decade old Playstation 4, released back in 2013, has continued to get big, new exclusives from Sony, even if those old-gen ports feel outdated or shoddy. But now, it looks like Sony is ready to move on and leave the aging PS4 behind. Well, almost ready…
It’s somewhat hard to believe, but the PlayStation 5 was released two years ago on November 12th, 2020. Still, some of Sony’s past big exclusives—Horizon: Forbidden West And God of War: Ragnarok– Released on PS5 as well as on the older PS4. And while it was cool that more people got a chance to play these big games, it also felt strange to see Sony still supporting this strange era of cross-gen games in 2023. It was the same company whose boss, Jim Ryan, infamous in 2020 Sony has always believed in “generations,” meaning you can only be in one era at a time, in response to Microsoft promising long-term support for cross-gen games. Fast forward to early 2023, and at the same time In 2022 Microsoft actually failed to ship… anything For any given generation of Xbox, Sony has published some huge titles. But most launched on both the PS4 and PS5, going against Sony’s belief in separate, separate generations.
However, this is finally changing based on a new trailer from playstation, In the new video published yesterday, we see a montage of 23 games coming in 2023. And only eight of them are coming to both PS4 and PS5. and all exclusive Sony games, including spider man 2 And this Horizon VR spin-offs are skipping the PS4 entirely.
Here are all the game and DLC expansions featured in the video:
- final fantasy 16 – PS5 only
- horizon 2 dlc – PS5 only
- spider man 2 – PS5 only
- assassin’s creed mirage – PS5/PS4
- resident devil 4 (Remake) – PS5/PS4
- forspoken – PS5 only
- suicide squad – PS5 only
- dead Space – PS5 only
- stellar blade – PS5 only
- street fighter 6 – PS4/PS5
- star wars jedi survivor – PS5 only
- alone in the Dark – PS5 only
- firewall ultra – PS5/PSVR 2 only
- Pacific Drive – PS5 only
- the lords of the fallen (2023) – PS5 Only
- Horizon VR: Call of the Mountain – PS5/PSVR only
- Destiny 2: Lightfall – PS5/PS4
- endless nights – PS5/PS4
- tachiya – PS5/PS4
- season a letter to the future – PS5/PS4
- synduality – PS5 only
- hogwarts legacy – PS5/PS4
- wild heart – PS5 only
If you’ve been paying attention over the past year, you may have noticed that there are a number of third-party publishers and developers start making changes to the current-gen, Leaving behind the Xbox One and PS4 in the process. So on the one hand, it’s not surprising that Sony is too.
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But then, just a few weeks ago Sony released one of the biggest games of 2022 – the new God of war– Its for both the shiny new PS5 and the old PS4. And of course, the PS4 port of the game was great. In fact, it may be one of the most technically impressive games ever released on the older console. A perfect swan song for Sony’s machine, But after playing it for a few hours, it seemed like the PS4 (and its fans) struggled to keep up. So while I don’t see Sony so publicly hinting that it’s finally ditching the PS4, I’m still happy with the news.
I have to imagine that many devs are also ready to move between PS4, PS4 Pro, Xbox One, One X, One S, and Series X/S without balancing so many different console specs, and just a few Focus on big, good-looking versions of games that are becoming increasingly difficult to make for one platform.
It’s likely that Sony was simply hesitating to move into the PS5-future, while also making the console impossible for most to buy. Things are starting to change on that front, and it’s happening PS5 is easier and easier to pause, And as more people buy upgraded consoles, it’s finally getting easier and easier to look forward to the next generation of gaming.