Happy New Year from TheSixthAxis!
thesixthaxis.comHappy New Year!
2023 is consigned to the history books, and whether it was filled with doom and gloom or stuffed with life affirming highlights, we can all take a step into 2024 with some hope and optimism for the future. At the very least there’s some huge games coming down the pipe!
On the gaming front, 2023 felt like the year that we can finally put Covid-created delays to bed. There were blockbusting hits and major releases like Hogwarts Legacy, Starfield, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom all emerging from some hefty delays over the last few years, which had doubtless been impacted by the earlier part of the decade. OK, so there’s a few holdouts here, like Suicide Squad and Hellblade 2, but those are definitely coming out in 2024, right?
2023 also felt like this generation of console was really getting back on track, especially as Sony brought an end to their production limitations and basically just flooded the market with as much stock as possible. We even had some healthy competition on Black Friday for the first time in years!
The PS5 has now raced to 50 million consoles sold by the end of the year – reportedly outselling Xbox Series by three-to-one – and we’re starting to hear some rumours of a PS5 Pro being in the works. There were definitely some big exclusives for PS5 owners, like Final Fantasy XVI and Spider-Man 2, not to mention the launch of PlayStation VR 2 at the start of the year, but it felt a little more muted compared to the wealth of riches that 2022’s exclusive line-up provided.
PS5 has really taken the reigns of console gaming, but Nintendo might have something to say about that in 2024 with the suspected reveal and possible release of a Nintendo Switch successor. With that in mind, 2023 was
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