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Kirk Hamilton

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Why Do Players Like Crimson Desert More Than Critics Do? [Mailbag]

Right.

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Why Do Players Like Crimson Desert More Than Critics Do? [Mailbag]

Xenoblade.

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Why Do Players Like Crimson Desert More Than Critics Do? [Mailbag]

It's like less than 15, I believe, new 3DS exclusives.

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Why Do Players Like Crimson Desert More Than Critics Do? [Mailbag]

So I think what...

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Why Do Players Like Crimson Desert More Than Critics Do? [Mailbag]

What Joe is arguing is that the PS5 felt lukewarm, comparatively uses the word lukewarm, because the PS4 Pro came out.

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Why Do Players Like Crimson Desert More Than Critics Do? [Mailbag]

And I don't really buy that.

Triple Click
Why Do Players Like Crimson Desert More Than Critics Do? [Mailbag]

I think the PS5 felt lukewarm for a couple of reasons.

Triple Click
Why Do Players Like Crimson Desert More Than Critics Do? [Mailbag]

One is that there weren't a ton of exclusive games for it, so you didn't really need to get one unless at launch you really wanted to play Demon's Souls.

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Why Do Players Like Crimson Desert More Than Critics Do? [Mailbag]

And the other thing is that the graphical improvements have not made humongous strides.

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Why Do Players Like Crimson Desert More Than Critics Do? [Mailbag]

And like we mentioned a couple of weeks ago when we talked about the state of consoles,

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Why Do Players Like Crimson Desert More Than Critics Do? [Mailbag]

Red Dead 2 is still one of the best-looking games out there, and that runs on the PlayStation 4.

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Why Do Players Like Crimson Desert More Than Critics Do? [Mailbag]

And the reason I don't buy this argument is because that game looks just as good on the PlayStation 4 original.

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Why Do Players Like Crimson Desert More Than Critics Do? [Mailbag]

Obviously, the PS4 Pro makes it look better, but when you're talking about the lack of graphical improvements, if you compare...

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Why Do Players Like Crimson Desert More Than Critics Do? [Mailbag]

Red Dead 2 running on the PS4 original to just a game running on the PS5, a modern game running on the PS5, it is not a huge increase the way it is from, say, the PS3 era to the PS4 era.

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Why Do Players Like Crimson Desert More Than Critics Do? [Mailbag]

And I don't think getting a mid-gen refresh that lets you run games at higher frame rates and higher resolution really makes much of a difference there, because we're not really talking about technical specs like frame rate and resolution.

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Why Do Players Like Crimson Desert More Than Critics Do? [Mailbag]

We're talking about the actual graphical fidelity and how that hasn't made much of a leap.

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Why Do Players Like Crimson Desert More Than Critics Do? [Mailbag]

If anything, the biggest leap was the solid state drive, as we talked about, and the faster loading screens.

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Why Do Players Like Crimson Desert More Than Critics Do? [Mailbag]

And that really did feel like it distinguished the PS5 from previous consoles.

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Why Do Players Like Crimson Desert More Than Critics Do? [Mailbag]

All right.

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Why Do Players Like Crimson Desert More Than Critics Do? [Mailbag]

Let's get to this next question.