PS5 is 5 years old

[rusty_shackleford]

Say something nice about it.

[Bertram_Tung]

No.

[rusty_shackleford]

half of ps5's exclusive games are just some games made by one guy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category: ... only_games

[rusty_shackleford]

Here's your PS5 exclusives, sir.

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/pro ... 7805905855

[logincrash]

compared to

SAD! PATHETIC!

[rusty_shackleford]

compared to

SAD! PATHETIC!

It used to be about 10 until some guy making a PS5 game a week padded it out.

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[Bertram_Tung]

So glad I paid 1,500 dollars to that ****** scalper. I have the Cazzarion Collection all to myself

[logincrash]

I used to live at my sister's house for a time and I would tutor kids as a side job. My brother-in-law had a PS5 and one of the kids I was tutoring was greatly impressed when he saw the cardboard box the PS5 came in. So, at least somebody had a positive experience out of it.

[Element]

A shame that consoles lost that certain uniqueness they possessed back in the late 90s - late 00s. Some game genres felt like they belonged on a specific console.

[Bertram_Tung]

A shame that consoles lost that certain uniqueness they possessed back in the late 90s - late 00s. Some game genres felt like they belonged on a specific console.

why did you put genres in italics, it's creeping me out

[NotAI]

I never bought a PS5. Also never bought an Xbox for this generation either lol

[Valter]

You can't just say this **** man

[orinEsque]

That reminds me, I need to upgrade my PC. So i can play minesweeper in high resolution.

[Brother Michael]

I have fun with my friends on it

[Valter]

It looks cool at least

[KOS-MOS]

Astrobot seems fun

[Finarfin]

It looks cool at least

make it look cooler, by doing this.

[methoxetamine]

Thanks for beta testing Stellar Blade for me, Sonyggers

[Oyster Sauce]

People I know who've played it say the adaptive triggers are very cool

[asf]

ur getting old

[Statesman]

[tries to think of single positive thing that another console doesn't do better]

[Tangerine]

[tries to think of single positive thing that another console doesn't do better]

It makes Sony waste lots of money on astroturfed IPs like Horizon: Zero Dawn. That's a good thing.

[Statesman]

[tries to think of single positive thing that another console doesn't do better]

It makes Sony waste lots of money on astroturfed IPs like Horizon: Zero Dawn. That's a good thing.

Maybe if I wanted the company to crash and burn, but I'd rather they went back to the PS1/PS2 era and/or left their "Californian" overlords behind.

[Vergil]

Various video game stuff not deserving its own thread

[psychic_dream]

Were console generation launches always as dry and disappointing as they feel today with the eighth and ninth gens? The PS2 launched with 29 games, but only 15 were exclusives, and most did not seem all that exciting.

You could argue for Armored Core 2 if you were into mecha. Evergrace and Eternal Ring were niche since few people knew FromSoftware back then. Ridge Racer was fun if you liked arcade racers, same with Tekken Tag and other fighters.

Beyond that, the lineup was not anything special. I doubt kids were begging their parents for a PS2 just to play Swing Away Golf. Some frat boys probably picked it up to try the latest sports stuff. Maybe console launches were always like this, the better games came later, so buying at launch rarely made much sense.

[Element]

PS2 had to wait just over a year until Ico, Silent Hill 2, Devil May Cry, Metal Gear Solid 2 etc. started dropping.

[Valter]

Were console generation launches always as dry and disappointing as they feel today with the eighth and ninth gens? The PS2 launched with 29 games, but only 15 were exclusives, and most did not seem all that exciting.

You could argue for Armored Core 2 if you were into mecha. Evergrace and Eternal Ring were niche since few people knew FromSoftware back then. Ridge Racer was fun if you liked arcade racers, same with Tekken Tag and other fighters.

Beyond that, the lineup was not anything special. I doubt kids were begging their parents for a PS2 just to play Swing Away Golf. Some frat boys probably picked it up to try the latest sports stuff. Maybe console launches were always like this, the better games came later, so buying at launch rarely made much sense.

You just covered why it had a good launch. Sports, racing and fighting games? That's a large part of the casual market right there, even when considering gaming wasn't as popular back then. It's just missing... what, GTA and licensed games? Anything else that sold en mass back then?
As a kid I had a lot of fun with all 3 of those genres. I guess Hardcore Gamers had to settle for some fromslop, but it does not look like a poor launch overall.
And wasn't Unreal Tournament good too? Just from what I heard, never played it.

[Oyster Sauce]

[logincrash]

Various video game stuff not deserving its own thread

You're not getting a birthday thread on your 30th for this comment. Just a quick mention in the Mandatory HQ wellness check thread.

[Vergil]

You're not getting a birthday thread on your 30th for this comment.

If I'm still posting here at 30 I'll be blowing my brains out anyway