I am gonna take issue with this part of the article.
A lot of this isn’t just the fault of the Series X. Maybe I’m finally too old to share the same exhilaration I did when I was younger and (more) stupid; perhaps I’m just expecting too much from modern technology which, by and large, does things I could have never dreamt of even ten years ago.
I am also in my mid 30s. I AM expecting too much from modern technology as the LOL emojis from Sony fans on this forum keep telling me. And yet the PS5 transported me back to my younger years. I was gleefully playing Astrobot, getting my mind blown by Spiderman's RT reflections... a game I eviscerated earlier this year for being just cross gen and I have now put in over 60 hours into Demon Souls in just under two weeks. I have AC Valhalla, Watch Dogs, and Borderlands sitting there waiting to be played and for the first time in I dont know how many years, I am legit excited to try out a game just to see how it controls on the Dualsense.
I think this guy is down on next gen because he has yet to experience the PS5 games. They are far better than the multiplats available on the series x.
I find the lack of understanding from these reviewers a bit troubling. Everyone should've seen this coming. MS literally told us last year not to expect first party next gen games in the first two years of the console cycle. We already know that multiplatform games traditionally skip the first 1-2 years so it was always going to be upto MS and Sony to deliver next gen experiences and yet no one bothered to take Phil to task for over a year. This guy has done a million interviews, and he was allowed to just spew ridiculous PR by these same journalist who should've had the common sense to know this is where things were heading.
No one criticized them for releasing the same exact controller. No one criticized them for the same exact UI as last gen. And now they are all regretting their purchase. Well, that's great but their job is to inform the gaming community and its already too late. This article needed to come earlier, and it needed some kind of response from MS.
MS AND Journalists failed gamers. You need someone to hold MS and Sony accountable and right now, only a few forum dwellers are doing that while Phil labels them all console warriors and dismisses their concerns.
The same is true for Sony though at least their execs dont complain about console warriors. I have asked Alex Battlestar Gallactica, John (Dark1x), Tom Warren, Imran Khan and Jason Schrier to ask Sony if GoW is cross gen or not. Even if they get a no comment, we get something from sony. Some kind of push back from journalists but nope, no one wants to do their job.