Would it be too early to think about mid gen updated consoles?
At the moment it seems that AMD tech schedules and both TSMC capacity and node availability is keeping both MS and Sony at similar performance levels and neither can get ahead. Plus the chip availability is an issue when everybody and their pets are using TSMC.
Would it make sense for either MS or Sony to join forces with Intel for example? Intel is getting smaller nodes working finally, and is planning to have thr 20A process ready in 2024 and the 3nm process ready in 2023. Also, early tests show that the Alder Lake will be a very good gaming CPU and the new ARC GPU's will have full DX12U compatibility with AI up-sampling technology similar to Nvidia's DLSS. Good stuff. Going Intel would be risky, yes, but could also have better 3nm or sub-3nm process node availability than TSMC which could lead to a big performance advantage.