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Game developers are still feeling the pull of last-generation consoles (www.gamedeveloper.com)

submitted 3 months ago by chloyster to c/gaming

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[–] faede@mander.xyz 20 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Maybe no one has the money for a new console every other year?

[–] GammaGames 27 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Current gen released in 2020

Plus it was hard to get a ps5 for a few years

[–] VulKendov@reddthat.com 20 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It was the same for the Series X/S. Scalpers probably killed the enthusiasm in these consoles for a lot of people.

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[–] Sneptaur@pawb.social 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The PS4 and Xbox One came out a decade ago. The PS5 and Xbox Series X came out 4 years ago. What are you talking about?

[–] faede@mander.xyz 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Exaggeration obviously. Just noting it might be hard to keep up with cutting edge tech given the economy in recent years.

[–] Sneptaur@pawb.social 6 points 3 months ago

I think it has more to do with the 117 million units the ps4 has sold, making the console more accessible