| STEKSTAV said: But just think of the jump from PS2 to PS3. Dvd to Blu Ray, Online features, 3D, Motion controllers, Graphics etc. Is there really such a jump these days? If SONY releases a new redesigned Playstation with a better Blu Ray, bigger and faster cell processor etc etc. It will most likely be backwards compatible, support Move, have the same PSN and online features etc, as the current PS3. Or if Xbox came out with a new redesigned Xbox, with blu ray, better ram, bigger hdd etc etc. It would also have the same features as the current xbox, Natal, XBL etc etc. Those consoles would most likely not be counted as a next gen console. They'd most likely just be sold as a new SKU, and the Arcade and PS3 80gb, or any other SKU, might be discontinued in its place. But the sales would go on as usual on this site for example. There wouldn't be new tracking of how each of those two new models sold seperately. And the software would continue as usual. It wouldn't be Next Gen. It would be an upgraded Current Gen. And i think these types of upgrades will continue on for alot longer than 2012-15, before we see all companies release a Next Gen console. Dont you think? |
but that kind of upgrade never works as I have said before, just look at the X32 and sega CD for the Mega drive/Genisis and how successful that was, look how successful the PSP Go was consumers don't like when companies release new hardware that is required for new games without it being a new generation, existing users don't like the fact that they have to buy a new version of the console they already have etc. If you are going to upgrade the base specs launching as a new console is a much better option even if you have new games that work on both platforms, I doubt many developers would bother if it requires extra effort to implement. More powerful hardware is available today that would show a big enough improvement for a next generation jump.
the xenos specs are fillrate pixel:4000 Texture:8000 and meory bandwidth 22.4 GB/s vs
HD 5870 Fillrate pixel:27.2 thousand Texture:68 thousand and memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s plus much better Tessellation and other DX11 effects etc and real world performance is much higher than the specs suggest by late 2011 (the soonest that we will see a next gen home console IMO) it will be even higher by 2012 it could be a truly massive jump.
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