The PS4 Isn't Going Anywhere...

Today Sony's Herman Hulst had several interviews published talking about all things PlayStation Studios with the PS4 and the cross gen period being a topic. It looks like the PS4 is sticking around longer than people expected.

#PS4 #Sony #PlayStation

[nightowl]

Quite a generation. Doesn't even feel like it's actually started. We're just playing prettier versions of last gen games.

[breadboi]

Basically, they don’t actually care about the millions of players being left behind, they care about the millions of dollars being left on the table

[gamertoon]

I think what also plays a big part in the PS4 sticking around is the Nintendo Switch. Because almost every 3rd party developer wants a piece of that Switch pie, developers will keep porting their games to PS4 because if it can run on Switch, it’ll definitely run on PS4.

[PhilUP]

With all these remasters/remakes the PS5 is just the PS4 Pro.

[fahimchowdhury]

I think one of the biggest difference this generation is that developing games between the PS4 and PS5 is generally the same so it's easier to develop for both

[jjwjjw]

I bought a PS4 Pro late in the generation, and I already had a huge backlog of games for it by the time the PS5 was released, so my PS4 still had (has) a lot of life left in it. Still, since the PS5 is backward compatible, I would have bought one the first year, but the scalper situation put me off. Then the Steam Deck came along, and that promised a whole new world of titles that aren't available on the PS (or my Switch), so I went with that. Now a PS5 would add such a small incremental slice to my gaming pie that I don't feel the need for one right now. If Sony had worked to head off scalpers the way Valve did, then they would have gotten (more of) my money. Maybe they didn't figure out until it was too late that scalpers who are keeping systems off the market to jack up the price don't buy games from the PS store. Or maybe it doesn't make a big enough dent in sales for them to care. Either way, I'm happy with my Steam Deck (and my Switch and PS4). At this point I'll just wait and see if a PS5 Pro comes along.

[wesleyy]

"We believe in generations"
- some company that says things based on what's more convenient at the moment

[billcook]

As somebody who loves older (and cheaper) gaming, I’m loving the PS4 support.

[SilverSpireZ]

That “we believe in generations” statement from Jim Ryan keeps getting funnier and funnier every day

[syferz]

The reason the PS4 is sticking around is because developers gain nothing really from locking it out. The development pipeline is the same and unless you are pushing the CPU far beyond what is currently capable on the PS4 with say lots of NPCs or computer controlled characters, then there really isn't too much of a problem here, physics and cloth physics, hair physics... you can just literally turn that feature off with a setting. I also am not sure how much the PS4 is actually holding back development, outside of the CPU and RAM boost, it has a powerful enough GPU to render dynamic resolutions in just about any PS5 game from 720p up to 1080p. Now with the upcoming more powerful Switch launching in probably 7 months with TotK, Switch will not see every game natively supported, I could see cloud games on Switch and local versions on "Drake" but yeah, Switch is very limited hardware, 3 CPU cores at 1GHz, 4GB RAM, 235GFLOPs which is already limiting some 3rd party games to 480p (Crash) and 25GB/s memory bandwidth. PS4 doesn't really have those limitations, developers are pretty comfortable with 7 CPU cores, 8GB RAM at 176GB/s and 1843GFLOPs...

[RayManiac]

We are in weird years where the next gens don't feel like a true step forward

[foxx]

Cross gen games shared between PS3 nad PS4 was totally different pair of shoes. We had completly different architectrure between both generetions, massive difference in ram 256MB vs 8GB.
Currently there is a gap between PS4 and PS5, but it's not as massive as between PS3 vs PS4, and what's very important both systems are based on AMD chips, so x86 architecture, and because of that porting games is way more straight foward. So in concluion PS4 still have enought power to recive, at least some games, at lower resolutions like 900p/800p or 720p and 30fps.

[Environ]

Love the PS4. Just upgraded to a Pro, this is my new gen console

[trancendental]

PS4 is just phenomenal. I love it. The loading times are not great but they are not forcing me to upgrade yet.

[Daddi_Sj]

i up grade my ps4 hard drive and it. Moving much more faster now, i don't think i'll be buying a ps5 anytime soon

[supertenor]

I'm, honestly, pi$$Ed that I spent $600 on a PS5... to play Ratchet & Clank... and I wasted $70, each, on Deathloop and Godfall... which are now free and both suck IMO.

[metalxheart]

It's insane, what the PS4 still is capable of. At least if the developers know what they're doing. God of War Ragnarök looks absolutely stunning on the PS4. We're talking about 9 years old hardware.

[MaxRager]

I'm still on my PS4 because I want to pay the retail price of $499 for the PS5 and screw those damn bundles. I'll keep waiting, so I'm greatful for all these current gen games being released for PS4.

[miniroll]

Sony’s problem is that there really isn’t anything wrong with the PS4. Yes the PS5 is technically improved, but most people (not hardcore) have reached the point of diminishing returns.

[maxramos]

I find it funny how people are mad that ps4 is still getting support, when the last game for ps1 was released on 2006, near the launch of the ps3