The Origin Big O 2019. A combo of PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and RTX Titan Gaming PC in one box.

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Of course its worth it for some people who are eager for a few specifics off that list. There is no doubt about that. But how many of those games are truly unique? A lot is 'yet another sequel' of which similar games or even the franchise is available on other platforms.

I mean going through your exact list, I have seriously considered all of those titles and yet only Horizon ZD had some sort of system seller effect on me, yet wasn't enough. Bloodborne did something similar, but really, with Dark Souls emulation/ports on PC, who cares. A game like Sekiro, for example, also got a PC rendition. There is just so much on offer that is very similar to what was a PS4 exclusive, that I just don't feel any urge to play on a low performance piece of hardware that will cost extra money.

Now compare to PS2 and PS3. A lot of games were truly platform exclusive, simply because input device was unique (sixaxis, and for PS2, it was difficult to emulate on PC for a long time) but there were also types of games that you'd NEVER see on PC in any shape or form. Shadow ot. Colossus, Okami, are good examples. The PS2/PS3 also had some first party stuff that was way ahead of its time, such as Heavenly Sword, but also the earlier God of War releases.

PS4 can be forgotten quite easily and you wouldn't miss a SINGLE true masterpiece or real classic-to-be. Let's just face it. There is a lot of 'good' content on it, but not a single one has redefined gaming in any way. Its just more of the same. Even Horizon ZD was just 'another open world game', and I hear remarkably little about it now - I hear much more about a similar game like The Witcher 3 (that was even released longer ago). That captures it nicely I think.

I do agree completely with you about all the rest, because yes, console choice really is all about the content you want on it, not the relative performance or anything like that. Still strong Sony supporter for doing what they do in terms of content creation and funding, too bad the console ecosystem is detrimental to gaming as a whole.

Bloodborne plays very differently to Dark Souls which that can't be replicated even with mods.
I do agree however PS4 can be forgotten as even with the games i've listed I'm not fan of the whole porting PS3 to PS4 and load of remasters as-well.
Indeed that is the problem with the ecosystem but sadly people love it.