Don't expect new PS4 games after 2025

Date:
Fri, 27 May 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Description:
Sony's latest investor presentation made no mention of PS4 games beyond 2025.

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Nearly two years after the launch of the current console cycle, Sony has shared its plans to stop producing PS4 games by 2025.

Detailing its financial expectations for PS5 , PC, and other platforms,
Sony's latest investor relations briefing has one slide titled evolving shape of first-party portfolio. Releasing a detailed percentage breakdown for releases by platform, 2025 doesn't mention the PS4 at all, suggesting Sony expects to wind up support by then.

Since the PS5 arrived, we've seen a few cross-generation games. At launch, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Sackboy: A Big Adventure both made their way to PS4 and PS5. This year alone, Horizon Forbidden West and Gran Turismo 7 joined them, with God of War Ragnarok marking the last major
(known) cross-gen release.

For now, Sony is continuing PS4 production into 2022 . That doesn't include the more powerful PS4 Pro , but Sony's last-gen best seller isn't
disappearing just yet. It's a big difference from Microsoft's strategy, that ended production on the Xbox One console family in 2020. (Image credit: Sony) PS4 support is gradually winding down

Before the PS5's launch, PlayStation boss Jim Ryan told GamesIndustry.biz "We have always said that we believe in generations. Sackboy and Spider-Man
aside, the first year largely delivered on this. Ratchet and Clank: Rift
Apart , Returnal , Destruction AllStars, and the Demons Souls remake are all big games exclusive to the new hardware.

By comparison, Microsoft offered significant cross-generation support between Xbox One and Xbox Series X |S. New-gen exclusives like Microsoft Flight Simulator are slowly appearing, sure. But last year, big hitters like Halo Infinite and Forza Horizon 5 still arrived on both platforms.

Against this, PlayStation's approach feels more inconsistent. Still, as more PS5 exclusives like Marvel's Spider-Man 2 get confirmed, cross-gen releases appears to be winding up. We don't know if Sony plans any further PS4
releases after Ragnarok but, either way, the writing's on the wall. PS5 vs PS4: should you buy a PlayStation 4 in 2022?



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