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I'm okay with this console generation lasting a lot longer than normal. Go into the 2030's, even. We're just not at the point yet where it feels justified. The gains are too negligible and the prices too steep to make it worth it.
I remember going from PS3 to PS4, we were all antsy for the next generation because the existing consoles had been pushed to the absolute limit and it was starting to show.
We're not at that limit yet for the PS5. The fact that there are still so many games being made for the PS4 tells me that the demand just isn't there yet.
Focus more on making the current gen cheaper and more accessible to get people off of the last gen. Put out a US$250 PS5 and US$500 PS5 Pro first, and then we can talk about what comes next.
I feel the same. There's just no need, especially when the generational leaps have become so small. Hell, I didn't buy a Switch 2 because I was still perfectly happy with the Switch which is objectively the weakest console of it's generation. At this point it feels almost forced. These companies release new consoles and attempt to goad you into buying them by releasing exclusives for them when the existing hardware was still perfectly adequate.
The Switch has been showing its age, but I do feel like the Switch 2 should be good enough, l would be fine with freezing the industry at these specs forever. Any game that can't hit 60fps on S2 ought to just cut back until it does.
The real problem is that developers won't cut back, will they?
I don't think it's possible to get even just the Bill of Materials for the PS5 down to $250 (even without elevated prices for RAM and SSDs).
There are too many costs that do not scale with less powerful components.