I absolutely get what you mean. I owned a PS3 and a PS4 primarily because of the exclusive games. For this current gen I opted for an Xbox Series S.
Both companies lost many exclusives, and the few games that remained exclusive weren't appealing to me. Got the Series S because it was the cheapest option and had the biggest catalogue on day 1 thanks to backwards compatibility.
I made the jump from Xbox One in 2020 to PC and rebought a Switch after owning it in 2018 and 19 but I wasn't a collector or Nintendo enthusiast back the so I sold it in the hope of getting it later again when more games came to it.
I always sort of assumed I'd wait a few years to get a PS5 or something too but between upgrading my PC and buying one of the major consoles, the incentive just isn't there.
I loved console exclusives as a kid, and they do provide personality to a console, but as I get older, I kinda don't care.
If Sony and Microsoft want to torpedo their brands, that's a shame, but everything changes, all the time.
What really bums me out is the incredibly fast decline of physical media. Gamers' embrace of digital media "convenience" at the price of actually owning the product is very depressing.
It's funny you mention physical media because that was almost the topic of this post.
I completely agree but it's also a problem I can't think of a way to fix. I'm physical all the way but the reality is that the modern Blu-Ray only holds 100GB and the Switch SD cards a maximum of 64GB I believe; modern games are much larger than this, and if half the game is from a server anyway is it really physical media anymore?
Admittedly, I have no solution either for the physical media space limitations, but I feel like there also hasn’t been an intense search for a solution due to publisher/developer preference for digital media.
That's an element too, Sony dominate physical media right now because Blu-Ray was of course made by them but they seem to be in no hurry to create anything better.
Unless consumers push back significantly, I think by the time we hit the PlayStation 7 we will own nothing but licenses, 1's and 0's in our libraries.
I absolutely get what you mean. I owned a PS3 and a PS4 primarily because of the exclusive games. For this current gen I opted for an Xbox Series S.
Both companies lost many exclusives, and the few games that remained exclusive weren't appealing to me. Got the Series S because it was the cheapest option and had the biggest catalogue on day 1 thanks to backwards compatibility.
I made the jump from Xbox One in 2020 to PC and rebought a Switch after owning it in 2018 and 19 but I wasn't a collector or Nintendo enthusiast back the so I sold it in the hope of getting it later again when more games came to it.
I always sort of assumed I'd wait a few years to get a PS5 or something too but between upgrading my PC and buying one of the major consoles, the incentive just isn't there.
I loved console exclusives as a kid, and they do provide personality to a console, but as I get older, I kinda don't care.
If Sony and Microsoft want to torpedo their brands, that's a shame, but everything changes, all the time.
What really bums me out is the incredibly fast decline of physical media. Gamers' embrace of digital media "convenience" at the price of actually owning the product is very depressing.
Thanks for the post!
It's funny you mention physical media because that was almost the topic of this post.
I completely agree but it's also a problem I can't think of a way to fix. I'm physical all the way but the reality is that the modern Blu-Ray only holds 100GB and the Switch SD cards a maximum of 64GB I believe; modern games are much larger than this, and if half the game is from a server anyway is it really physical media anymore?
Thank you for reading it :)
Even a 4K Blu Ray?
Admittedly, I have no solution either for the physical media space limitations, but I feel like there also hasn’t been an intense search for a solution due to publisher/developer preference for digital media.
I believe so but don't take what I say as gospel.
That's an element too, Sony dominate physical media right now because Blu-Ray was of course made by them but they seem to be in no hurry to create anything better.
Unless consumers push back significantly, I think by the time we hit the PlayStation 7 we will own nothing but licenses, 1's and 0's in our libraries.