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Re: Soapbox: The Week After PS5's Showcase, Sony Told Us Nothing About Its Next-Gen Console

BlahBlahBlee

I'm giving each of your bullet points a numerical value for clarity here.

1) While we can only speculate, the brief glimpses shown during June's PlayStation Showcase showed us a rather Sony-esque "stream of sparkles" and a "PS button" prompt. One can only imagine it will a refined iteration of PS4's Orbis OS, but we'll have to wait and see. I can't imagine an OS changing anyone's mind either way, though.

2) https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2020/09/99_percent_of_ps4_games_can_be_played_on_ps5_says_playstation_boss (99% of PS4 games backwards compatible, assuming both physical and digital versions)

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2020/09/official_ps5_page_mentions_faster_and_smoother_frame_rates_for_select_ps4_games (So we can expect a "boost mode" similar to the PS4 Pro)

3) https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2020/09/ps5_media_remote_includes_netflix_youtube_spotify_and_disneyplus_buttons (So we know that the big streaming services will all likely be on board. I think that's good enough for anyone at launch.)

4) True, not a lot known here, but, if it did absolutely nothing more than what the current share button, I can't imagine it dissuading anyone from the system.

5) https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2020/06/destruction_allstars_brings_vehicular_carnage_to_ps5 (Obviously a "battle royale/arena vehicular combat game.)

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2020/06/sackboy_a_big_adventure_is_a_full_blown_platformer_heading_to_ps5 (Obviously a cooperative, 3D platformer)

6) https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2020/09/this_could_be_the_first_ps5_compatible_ssd (Frankly, as per Sony's indication, I wouldn't expect any compatible drives at launch. We'll all just have to suffer with 825 GB)

The only real question is when is all this whinging going to stop.