PlayStation 4 Era Concludes as PS5 Gains Momentum
Sophia Terry
Published May 17, 2026
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Generations are getting longer and longer. The PS2 remained on the market for a long while, but now the is poised to hit its 13th anniversary later this year. Come November, the PlayStation 4 will have , and there's no sign of Sony shutting down hardware production.
That said, all things must come to an end at some point. Based on new information, that era of moving out of the PlayStation 4 generation could be coming sooner than expected. With the PS5 also turning six in November, it's starting to get long in the tooth, especially as folks look forward to a new generation (albeit a more expensive one).
Over on , it was recently revealed from an official source that it's officially the end of an era for the PlayStation 4. As more of these events start happening, we'll eventually see the twilight of the PS4 for ourselves.
On the official Call of Duty X account, the team responded to a rumor that had been swirling recently about the new Call of Duty arriving on PS4 in addition to current-generation consoles. According to the developers, though, this is not the case: "Not sure where this one started, but it’s not true. The next Call of Duty is not being developed for PS4."
You might be thinking: "Why would Activision support the PS4 anyway?" Well, it's important to note that the most recent entry, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, managed to muster up a PlayStation 4 release in addition to Xbox One. Historically, Call of Duty has been available on many platforms, even sparingly on Nintendo consoles.
Amazingly, Call of Duty games have been on PS4 since 2013, with the release of Call of Duty: Ghosts, all the way up through the aforementioned Black Ops 7. That's an impressive run, but according to the source, that run has come to an end.
Given the drop in support, we're still wondering what's become of the Xbox One release for the next Call of Duty. Is this truly the end for AAA development and the previous generation of consoles? Time will tell, and many smaller outfits will still be releasing games on the platform, but this generally portends what's to come when this happens. Once a few AAA studios move on, the rest follow suit.
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It also behooves Sony to close out this generation with a bang and release more PlayStation games on the latest hardware. With a potential PlayStation 6 in the works and the PlayStation Portal, Sony is juggling a lot of hardware right now.
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