Will PS5 beat PS2 numbers, if PS6 is delayed?

[the2real4mafol]

The PS2 was ridiculously cheap towards the end. I remember it being £99 with 4 games in 2007 at Toys R Us. For many it was a DVD player that also played games. It had mass appeal, it had games for every genre, 1st and 3rd party, so many games that defined a generation. It was small enough to take away with you on holiday! In some ways, it was the perfect console. Plug in and play. Only thing expensive was the memory cards.

PS5 doesn't have any of that, it costs nearly £500 (more expensive than at launch!) £699 for a Pro version even though few games exist that take advantage of the base PS5! Streaming has taken over from physical media and most people can cast their phone to their TV! Sony with PS4 went for mass appeal and didn't beat the PS2 sales, Sony with the PS5 is in some ways what they wanted the PS3 to be, a status symbol, a luxury to show off. It's an elite, exclusive product, only those in to gaming would buy one! It's an enormous console too, that won't be moved once you find space for it! Sadly 1st party and 3rd party is completely lacklustre if you want anything new to play, so many re-releases! Nothing really wows us on the PS5. If it was natively backwards compatible with the PS2 (and PS3), that's what I would be playing on it. As it doesn't, it collects dust. Every time I turn it on, it wants an update that does nothing new. Maybe I'm negative here, but even compared to PS4, it seems like little appeals to me on PS5.

And I can't help but compare to Nintendo who have seemed to copy everything I don't like about the PS5 with the Switch 2. The lack of colours this time says it all. Phones would also take a considerable number of people away who bought PS2 (or Wii or DS) at a whim.

Also I miss the old Sony, the one that made a variety of games, that wasn't afraid to create weird and unique games and was willing to try things. PS1 to PS3, PS4 at first (and PSP and Vita) was great for that.