Apparently, the titles available for the PlayStation 5 when the next-gen console is released will not merely be games that have already been released on PS4.
Six years on from the release of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, this generation of consoles is coming to a close. Both Sony and Microsoft have revealed that their next-gen consoles will be released in time for the 2020 holiday season. Let the speculation, rumors, and on rare occasions, discussion of cold hard facts begin, as if it hadn’t been going on for months already.
In the grand scheme of things, more information has been revealed or leaked about the PS5 than the Xbox Scarlett. Fans have witnessed the lightning speed loading times of the PS5 and there has even been talk of how much the console might cost. As for what games we will actually get to play on the PS5 as soon as the console launches next year, there’s very little to go on.
Jason Schreier revealed on the Kotaku Splitscreen podcast the games available for the PS5 at launch will not be cross-generational ports. By that, Schreier means the first games released will not be titles that are available on the PS4 as well as the PS5. He is also of the belief that all of the titles will be first and second party games rather than contributions from a third-party developer.
If Schreier is correct, this will be a step away from the norm when it comes to bridging the cross-generational gap between consoles. Many games are often developed and released for both the old and the new console. That gives players who can’t afford the new console, or haven’t decided if they want it yet, time to make the change or make their mind up.
The decision not to do that, if that is indeed what Sony plans to do, would be a controversial one. It might give potential customers the feeling that they are being dragged into the next generation against their will. Should Microsoft not follow suit and release games on both the Scarlett and Xbox One, we could see Sony’s arch-rival take an early and significant lead in the next generation of the console war.
Source: Kotaku Splitscreen
