it was already last gen), so it marks the end of what was my first proper "next gen" console.
It is the system which I have the most games for, currently with 95 physical games and I don't have a clue how many digital games (nearly all indies), probably around 50.
I love the PS4, love many of its games, love the Dualshock 4, and I will continue to use it when I can, even if just a bit here and there.
I'm making sure to play Ghost of Tsushima Legends (already played the DLC) on it after I cheated it by played Death Stranding on the PS5 instead (I had to try BC sometime lol).
I also love the PS5 but I'll get sentimental about it when it is its turn lol.








