One can assume that there will be new IP debuts too, but the spotlight will almost assuredly be on games like Halo Infinite. In any case, the purpose behind such events is clear: to sway public opinion to one side or the other via exclusive games.
RETURNAL XBOX SERIES
Granted, the Xbox Series X has another game reveal event in July, but this will likely be reserved for AAA and/or first-party titles from longstanding franchises. The semiconductor shortage shenanigans that have roiled the market for years now are easing, but they aren’t gone yet, and it’s going to take at least another year before the market entirely returns to normal.With Sony's recent PlayStation 5 game reveal stream, the exclusive titles of the next generation of consoles have more or less been revealed. There is no push to introduce 8K content on any service. Game engines and consoles are nowhere near ready to tackle 8K as a playable resolution and there is no time table for when that is likely to change. This isn’t going to change in the near future, for multiple reasons. 8K TV sales have actually fallen and accounted for 0.15 percent of all TV shipments in 2021. 18 months after launch, at least some would-be adopters are still waiting for these factors to resolve themselves.įinally, despite TCL’s most fervent hopes, 8K TV is not on the horizon. Backwards compatibility and services like Xbox Game Pass have been big draws for Microsoft, while Sony has aimed for more of a regular console cycle with exclusive launch titles, but the adoption rates of both platforms have been depressed by semiconductor shortages, and price gouging.
RETURNAL XBOX PC
The PS5 and Xbox Series X were fabulous deals at launch relative to the amount of gaming PC you could get for the same amount of money. None of these factors are in play in 2022. With a new console generation still some years away, it made sense to launch high-end SKUs that would offer console enthusiasts a better platform to game on.
Furthermore, 4K TVs, which had been quite new in 2013, were more common by 2016. Microsoft compounded its problem by making a $100 bet on the future of game controls that didn’t really pan out.
RETURNAL XBOX PS4
When the PS4 and Xbox One launched, one major reaction we heard from lots of players, especially Microsoft customers, boiled down to “This is it?” After losing gobs of money on the Xbox 360 and PS3, both manufacturers had targeted more restrained tech specs for their next iterations.
RETURNAL XBOX UPGRADE
Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart and Returnal are both well-regarded, and there are more games shipping between now and mid-2023, but the chance of a near-term upgrade is vanishingly small given how little use players have gotten out of hardware they already purchased. If you strip out remakes and upgraded PS5 titles that also debuted on the PS4, the list is even shorter. Microsoft has put a huge focus on backwards compatibility this generation, so the lack of exclusives for its platform is less surprising, but Sony doesn’t exactly have a ton of next-gen titles, either. Typically consoles launch with a mixture of platform exclusives and some third-party games available on both the previous generation and the new one. The Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 are both ~18 months old. While both consoles have launched mid-cycle console refreshes in the past, the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 have fewer next-generation titles available at this point in their life cycles than any previous successful platform launch in history. Beyond the fact that Sony and Microsoft wouldn’t have shared this information, there are other facets to consider.
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