Complain-about-the-digital-age thread

[zborgerd]

They filed some kind of backwards compatible thinger right? I vaguely remember reading that but I could be wrong...

PS4 runs x86-64 and FreeBSD. I see no reason that they would change it if it works for them if they merely update to something that's Ryzen-derived and change the aesthetic parts.

[Lord of Pirates]

I think it's getting replaced, for sure. But it will be backwards compatible with PS4. The console will get a face-lift and the "PC" will get an upgrade.

PS4 runs x86-64 and FreeBSD. I see no reason that they would change it if it works for them if they merely update to something that's Ryzen-derived and change the aesthetic parts.

That's my guess as well. I don't see them gaining anything by moving away from x86. Staying makes it simpler for developers and gives Sony a free feature to advertise.

[PhantomSentry]

I don't like upgraded versions of consoles or handhelds, but I also didn't like a console generation being only five years long.

[Lord of Pirates]

I don't like upgraded versions of consoles or handhelds, but I also didn't like a console generation being only five years long.

As long as they target the original specs as the baseline what's the problem?

[PhantomSentry]

I'm cool with slim versions of consoles or larger/smaller versions of handhelds but nothing with games requiring the newer version of the same system.

[zborgerd]

As long as they target the original specs as the baseline what's the problem?

I love the idea of "Pro" upgrades. Every game should have a baseline and a 60 FPS or high resolution option, similar to GoW. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VB3aIdXu_U&ut=

I also think that 5 years is perfectly fine for new hardware. What I don't think is necessary at this point is complete architectural changes. Just try to maintain backwards compatibility across 2 generations.

[PhantomSentry]

I'm cool with console generations lasting 8-10 years. As a kid, five years felt like a really long time but now the impression is "A new system already? It feels like I just bought the last one!"

[zborgerd]

PS Plus is down to only two games now. One is a last-gen remaster, the other is an indie game that I'll never play. What a great value!

Spoiler: 

You can't play most games online anymore without PS Plus, which is why I had it, and was able to justify it with the free games. Sony is just getting greedy now. F2P games are free though and seem to be the most popular.

[Best1989]

PS3/Vita not being included anymore also makes it less appealing.

They upped the cloud storage space though! Now you can back up million of saves!

[banditwolf]

PS Plus is down to only two games now. One is a last-gen remaster, the other is an indie game that I'll never play. What a great value!

Spoiler: 

You can't play most games online anymore without PS Plus, which is why I had it, and was able to justify it with the free games. Sony is just getting greedy now. F2P games are free though and seem to be the most popular.

Ofcourse. I almost never paid attention to it anyway since they were only *cough* "free" *cough*. And untill recently my net was too slow to bother with all those downloads.