Wasn't the reason they couldn't produce more because of the semiconductor shortage?

It didn't fail to perform due to sales. They were constantly sold out everywhere. Sales are not what's hurting the PS5.

Well maybe now they aren't flying off shelves anymore ;)

some folks gave up and ended up with an Xbox or PC. I helped a few friends build a gaming rig and get onto Steam after they got fed up getting sniped by bots on friggin best buy lol

Well...I mean...that was mainly because of the lack of stock... well and scalpers didn't help.

Like there was giveaways to get the opportunity to buy them... yeah sure they sold plenty but some people had to wait a long time to be able to get one and it wasn't because people went crazy buying them alone.

But yes it sold well with that I agree. That said nobody said it didn't sell well here so not sure where your comments comes from.

The only non-failed platform is Java, which is used by 3 billion devices.

Wasn't windows xp PC2

Yeh 2 or 3 but normal people can't afford them due to the price of fucking everything going up a lot.

In seriousness I like how the ps5 feels to play but due to slow releases unless it's the last of us re re re master master deluxe lack of time or just not having a free 70 quid that month I buy 1 or 2 games a year.

Multiplayer games are not my thing.

Lots! Lots of exclusive games, though?

Armored Core and Rachet and Clank.

The only reasons we have a PS5 in this house.

Same here. It's new to us and a couple months old, and it doesn't exactly have a huge selection of PS5 optimized games suggestive of a mature platform. This wasn't just for finances but we didn't want to deal with the supply issues in the beginning.

Our console budget is spent for a good long time. And if they do jump to the next console quickly without properly investing in games for this one, that will undermine my trust in their future consoles.

Last October here. I'll be fine buying the PS5 version of PS6 games for the first few years.

I BOUGHT A PS5 WITH NO GAMES TO BUY

I bought my PS5 specifically because I was tired of waiting for 2 particular games to be ported to PC. Of course, the actual catalyst was getting an extra $1000 outta nowhere cuz otherwise I wouldn't have spent $700 for two games.

It was the new ratchet and clank which made me really want one. Every other exclusive apart from Spiderman 2 I actually haven't finished because I lose interest in them. And no I'm not depressed before some armchair Dr tries to explain to me like I've had on Reddit before.

Half way between. They want to beat Nintendo to the next hardware release, but they won’t. So probably two more years till the new stuff comes out, but 4 or 5 till it stops getting support and new releases.

Despite it being less supported by Sony during it’s lifetime

3 years and a couple months.

When I got married I inherited the first three generations. We put up some little shelves ordered by generation and all five of them still get played. PS3 included. It released with some awesome games.

I love the PS3, and I'm so happy we can emulate it now. Even rhythm games work well, which is crazy.

Meanwhile the Xbox SeX was dead on arrival.

You're not missing out on any games it seems, I skipped it but in hindsight the PS4 Pro was a great investment.

Gaming is in a sad state right now and people don’t even realize it.

I haven't noticed it because I'm watching the AAA gaming industry from afar instead of participating. BotW is about the only game from a major developer that I've given a shit about in the last 10 years, and only that because I'm a sucker for Zelda.

We're in a golden age of indie titles, and they deserve your money a lot more than the Ubisofts and Activisions of the world.

Honestly, a profoundly weird experience that I had recently... was playing Dragonstrike (released in 1992 I think?) for DOS, for the first time.

Objectively this game is the very definition of 'limited by the technology of its time'. It's a flight sim made before a mouse was a standard computer accessory. I think the biggest in-game sprites are maybe 50 by 50 pixels. It's outstandingly difficult to play.

And yet... compared to modern games, when I'm playing this, it really just hits me over and over again how they made every single decision correctly. The game has an excellent premise. The storytelling may be simple but it's good. The core gameplay loop is fun, and your kit feels like it's complete and well-made, and there's no stupid gacha mechanics or grinding or oversexualized poster girl or daily quests to try and force you to play X amount of hours. It's just for fun. And it IS fun, despite the most unbelievably dated graphics I've ever seen. If this game was made just a few years later, it would've been outstanding.

....but nowhere near the amount and quality of gaming in, say, the NES days where there are more high quality games on that single console than there has been on every console in the last 15 or so years.

Now lets not romanticize older systems. As someone who grew up playing the original NES, I agree the console had a MASSIVE library of games in its hayday, but I would say less than half of them were even worth a shit. But you're right, current consoles are simply leaning hard on "Look at how pretty it is" rather than actual quality gameplay.