PS5: 10 Ways To Blow PS4 Out The Water

The release of the PS5 is on the horizon, and attention is already turning to how it can be even better than the PS4. Sony were clearly victorious over Microsoft this gen, but a helluva lot of that is down to their exclusives. Behind the actual gameplay, it was a close run thing.

Of course, gaming is the most important thing in a game console. However, Sony will want to make sure their hardware is up to scratch too, if they want to kick on this generation. To do that, they need to patch up weaknesses, improve already popular features, and take a few leaves out of Xbox’s book too.

The PS5 has huge momentum going into this generation, and needs to keep that going. It’s on top right now, but even despite the red ring of death, most would give the previous generation to the 360 over the PS3. Nintendo is finally back in the game too, for the first time really since the SNES.

The N64 and GameCube were decent, but off the pace, while the Wii was a family console and the WiiU flopped hard. The Switch though is genuine competition, so the PS5 needs to be on top form.

The lack of backwards compatibility has been Sony’s Achilles heel this generation, but they have told us this won’t be the case for the PS5. For some, seeing is believing, and we don’t yet have the complete details, but Sony have been making all the right noises though. It suggests they’re aware of how important this is to some players.

Obviously, there’s a wealth of games available on the PS4, and you’re never really going to be short of options. But when Xbox can integrate backwards compatibility, it feels a little strange to see Sony, the clear victor in most categories this gen, be in such a distant second place.

PS Now got a mention earlier, and there are a handful of PS3 games you can access through that. People don’t want to pay for a small collection of games they might already own though. They want fully integrated backwards compatibility, right back to the PS1 if possible, with their own discs.

As well as PS Now, PlayStation recently added EA Access too, and the difference between Xbox & PlayStation was glaring. While the likes of Mass Effect 1-3 and the Dead Space trilogy are on Xbox, on PlayStation they’re nowhere to be found.