I reckon this generation could last another ten years with no real downsides. SSDs were the last big improvement for me, the last thing that really felt limiting on PS4. Now that we have those, I'd be very happy if progress just sort of… stopped for a bit. Imagine what devs could achieve on existing hardware if they had another decade to perfect things.
Having said that, when the PS6 launches I'll be there day one, because this is my main hobby and I'm happy spending £1000 for the latest and greatest. I'm not sure how many others will be, which is probably concerning for the health of the industry.
Before I opened the link I was going to suggest Pico 8, but yeah they're batshit mental. Those keyboards are wonderfully unnecessary.
I played through Aperture Desk Job last night, which is just a tech demo for the Deck, but it has all of Portal 2's incredible charm and writing. It was nice just spending 30 minutes back with Cave, and a vaguely mad robot.
3200 layoffs at Xbox, then. They've managed to avoid complete cultural vandalism (Double Fine and a couple others are getting 'runway' payments and keeping their IP as they regain independence), but that's a whole lot of job losses.
And in the same breath, they've stated they want to achieve one billion daily active users. As in, they want one eighth of the planet's population playing Xbox. Every day.
Fuck, and I think I speak for everyone, off.
Play
All PC handheld, all the time. I need an annoyingly cute nickname for the Legion; I feel like half of the Steam Deck's appeal is that you can call it Decky. Let's go with Lenny.
I've set up a whole load of crap on Lenny (no that's awful, I'll keep thinking). Emulation Station, PS5 remote play, Epic Store, GOG Store, and more. The trouble now is trying to focus on one or two things. This week's main games are:
Castle of Illusion on the Mega Drive. I'd always heard good things about this, but never played it back in the day. It's great fun, and easy enough that I don't have to save-state scum.
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow. This might end up being one of my favourite games of the year (that was released about a decade ago). Wonderfully acted, beautifully written, suitably creepy… it's just great.
Yooka Replaylee. I've heard the first level is the best bit, but even if it's downhill from here it's earned the 17 quid I paid for it. A lovely homage to Rare's N64 era. Plus it has a snake called Trowzer. At what point does innuendo become actual smut?
Bioshock Infinite. I think this got a bit of a raw deal when it first launched. It's not as clever as Bioshock, but it's still got more about it than most other FPS games. And the shooty shooty bits are a lot more enjoyable than the original game.
Want
More time to play Lenny.
Bin
Gaming devices that aren't Lenny.
Mr Party Hat