| Soundwave said: Where's FF7 Rebirth and Star Wars Outlaws and Assassin's Creed Shadows on the PS4 Pro? *crickets* Switch 2 is competently running games a generation ahead of the PS4 (with ray tracing in Star Wars Outlaws case), Indiana Jones arriving soon also ... either the PS5 gen is a fraud generation/hardware or the Switch 2 is a generation ahead of the PS4. Can't have it both ways when ever it suits whatever the narrative is supposed to be this week. |
If a fraud gen means games can be ported down, that is every generation going forward. Same will be a he case for Switch 3 and most of Nintendo's current Switch 2 line up.
We've already seen games made for current gen only, ported back to PS4. RE8/RE4 had PS4 versions announced later which looked great. Jedi Survivor was decent outside of cutscenes where the HDD couldn't stream data in time.
PS5 gen represents a more incremental leap over PS4 but that's 75% the reality of diminishing returns. When PS4 games can look as good as TLOU2 and RDR2 (both of which are better looking then many PS5 games at a glance and any Switch 2 game), you know most game experiences can be scaled down. And equally you know most devs can't really compete with those games in terms of resources/budget. Overall PS5 experience quality is definitely a step ahead of PS4 but it's not a generational leap of old.
The push for 60fps also means there's more of headroom for decent 30fps experiences on weaker hardware.
Looking at the ports though you can clearly see that S2 has architectural/hardware advantages that represent a generational leap over PS4 Pro in spite pro having more pixel pushing power. Whether it be the SSD, DLSS or ray traycing capacity.
As opposed to trying to paint a black and white picture in terms of generations, the reality is a bit more gray.
Last edited by Otter - on 09 March 2026
