i5 CPUs are still going to be the average CPU in most PCs next year. If next gen comes out and blows that figure out of the water than awesome, however devs still have to manage to make there games work on older CPUs. XB1 and Scorpio are more like PCs. If something comes out too powerful for there machine, devs will just scale them down to operate on the Scorpio/PC.

If devs just focus on next gen console hardware than your saying PC gamers arent getting any multiplatform games. Because how many PC gamers are going to have next gen hardware specs? Devs will focus on PC just as much as they will focus on new next gen consoles because theres a majority of the market that game on PCs. 

The Scorpio may have a weak CPU compared to next gen consoles (Most likely) it will still be ravelent to play newer games. The API is a very important part of making games. If next gen still use DX12/Vulkan than coding and porting will be very easy for Scorpio. Again look at the Scorpio as a low/mid range PC when those next gen consoles come out. At this stage, the Scorpio is a med/high end PC when you consider the average PC gaming Rig. 

Dont forget PC gaming is growing rapidly every year. Which is leading Developers to want to make there games on PC just as much as consoles. Just about every 3rd party game has a PC release this generation which is alot bigger than last generatrion and that was also a very good year for PC gaming. 

Next gen PC gaming will most likely be even bigger again which will keep devs interested. Which leads us to go back to what i am saying before. Devs will want to port there games across to PCs which will mean they will have to make low end settings to run on older hardware. If there going to focus on the average PC user hardware than Scorpio wont have a problem.

Running the games wouldnt be a problem for Scorpio, Its more up to MS/Xbox if they want to continue support for Scorpio when next gen arrives. I dont believe MS believe in generation leaps anymore. That makes Coding and porting much easier. Remember MS have the UWP eco-system so most next gen games will arrive on Windows 10 PCs and will automatically be a XB1 title.

This discussion is a waste of all of your time unless we have the slightest hint about the hardware specs (and release years) of the PS5 and Xbox 2.

Not apples to apples I am afraid.

Scorpio has 12GB of Ram. That's it. That's for everything.
That's for the OS, that's for apps, that's for voice chat, that's for OS services, that's for audio. That's for everything. After all is said and done you have only 9GB of memory for the game itself and it's graphics.

PC has a dedicated memory pool for graphics, often included with the GPU.
And then the PC also has another memory pool for everything else not related to graphics, called system memory.

If you look at the Steam statistics, over 22% of PC's have 12GB of system memory or more. That's a larger userbase than the Xbox One in total. And that doesn't include the gigabytes of GDDR5 included with discreet GPU's.

What? I am hoping I am just a little bit confused... Are you suggesting that Ryzen is only roughly 30% faster than the Pro?

I have a 10 year old PC that can run new games still. It's going to be sub-1080P. But it can still run a large swathe of them.

I am still running Sandy Bridge. And it can still run every single game at 60+ fps without breaking a sweat.

Yes it is slightly different on PC but not enough to exclude the possibilities to run next gen games on a 6tf console. 12gigs of Vram is more than any GPU available at this time on PCs unless we are talking way above $1000. Yes PCs use different pools however devs will mostly likely still use 4gigs to 6gigs of Vram for gaming. Which is more than enough for Scorpio to supply if they dont have to render 4k.

Today games only require 2gigs to 4gigs of video memory for the average customer. i dont see that number doubling anytime soon. Maybe bump up to 6gigs in the next couple of years. 

Note i am referring to the minimal specs required, not the recommanded specs which use 6 and above.

actually in single core performance they lose against a lot of intel cpu's from the last 5 years, you are also comparing DESKTOP ryzen, the chances we will see a desktop high performance cpu in a console is very unlikely, I hope we do, the price would be higher and it would be better for the pc market.

It is pretty much guaranteed that they will support two consoles, if/when they introduce the next gen. As far as I know, that has happened every time anybody has released a new console. Further, nearly all big games in the first year, sometimes the first couple, are released on both. Further still, MS has shown that they're committed to being the lower-priced of the Sony/MS systems this gen (after they ditched the Kinect). Given all of this, I'd say that the OP iscorrect.

PS5/XB2 will likely be cheaper than Scorpio when they release. So what's the point of buying a Scorpio now?
Is it because you care about graphics fidelity enough to spend money on buying an upgraded version of a console you already own? If you care about graphics that much then why would you be playing next gen games on Scorpio when they release and look far inferior on the Scorpio with likely missing features like PS3/360 were getting for the cross gen games? I mean money is obviously not an issue for someone who's going to get a Scorpio now. So who is this console targeting exactly?

Since PCs and Consoles are moving ever closer togheter the question when to upgrade is the same as it is for pc users.

Should you buy a 1080Ti or 1080 now or wait for the next Nvidia lineup? go with ryzen now or wait for ryzen 2?

simple answer: tech is outdated when you buy it but you shouldn't wait to move to the next console or pc component. Scorpio asks the question do you want 4k visuals and the best console performance in games coming to that platform if the answer is yes then buy it. Waiting on tech is never a good idea, just enjoy the tech you have or want.

Its also very reasonable to assume the next generation will aim for 4k so the sooner developers join to make games running with 4k assets the better and the scorpio really kicks this off in a big way because of the memory amount and bandwith so in that light its always super fun to be one of the first to see these new technologies being used in games and in the past this was always reserved to high end pc owners and this is a great time for console players who felt left behind in the past.

Yeah, the 2013 Wii support had been great... or the 2017 Wii U support.

Well, going by single thread ratings from Passmark and little clock for clock math, I think around 50% better IPC is fair assessment. But even if it's only that much, I really doubt next gen consoles will have such anemic clocks, so with 10nm parts inside as minimum, it's fair to say that we'll be looking at least at some 3x in CPU performance.

But overall, I do think that Scorpio will be able to pull off most nextgen games.