PS5: 10 Ways Sony Are Letting EVERYONE Down
6. PS5 STILL Doesn't Truly Feel Next-Gen
We're almost three years into the PS5's life cycle now - close to 50% of its potential life, going by the last two gaming generations - and yet, how many truly next-gen experiences can you actually name?
Obviously games look better on the PS5 and the SSD is a welcome treat, but the overall technical leap from the end of the PS4 to the PS5 to date feels narrower than ever before.
This goes part and parcel with the safe, formulaic nature of Sony's first-party output, where games that feel like they're pushing the medium forward and actually making full use of the console's hardware are few-and-far-between.
This may be in part because of the console's unusually lengthy cross-platform support, with the vast majority of AAA PS5 games also being released on PS4.
While it's certainly likely that future releases like Grand Theft Auto VI and the heavily rumoured The Last of Us Part III will push the technical bar, at present the genuine wow factor is seriously lacking.
Of course it'd be remiss not to mention the brutal impact of the pandemic on games development over the last three-and-a-half years, but even so, the PS5 era has so few true "This is next gen!" moments to speak of.