Platinum Games' Atsushi Inaba caught some backlash awhile ago for saying he wasn't too excited about the PS5 or Xbox Series X. Fans have been wondering why that is, and in a follow-up interview with VideogamesChronicle, Inaba has expanded on his comments. In his explanation, Inaba heaps massive praise on Switch, calling it a ground-breaking platform that opened up new possibilities. You can check out Inaba's full statement below.
I felt like when I gave that response there was a little bit of a backlash online to me being perceived as a snob or something! What I was trying to say was... I played Final Fantasy VII Remake recently and obviously so much has changed since the original game, especially with the graphical improvements. I'm always happy to see these makers that are pushing themselves to make more visual enhancements and improvements in technology, and I'm happy that we're able to do more with each console.
But the comparison than I'm making is that... if you think back to the generation between Super Nintendo and PlayStation, and how we went from pixel art to 3D polygons... nobody could have ever imagined that a few years prior. When that stuff started coming out people were just blown away: they weren't ready for it, they weren't anticipating it... it was just so new.

Whereas I feel that the announcements that we've had for recent consoles generations, while all good and interesting, and of course I'm happy f...