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Maybe an unpopular opinion, but graphical improvements for me have diminishing returns. From PS1 to PS2 era the leap in graphics was massive. Suddenly those bl
by surgical_fire 2y ago
Maybe an unpopular opinion, but graphical improvements for me have diminishing returns.
From PS1 to PS2 era the leap in graphics was massive. Suddenly those blocky games with a ridiculously short draw distance looked fairly pretty, and ran much better.
From PS2 to PS3 era it was still quite a leap. Games looked much smoother and better detailed. It still felt like a different generation.
From PS3 to PS4 era it was a decent improvement, but a lot less impactful then before. I mean, games got more photorealistic when they went for that style, environments were maybe more immersive, movement more fluid. Still meaningful, I'd say.
From PS4 to PS5 I feel that the improvement was marginal. Games have better lighting thanls to Ray Tracing I think? Overall a little prettier? I to this day question why exactly I bought a PS5, as I got mostly the same experience from the previous generation.
On the other hand, I think most - if not all - AAA devs have been improving in graphics, whereas the gameplay has been very stagnant and interesting.
Perhaps that is why I love my Nintendo Switch a lot more than either PS4 or PS5.
- jayd16 2y agoBig hardware change for the PS5 was memory and SSD. You can stream in a lot of assets and forego the Mass Effect elevator load screens. I can't think of a GPU innovation that isn't iterative from the PS4 to the PS5
- Fire-Dragon-DoL 2y agoAnd that's exactly why I play mostly indie games. There are so many masterpieces