This feels like a problem that primarily (exclusively?) affects gaming journalists. Gamers are happy with the console and the available games. The new games that have been teased are under development. I don’t know about everyone else, but I’m happy to wait for new games to be fully baked rather than rush them to market to meet some arbitrary deadline. Does anyone not have a backlog to keep them entertained a while?
As an owner of every PlayStation console since the PS1, I am unhappy with the selection of PS5 games this late in the lifespan of the console. So unhappy that for the first time ever, I consider it unlikely that I will want to buy the next generation console. I’ve played more new releases on my Steam Deck since its release than I have on the PS5 since its release. And that’s coming from someone with a full-time job and a family. I count myself lucky if I can play an hour a day, and the PS5’s game release schedule was too sparse for me.
The longer development cycle of AAA games does mean we’re getting fewer of them than we used to, so the author is right that that is different this time around.
If you like what they’re putting out, I can see that, but when there’s less variety coming out, some of the types of games they used to make aren’t getting made, so there are going to be people with itches that aren’t getting scratched like they used to.
Fair, and I like variety, too. But if there are no new games I like, I play an old game I have yet to play. We have an embarrassment of riches when it comes to quality games and replayability. New games are great when the games are great, and I’m anticipating the releases of several upcoming games. But the industry has trained me to be patient and punished enthusiasm for, and so shall I be.
This feels like a problem that primarily (exclusively?) affects gaming journalists. Gamers are happy with the console and the available games. The new games that have been teased are under development. I don’t know about everyone else, but I’m happy to wait for new games to be fully baked rather than rush them to market to meet some arbitrary deadline. Does anyone not have a backlog to keep them entertained a while?
As an owner of every PlayStation console since the PS1, I am unhappy with the selection of PS5 games this late in the lifespan of the console. So unhappy that for the first time ever, I consider it unlikely that I will want to buy the next generation console. I’ve played more new releases on my Steam Deck since its release than I have on the PS5 since its release. And that’s coming from someone with a full-time job and a family. I count myself lucky if I can play an hour a day, and the PS5’s game release schedule was too sparse for me.
The longer development cycle of AAA games does mean we’re getting fewer of them than we used to, so the author is right that that is different this time around.
I don’t doubt it, I just don’t think it’s a bad thing.
If you like what they’re putting out, I can see that, but when there’s less variety coming out, some of the types of games they used to make aren’t getting made, so there are going to be people with itches that aren’t getting scratched like they used to.
Fair, and I like variety, too. But if there are no new games I like, I play an old game I have yet to play. We have an embarrassment of riches when it comes to quality games and replayability. New games are great when the games are great, and I’m anticipating the releases of several upcoming games. But the industry has trained me to be patient and punished enthusiasm for, and so shall I be.