Didn’t they say that about the PS4 just before the 5 was announced? They want you to buy their current console. Nintendo denied Switch 2 rumors right up to the announcement. Same reason.
'The PS5 is only in the middle of [it's lifespan],' says Sony CFO
Submitted 3 weeks ago by tonytins@pawb.social to games@lemmy.world
https://www.polygon.com/ps5-lifespan-2025-earnings-call/
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cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
It’s more about the console’s lifecycle, rather than it remaining the ‘current generation’. They’re implying that they will continue to ‘support’ the PS5 for another 5 years, whatever they determine that to mean (likely just keeping the online store open, maybe also multiplayer servers, and whatever PlayStation Plus features ).
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
That makes more sense — and I bet they will, too. If they aren’t still supporting the PS4, they did for a while. PS2, also. PS3, I’m not so sure about, but that sounds like something Sony has done. A game will come out on Xbox, PlayStation, and the previous PlayStation.
PS5 and XSX are both still great for 1080p gaming, despite one claiming 8K (since removed) and the other (still) claiming 4K. I’ve heard the next generation will support 4K native, and this leap in performance will come with a leap in price. I’ve heard the Xbox will basically be a branded PC and run Steam titles (I think this is mostly hopium); if so, I wonder what PlayStation will do to compete. Besides continue to support the previous generation longer. Either way, they’re too expensive now; I can only imagine what the next ones will cost.
tonytins@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
To be fair, Nintendo’s systems are usually underpowered compared to the competition. Not that it matters in the grand scheme of things, but still.
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Also to be fair, we’ve kind of plateaued in gaming performance and demand. Cyberpunk set the benchmark 5 years ago and nothing’s really topped it yet. And now the Switch 2 can run it, and so can Macs built like iPhones with the GPU, RAM, and CPU all on the same chip. My MacBook Air can run it. I run around and there’s no traffic and almost no pedestrians, but it works! (I previously owned the game on Steam. I did not buy it for my Mac.)
ThunderComplex@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Yeah hi, please also consider buying a PS5 Pro in addition to your standard edition console.
Sincerely, not the Sony CFO
Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Good as developpers should optimize instead of just counting on more powerful hardware.
Flamekebab@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Sounds like another console generation I’m skipping in that case. The middle of its lifespan means it’s on the way to life support in the near future. Never really went anywhere, which is a bit of a shame.
favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Still haven’t found a game I want to play
jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Seems likely given the overlap between generations.
PS1 - 1995 to 2006
PS2 - 2000 to 2013
PS3 - 2006 to 2017
PS4 - 2013 to 2025
PS5 - 2020 to 20???
So 11 years, 13, 11, 12…
PS5 is 5 years in. Don’t expect it to shut down until at least 2031, maybe even 2033.
Peffse@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m really curious if it’ll stick around even longer given how slow tech advancement has become.
Goodeye8@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Or be surprised if it stuck around for the next 5 years. PS5 is already on the chopping block due to poor raytracing performance. The only thing keeping it around is most likely because Nvidia (and now also AMD) is too busy with AI to push graphics hardware.
jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The long generation got extended because of the 2008 financial crisis, if anything I’d have expected a covid extension on the PS4.
Harkronis@kbin.melroy.org 2 weeks ago
And it's undergone like one remodel already, 5 years in. So, it's going to get another remodel about 2 or so years down the road, signifying again how close to its end it would be. Then we'd get an announcement about another 2 years from Sony themselves about the PS6 and whatever else.
Then the PS5 will eventually cease.
theoneandonlyeggboi@lemmings.world 2 weeks ago
This is actually a really bad comparison.
You should be comparing it to when the next console is released.
jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They are still making PS4 games. Just because a new gen launches doesn’t mean the previous gen is cut off.
www.playstation.com/en-us/ps4/ps4-games/
jacksilver@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Based on this we’d expect the PS6 by 2027, meaning there is only one year left for the Ps5 as “current Gen”.
Sure the “lifespan” of the console will be longer, but most people think of it in terms of the console being the current generation of consoles.
jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Blows my mind that Sony was supporting the PS1, 2 and 3 in 2006.