Do you miss the days of 4-6 year generations, or do you like the longer 7-8 year gens we have now?

Do you get bored after a few years and want all new hardware, (not just mid-gen revisions) or do you like it when a console goes for a long time before being replaced?

For my backlog's sake I prefer 5-6 year gens. New generations have slow starts, so I can catch up when they announce new consoles. For game quality, 7-8 year gens are much better, which in turn bolsters my backlog...

I guess I will have to choose the 7-8 for better games.

I prefer the 7-8 year gens like the PS3/X360 had

Something about this current gen already feels short imo, even though by the time the new ones come out in 2020 it will have been 7 years. I just feel like there's still a lot more that can be done on PS4/XB1 and I would have been completely fine with 2021 for new consoles tbh 

I like a generation to occur when the technology is ready to deliver a significant leap on all fronts. With the rate at which technology is growing, I would like to see generations get even longer, but have optional upgrades like PS4 Pro and XBO X come out more regularly. The next generation is coming about 2 years too early based on what I am seeing. I think a PS4 Premium this year on 7nm with a 3GHz Jaguar and a 10TFLOPs GPU would have suited us just fine, until a full generational leap was ready in 2022.

I really hope that Microsoft and Sony have built the PS5 and Scarlett with many upgraded models in mind. I wouldn't mind upgraded models every 2 - 4 years depending on new tech, with PS6/XB5 not arriving until 2030 at the earliest.

With development cycles lasting 3, 4, 5, or even 6 years now, the idea of a 4 - 6 year console cycle is hysterical. At that rate, we would have console that never get a lot of AAA franchises as development time would completely skip generations. Much better off giving developers time to build towards a controlled architecture, and allow them to easily scale up to upgraded devices within the same architecture for those that want to go after higher resolutions and frame rates in the console space.

For me personally the hunt for ”MOAR POWWAH” is kind of dull and not needed any more.

Extend the cycles and try to bring something truly unique instead.

Five, this gen has been weak from the onset and worse by the current gen closure.

Im fine with them lasting like 7+ years.

Esp with how advancements in technology arnt progressing as fast as before.
And with how theres deminishing returns now in graphics gains.
plus factor in developement times for games has grown..... short gens dont make as much sense as before.

Ideally, 7-8 years now because it's taking longer to build games and it's harder for systems in the future to become more powerful ...

Another bonus is that in introducing more expensive platforms means that customers are getting more value for their systems over a longer period of time ...

I update my pc every 4-5-6 years.

When I was a kid, a 4-5 year generation seemed like such a long time. Now that I've reached 40, I'm pretty cool with the idea of a 10 year generation. The seventh gen of consoles were able to change with the times and offer entirely new features. I'm still satisfied with that level of graphical detail, actually.

I don't want a PS6 or Xbox whatever to even be announced until 2030.