XSX vs PS5

[Nintex]

Is this really the start of the 4th year for these shit boxes?

Wow. I can't think of a less inspiring generational shift in the history of gaming and I've been here since Atari 2600 days.

I know I've said this before, but what compelling reason has anyone had to upgrade outside of better graphics malarkey?

Even with only one viable choice, I still don't see any reason to spend the money.

I guess I'm going to wait to see how Microsoft can fuck their business even harder and then wait until Nintendo announces their plans. Depressing times.

I think the previous gen simply lasted too long to a point that instead of next-gen games you simply got late-gen and cross-gen games.

The Switch sort of has the same thing going on despite the games being awesome.
In a 'normal' 5 year cycle Tears of the Kingdom would've been the 'cross-gen' or 'next-gen' Zelda.
Xenoblade 3 would've been the next-gen follow-up to Xenoblade 2 etc. . 

It doesn't help that Microsoft and Sony have shifted their focus again. Sony bet big on GAAS but then changed their minds. Meaning those GAAS titles aren't coming out and what replaces it isn't ready to ship for a long time. Who knows what will happen to games like EVERWILD and Perfect Dark with the Xbox shift in strategy. They already rebooted development on Fable. Stellar Blade was announced in 2019 for PS4 and Xbox One and is just now rolling out as a PS5 exclusive. Developing games takes almost an entire generation now and these lay offs are unlikely to speed things up. Kojimas new project is probably a PS6 launch title or something.