The Modern/Current Era · 2012–today
Sony PlayStation 5
PS5
Sought After?
Standard-edition units are common; special editions (God of War Ragnarök, Spider-Man 2 bundles) and the Digital Edition variant draw modest premiums on the resale market.
Downsides
Enormous physical size compared to prior consoles — a running joke since launch — and a persistent global chip shortage made units nearly impossible to buy at retail price for over a year after launch.
Why It Faded
Still the current flagship; not remotely fading, though a PS6/next-gen system is rumored for 2027 or later.
Trivia
The PS5's custom SSD was such a fundamental design pillar that Sony's own developers said it — not the graphics chip — was the single biggest reason games like Spider-Man 2 could load and travel around the city so fast.