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11 years after launch, 49M people still use their PS4s, matching the PS5 (arstechnica.com)

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[-] wirelesswire@kbin.run 31 points 5 months ago

The article states that the PS5 is responsible for significantly more gaming hours, so a large number of PS4 users are likely mainly using their device for streaming or similar. Hell, I still have my PS2 and 3 in my closet since they're my only dvd and blu ray players.

[-] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 13 points 5 months ago

the PS5 also has reletively low game ownership rate, so the hours on PS5 are either games given for free/part of subscription, or free to play.

[-] makyo@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago

No wonder either, there are strangely few games meant just for the new system, and it's been out for several years.

[-] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 months ago

this generation is odd because the effects of covid are still being felt.

[-] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

With or without covid, development times still got to be too long, and fewer games are the natural result of that.

[-] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I have yet to buy a PS5 because there isn’t a game I want yet. Also, Sony tends to release improved consoles with lower price points and smaller footprints after a few years.

[-] stardust@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago

For some reason that doesn't surprise me. When I got a PS4 there were like at least 10 exclusives I wanted. This gen seems it's mostly remasters and remakes. So ignoring that Sony games come to PC now it doesn't even meet my criteria of number of exclusives to justify picking one up.