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This Week in Games - That New Console Smell

As wrestlefans are no doubt painfully aware, former WWE 2K game developer Yuke's parted ways with the series a little while back, and the quality void they left behind

I honestly don't see a reason to invest in consoles anymore.

As someone who also prefers gaming on PC these days, there is one point to consoles: exclusives. There are games that will not see a PC release anytime soon, if ever.

I got as far as having a PS5 in my cart before the website told me it was actually out of stock. I'm not all that bother by it since the only game I would get right now is DMC5 Special Edition, and that is just a nicer version of a game I already have. The main reason I went through the effort of trying is because it wouldn't surprise me if scalpers continue to be a problem. For some reason, people lack the willpower to wait and buy at regular price and will shell out 3-4x to get a new console even though it's obvious what is happening. Retailers seem to not care enough to have any meaningful safeguards against bots or obvious fishy orders. (Did NVidia really think actual customers were buying 20+ of the newest graphics cards the minute they were for sale?) And if manufacturers don't produce enough supply that stores have no problem maintaining stock, the scarcity plays right into scalpers' hands.

As much as I would probably enjoy enhanced PS4 games right now, it's not like they are unplayable with what I have, and I'm sure not paying anything more than MSRP.

I'm also waiting for Nintendo to announce a successor for the Switch, be it an improved model or a true successor, and I hope that it will be backwards compatible.

Without the giant graphical leaps, it is hard for most to see the value in these next-gen consoles. It was never about the games. It has always been about better performing machines that can handle these massive games so we can stop spending so much of our playtime on loading screens and our eyes won’t burn from inconsistent frame rates.