The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S reported surprising sales slumps in the last few months. What will this mean for the rest of this console generation?
I think they gave people time to get over the hype and they saw that what they had was good enough. Especially once inflation hit and they had less extra money.
Exactly. It’s not like they were gaining much, most games could do 1080p/60fps on the old generation anyway. 4K wasn’t enough of a selling point and consoles are mainly used on TVs so there’s no point in higher framerate support either. Games looked good enough for couch gaming on the old generation, so as you said, there was no point upgrading.
Maybe no one has the money for a new console every other year?
Current gen released in 2020
Plus it was hard to get a ps5 for a few years
It was the same for the Series X/S. Scalpers probably killed the enthusiasm in these consoles for a lot of people.
I think they gave people time to get over the hype and they saw that what they had was good enough. Especially once inflation hit and they had less extra money.
Exactly. It’s not like they were gaining much, most games could do 1080p/60fps on the old generation anyway. 4K wasn’t enough of a selling point and consoles are mainly used on TVs so there’s no point in higher framerate support either. Games looked good enough for couch gaming on the old generation, so as you said, there was no point upgrading.
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?
Exaggeration obviously. Just noting it might be hard to keep up with cutting edge tech given the economy in recent years.
I think it has more to do with the 117 million units the ps4 has sold, making the console more accessible