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Zeus posted...

I hate that they're already talking about the ps5, considering that console generations *should* be getting far longer. At this point, it's only 6 years old and should last at least another 4.

5-6 year cycles have always been the norm, though. I mean, consoles SHOULD last longer than that, but they know consumers will just snap up the next big thing and move on from the last easily.

It's even more embarrassing for Sony and Microsoft, though, since they build and market their consoles as tech powerhouses meant to last. So it just looks like a joke when the only difference they can hype between the PS4 and PS5 is 8K play, which is a joke, considering we've only NOW have gotten 4K TVs to reach mass market saturation. They are hyping their new console over a small, incremental difference that not even 1% of consumers have access to anyways. MS is more or less in same boat, except somehow even dumber, if they think disc-less is going to fly.

Nintendo gets a pass, because they actually radically change their consoles each time (although I hazard to guess that the Switch will more or less be the template going forward).
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