I set aside $1000 for a pascal GPU. Lol I'm effin worried. I already invested in a new CPU/Mobo/RAM as well as G-sync monitor.
I meant "next gen" in terms of generational leap in hardware. Not really in terms of software and game compatibility.
But they're not inadequate. Could the current games run better on new hardware that can be produced at around the same price as PS4 was at launch? Yes! Are current PS4s going to stop working the day Neo launches? No!
I think 2 years is too fast. 5-7 years is too long. 3-4 seems about right.Exactly. Honestly, I rather see refreshes every 2yrs, rather than 4.
Exactly. Honestly, I rather see refreshes every 2yrs, rather than 4.
That seems to be what Sony is doing.
As you know, the idea is a massively more powerful console. 20% makes little odds, although...
...what room is there to compete in these departments? I don't think people are looking at XB1, seeing its ecosystem, prefering it, but buying PS4 instead because of power. I think by-and-large there's little to differentiate beyond the exclusives, and there's little room to maneouvre as well. So a new console can't offer a super awesome ecosystem or features to differentiate (beyond hardware gimmick) and can only compete on price or power. I think.
If they announced specs like that previously to PS4 Neo, Sony's new console could end up being dreamcasted.Sony must have the plan quite clear because being the first and with so many new powerful stuff coming out next months is very easy for MS to go all in.Who knows, MS could even leave consoles altogether and Sony could know it.
Could be super powered, super priced, offering a different service and experience, playing XB1 games through emulation and Windows games in full fat, meaning devs just treat it like a high end PC rather than a new console target. Because I really don't think devs want a new gen to start so soon. Say, on a progressive hardware model, double power every two years with progressive engines rolling up to the next performance target, instead of needing a massive change in creation between last and next gen hardware because the delta is so vast.Well,If MS gives this gen for lost,that is quite probable,they have two options: make nothing and base the future on windows store or kill the gen with a new more powerful console.In the last case PS4 would be still the base due to the installed base but XB3 games could end up being more similar to top of the line PC versions.That seems unlikely to me. A new XB would be premature I think. Devs are still working on this gen as a baseline target. PS4N is just an optional extra for gamers, but the target is still PS4 and this gen. Would gamers migrate en masse to a new super powered console and require devs to transition to the new target? As I say, it may just be PC-like, running the same games dialled up. What if it wasn't even an XBox, but a Windows Box?!
That seems unlikely to me. A new XB would be premature I think. Devs are still working on this gen as a baseline target. PS4N is just an optional extra for gamers, but the target is still PS4 and this gen. Would gamers migrate en masse to a new super powered console and require devs to transition to the new target? As I say, it may just be PC-like, running the same games dialled up. What if it wasn't even an XBox, but a Windows Box?!
I don't think hardware manufacturers can dictate the movements of the market that way, unless they have a monopoly. Thatis, I don't think Sony nor MS can say, "next gen starts when we say so." It's happened before when more powerful machines have appeared but the market hasn't adopted then, because of price etc. A $400 super console? Might well do it. A $600 super console? I reckon that'd stay niche. Of course if the software scales than it'll just be another option for gamers, so they'll have power tiers of XB1 > PS4 > PS4N > XBII - pick your poison. But those tiers will be old gen > half gen > next-gen, while the software is all old gen. Unless old gen gets dropped.