Sony's Shawn Layden bets on PS5 and not console upgrades

[Fatboi1]

German news site golem.de has an interview online with Shawn Layden where he states that there will definitely be a new generation and not an evolutionary model like with smartphones.

There is even more at the (google translated) link here:

https://translate.google.com/transla...06-128536.html
Generations are still a thing.

That "no more generations" talk is just underdog speak. Goes in line with what Mark Cerny said.

 

[Randoug]

ryzen-vega hybrid monster?

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

So Sony needs to answer the XBOX 1 X with an entirely new generation.
Noted

 

[Dominic Brehetto]

@____

 

[Mowgli]

Next gen doesn't start till death stranding

 

[Liquid]

Stupid

 

[Kingshango]

The Playstation Swap is coming.

 

[itsyoung!!]

so what was the PS4 Pro then ?

 

[be back in a bit]

They might wanna go backwards compatible on this one. Sony's been on top for too long now and gamers are waiting for a reason to shyt on them lol. There was backlash due to the lack of a freaking 4K bluray player on the Pro, so imagine if Xbox Two does backwards compatilibity and PS5 doesn't.

 

[Mowgli]

They might wanna go backwards compatible on this one. Sony's been on top for too long now and gamers are waiting for a reason to shyt on them lol. There was backlash due to the lack of a freaking 4K bluray player on the Pro, so imagine if Xbox Two does backwards compatilibity and PS5 doesn't.

Will be forgotten if they bare witness to visuals they can barely comprehend

 

[PS5 Pro]

There is even more at the (google translated) link here:

https://translate.google.com/transla...06-128536.html
Generations are still a thing.

That "no more generations" talk is just underdog speak. Goes in line with what Mark Cerny said.

A thread for this tho

Sony has already said on numerous occasions there will be a PS5
And anyone with a brain can tell you there won't be a PS4pro-X-turbo

Slow news day eh? Well, I dropped my 2. I'll let you gentleman speculate...

 

[Dominic Brehetto]

so what was the PS4 Pro then ?

A failure.

 

[Dominic Brehetto]

They might wanna go backwards compatible on this one. Sony's been on top for too long now and gamers are waiting for a reason to shyt on them lol. There was backlash due to the lack of a freaking 4K bluray player on the Pro, so imagine if Xbox Two does backwards compatilibity and PS5 doesn't.

Yup. PS5 needs to be compatible with ps4 and all the digital ps1/ps2 games need to work on it as well.

 

[PS5 Pro]

Yup. PS5 needs to be compatible with ps4 and all the digital ps1/ps2 games need to work on it as well.

Sony paid 380million dollars for Gaikai so that they could make that money back by selling YOU PS1/2/3 games via PS-NOW

They have NO history of giving a shyt about its customer base, from ignoring the Disc Read Error issues that plagued the PS2, the yellow light error problem with the PS3, or even when PSN went down, they said there lack of security isn't their fault.

So if you think they will do any of what you suggest? My questioon to you is what you gonna do if they don't? Support them like you always do (You meaning sony fans as a collective) if that is the case, you gotta look at company trends. Sony is not an innovator in that space. They like to copy what the competition is doing. So if backwards compatibility beomces a big enough issue you'll get it in some form.

The problem is in a console war, emotions makes gamers say a lot of things. The popular trend is for a sony gamer to say backwards compatibility isn't an issue. Sony is listening and hoping you're saying such things. They looking for any excuse NOT to do it. 380million dollars is at stake. I wouldn't be surprised if sony has people flooding message boards with that exact message

 

[Dwolf]

Yup. PS5 needs to be compatible with ps4 and all the digital ps1/ps2 games need to work on it as well.

Why?