@firedrakes: really how are they going to enforce that?

@R4gn4r0k: Yeah but that's only because devs will keep on pushing for visuals.

PS3 gen: HD > 60 fps

PS4 gen: Full HD > 60 fps

PS5 gen: native 4K > 60 fps | 1440p with ray tracing > 60 fps

PS6 gen: Path tracing > 30 fps.

Believe me the PS6 when it releases in 2027 should have no trouble running the PS6 titles in 4K/120, but knowing the industry they will push to have path traced unreal engine 6 games on a console that costs less than 1/3 of a flagship PC GPU alone.

the $2000 RTX 6090 will eat up Unreal Engine 6, 4K, 120 and path tracing no problem but but the PS6 will only be able to do that at 30 fps.

I'd much rather have pre baked lighting and 120 fps rather than per-pixel based perfectly traced lighting and shadows with only 30 fps...

I concur. Previews being overly positive has been a common thing for so long now. For all we know they show the best part of a game and the rest of the game is just dull as dishwater, we have no way of knowing.

I still remember Far Cry 6 previews being overly positive, and then I tried that game and it was unplayable, only became playable through a ton of modding and tweaking making it closer to previous Far Cry entries.

At the same time, the few instances where previews have been negative (Skull & Bones, SuSquad) is something publishers will look at and probably take the wrong lessons from so it doesn't happen anymore (being more restrictive what gets shown, who gets access, and what gets talked about).

A sad trend indeed.

I look forward to the discrepancy between the earlier preview and the review. It should be entertaining.😏

@SolidGame_basic: its a dumb article...because it mentions xbox has had no big AAA exclusive games. Well, COD belongs to MS, so does diablo and all that jazz. You forget halo infinite, starfield, forza horizon, motorsport and so on. These are gigantic games, and cost more to make than all of the trash on sonys consoles. Not to mention the elephant in the room, the 800lb gorilla which is gamepass.

The problem has absolutely nothing to do with games, in fact its the exact opposite. There are so many games, xbox is flooded. The problem is the audience, and its just like Phil says...the people are not really on the xbox platform, they are more interested in the playstation platform and the switch platform. The people are elsewhere, because those consoles drove more interest and engagement, and have locked them down to a large extent. We could have the best game ever created on xbox and it wouldn't drive as much interest because frankly the people just aren't there. And no, games don't sell consoles these days. Console hardware and marketing sells consoles.