| tokilamockingbrd said: So this is the big news? A console launching 3 years after another set of consoles will "have noticeably better cpu performance" I would hope so. This whole thing just reminds me of the dreamcast. Launching against the peak year of the current gen. The dreamcast was superior to the N64 and PS1 by a long shot. But what killed it was the fact the older consoles were getting the games that had been years in the making while the DC was offering launch qualities. |
Not saying it's groundbreaking news, but many weren't considering that Nintendo would do anything above the XbOne, let alone both console. So to say it's the same situation as the DreamCast is a bit sensational don't you think? For one what killed the DreamCast on all fronts is Sega had absolutely no money left and launched the system after several unsuccessful products back to back.
Technology is hitting a wall and if Nintendo can actually provide a decent console with no bottlenecks and can actually push some amazing visuals for an acceptable price. Both Sony and Microsoft would have to make a very expensive console to provide anything vastly more advanced anytime soon! Many think and believe that the PS5 will be 8-10x the power of PS4, which would not only hinge on 14nm finfet process(or much smaller)being extremely mature and affordable in 3-4yrs.
To provide a 12-16Tflop solution in such a small enclosure as consoles provide, is just not going to happen in this go around of manufacturing process reduction. Finfet has already been delayed so long, so whatever is next surely won't get off the ground when they are expecting it to. These next console updates are going to look smaller and smaller as to what they provide in sheer muscle to the buying consumer. Just as these new cell phones are starting to look less appealing to update each year, they are going to need more than just better hardware to sell the public on these devices going forward.
