I'm left strangely underwhelmed by all the PS5 stuff so far. With every new supposed "innovation" in gaming tech I find myself drifting further and further away from the mainstream — not from gaming itself, because there are still people out there making things that people like me enjoy, but from the supposedly "exciting" part.
I mean, consider the things I'm most excited about right now. My new PC Engine CoreGrafx Mini. My Evercade. The fact that I'm playing through a series of RPGs and massively enjoying the installments that came out in the mid-2000s. Has modern gaming completely left me behind?
Well, no, because there's still a ton of stuff that I enjoy. It's just not the stuff that gets big online streaming reveals to millions of people. And that's why it's important to talk about, to celebrate, to explore in detail. Because while you can bet every big site will have fifty clickbait "How to [x] in Spider-Man: Miles Morales" guide articles on their front page the moment that game launches, who's going to be writing about… well, I don't know, because nothing from the more "niche interest" end of the spectrum has been announced or confirmed for PS5 as yet!
Anyway, this isn't to get down on people who enjoyed the PS5 reveal or who are excited for what it showed off. I just find it interesting how much my tastes and priorities have changed over the years. While I once would have been there on the virtual front row for a new console reveal, oohing and aahing with the best of them… today I find myself much more enamoured with the older systems, the less powerful platforms and the lower-budget end of the market — because for my tastes, anyway, that's where all the truly interesting stuff is going on.
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