The Distant Future of Console Gaming

[Grey Acumen]

Game_boy said:

 

However, PC performance tends to increase exponentially, and Crossfire for example will still have all of the problems of current 'add-more' upgrades: Buying another card after 12 months for £100 may increase performance by half again and double your power consumption, but completely replacing for £150 can often give you three times the performance at the same power and space. Platforms also quickly change and often after a few months you can't find a retail card that will fit your given socket or bus.

This is why my initial note was on the universal plug n play that the USB standard has begun to address. pretty much EVERYTHING has USB right now, so while it might not still be the format in 10 - 15 years, I think there will be a similar standardization in the connectivity of all components of a PC. Thus after a few months you WILL be able to find a retail card that will fit the given bus. Even though the individual components may never become standardized, I see teh connectivity between those components becoming standardized in the distance future.