What’s The Next Step?

This whole PS5 Pro situation has gotten pretty insane. Everyone is questioning the validity of it. It’s going to serve a purpose that’s without a doubt. The contradictions coming out from Sony though aren’t something we should overlook. It’s a fact that this generation hasn’t really had the first-party focus that everyone was expecting. We’re not getting anything Sony related until 2025 after all.

The validity of the PS5 certainly has to be a focus for me. I don’t feel like the PS5 Pro is something that is needed this time around. Sony themselves said they’re winding down the PS5 generation to focus on PS6. Now everyone is asking the question. Just what the hell is happening here? Because now even the Sony Studio developers are questioning the plausibility of any new hardware. That isn’t a good look at all.

Instead of focusing on PS6 and pumping all their resources into that. We’re going to have this stop-gap console that basically is going to be the GTA 6 machine. To be fair, with the specs being talked about it could possibly be something that helps them transverse the waters and make sure PS6 is absolutely the launch they need. At the same time though, it’s all just a bit ‘up in the air’. We don’t really know much about what upcoming software Sony has for the latter half of the PS5 generation.

That’s a bit of a problem within itself. I’m certainly not questioning Sony because on the surface I don’t have all the details. It seems to me that the PS5 Pro is going to be hardware for those who do want that power. There will certainly be a lot of takers and a lot of excitement around that.

It’s going to be interesting how much that takes away from PS6. I think the focus has to be on the games. We’ve gotten to the point now that there needs to be a new approach to world building and a really ambitious approach to game development. It can’t all be about shiny new graphics. If consoles are going to take that next leap. It has to be about where developers take their games next generation. And to that point, maybe that’s exactly what’s going to be what differs that generation to this one.

Ultimately, I think a lot of people will be satisfied with a PS5 Pro. But is it worth that £500 or whatever it’s going to cost when PS6 is just around the corner? I’m not so sure. I also think that’s what every gamer is asking themselves right now as well.