Six years later, the PS5 is still light on exclusives — but this space-age shooter is an absolute must-play
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One standout title carrying a six-year-old console underlines how fragile platform differentiation is when exclusive pipelines thin out. If you build for closed ecosystems—consoles, headsets, app stores—assume longer hardware cycles and more pressure to create “system seller” experiences rather than incremental content.
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