While I think it's a little soon for this generation to be coming to an end, I'm really excited about the Scarlett and PS5.
As someone with a large library of games spanning multiple generations with a massive backlog that goes back generations, backwards compatibility is very important to me. So I'm definitely excited that Xbox is focusing their efforts on making every current backward compatible title as well as the entire Xbox One library, backwards compatible on the Scarlett.
But most importantly, these games will take advantage of the new hardware and look better and run smoother than they did before, which gives me a reason to upgrade right away as I'll have plenty of games to catch up on between major next gen releases. But what's amazing about this too, is that this type of backwards compatibility could essentially put an end to constant remasters that simply improve resolution and framerate. Rather than getting another meaningless Resident Evil 4 remaster next gen, Capcom could finally be forced to make actual visual and quality of life improvements to the game so that they can sell it again.
So far, the PS5 seems to be backwards compatible with the PS4, but I really hope Sony takes a page from Microsoft here. Especially as someone who just recently amassed a PS2 library and still needs to catch up on PS3 games after the console crapped out on me.
Backwards compatibility aside though, what I find most fascinating about both next gen consoles though, is how meaningless the console war is gonna become.
Microsoft f*cked up hard when they announced the Xbox One and they haven't been able to recover from it this whole generation. But they've definitely been making all the right moves in preparation for next generation. And while I don't think they'll blow the PS5 out of the water, both consoles will definitely be on par as they've always been, but this time, with Microsoft's full dedication to creating a gaming ecosystem and service that they'll need to support, Xbox will finally have the games to compete with Playstation's exclusives.
Whatever console anyone gets next generation, I think it's safe to assume that either way, they'll be getting a beefy machine with plenty of great exclusive games.