Sony PlayStation 5 review: still the generation king

The PS5 will celebrate its third birthday in a few months. Are we still as big on it as we were at launch?

[BehindTheRows]

Yuuup.

[Vengeance1138]

Yuuup.

[StarkR3ality]

Amazing little machine.

Please Sony don't release a PS5 pro, you really don't need it when there's still crossgen going on. Especially when said pro is supposed to be equivalent to a 3070 in performance, a nearly 4 year old card, pfft pointless.

[andy85]

If you don't want one thats fine, but why limit people who do? Whether it exists or not doesn't affect someone with a base PS5. Some of us have had the console 3 years and would welcome something new. 7-8 years is a long time with the same tech.

[MrNinosan]

Totally agree.
I'd take a upgrade every year if there was one, but 3-4 years in is about perfect 👍

[MrChow666]

I wouldnt call it little lol

[Babadook7]

Small for a PC though. Lol

[DrRobotnik]

In the 90's, a 4 year cycle for the next generation of consoles was the norm. I think everyone got spoiled during the 360/PS3 Era. That generation was far longer than normal.

[Babadook7]

"Especially when said pro is supposed to be equivalent to a 3070 in performance, a nearly 4 year old card, pfft pointless."

Under 3 years, not 4. The irony is that's how old the PS5 is.

And don't kid yourself. The PS5 punches way above its weight class. Makes average gaming PC's (including much more pricy ones) look foolish. The pro will too. No matter how you add it up, the Pro makes a lot of sense to gamers.

[Brazz]

I would call switch the generation king. I mean...
8th gen: WiiU < X1 < PS4(king)
9th gen: Séries X/S < PS5 < Switch(king)

[RupeeHoarder]

I mean other than sales….the switch does nothing better than the PS5.

[TheCaptainKuchiki]

If the Switch didn't have Zelda or Mario, it would've flopped and no one would've even considered buying it.

[DOMination-]

Sales seem to matter a lot when it comes to PS5 v Xbox. Funny how suddenly it's not a metric when we consider the Switch.

"If the Switch didn't have Zelda or Mario, it would've flopped and no one would've even considered buying it."

Obviously it wouldn't be as popular without the established Nintendo IP but what's your point? If the PS5 doesn't have first party games like GT and GOW then it would be... like an Xbox.

[DarkZane]

Switch isn't even a console, it's a handheld that can also output to TV. It should be classified with things like 3DS, GBA, PSP, Vita and others. It really is a successor to the 3DS and not the Wii U.

[Chevalier]

Well revenue Playstation absolutely destroys Nintendo. Eshop doesn't even do a 10th of what Playstation store does.

[Asplundh]

@Zane
I get what you're saying but it's a console. There are handheld (or portable) consoles and home consoles, either way it's a console.

[Cockney]

Switch stands at 125 mil, when switch 2 rolls out the original sales will drop off a cliff so I'd hold off on that coronation just for the time being

[Pk323]

Try closer to 130 million

[ClayRules2012]

I wouldn’t call switch the generation king, solely based on sales alone. I’m not blind to it’s success, it has done incredibly well, with its design allowing players to dock their switch, hook up to the TV and play or detach it and take it and their games on the go with them, and having that option for many is an “Instant buy” it’s cool.

But honestly, looking at the consoles themselves Nintendo’s Switch cannot match the PS5, and as this generation gets further in I believe PS will continue to showcase its dominance as they always have.

[Rude-ro]

Profit
It took the Nintendo 5 years to hit to 55 billion in revenue

It took Sony 1 year to hit 22 billion
In this same year, Microsoft gaming hit 4 billion.

If you are talking money, Sony has that

[Elda]

I own all 3 current consoles & I'm always playing my PS5 while the other 2 I play much less.

[ClayRules2012]

I hear ya. We have 2 PS5’s in my home, the wife and I play the one in the living room while our son has his PS5 in his room along with his Nintendo Switch he got earlier this year. Unfortunately it doesn’t get played much at all. But his money was spent on it so yeah. The PS5’s are the two consoles that don’t collect dust so to speak, and he’s planning on taking his to college with him here soon.

[Demetrius]

When I get done playing the Xbox 360 I hop on the PS5 then the PS4 its dope fr I still play the PS2

[Nurket]

I love my ps5, but my switch is «king». More sales in both hardware and software. That said, love them both equally. So sweet to shuffle my gaming between mk8, d4 etc.

[CrimsonWing69]

It will be, but I’m hoping now Xbox will actually be competition so we can maybe get some crazy games from both sides instead of it just being one-sided.

[Hofstaderman]

Check out the latest sales figures from the UK with the recent price drop.

[Destiny1080]

when your competition is redfall, it was always going to be an easy win

[Hereandthere]

There is no competition, Nintendo went handheld and xbox is forever incompetent. I wish sony did have a real competitor that offered fresh 1st party games from developers they raised.

[specialguest]

Yes, I agree it's still king, but that's because the competition has been lacking. Aside from a few exclusives like Spiderman 2, R&C:RA, and FF16, where are the damn games?? There are big hits like Elden Ring, but that's not an exclusive. Then you have cross-generational games that ported over from the PS4 or some remastered games. We're 3 years in to the generation cycle now

[Retroman]

Buut -Buut, Xbox said they are the King.......Riiight King of 3rd place.

Yuup!!

[Einhander1971]

Lots of bitter little Nintendo haters on here as usual. I have PS5 & Switch so win win. And the longer the console generations last the better. Luckily the Megadrive has a thriving indie dev scene. But that's because it's legendary, something the new systems will never match.