Slimebeast said:
It absolutely will. The time between last gen and this gen was 5.5 years (the PS2 kicked off last gen in March 2000 and the X360 in Nov 2005) This time around the difference will most likely be a whole 8 years between generations (from X360 in Nov 2005 to the Xbox 3 in Nov 2013). Even if next gen consoles might be designed slightly less powerful relatively speaking, those extra 2.5 years of improved graphics tech will make up for that and then some more, and ensure that the jump will be huge. At minimum it will be a 16 times increase in raw computing power from the X360 to the Xbox 3. |
Be consistent. Either you do the comparison just for one company, or for the industry as a whole. That way you will actually get much better data.
Earliest release - Earliest Release
Dreamcast - x360 = 7 years
360 - Wii2 = 6.5-7 years, depending on when in 2012 it launches.
Latest Release- Latest release
Xbox - PS3/Wii = 5 years
PS3 - PS4/xbox = 6.5-7 years depending on when in 2013 they launch.
Sony release - Sony release
PS2 - PS3 = 6.5 years
PS3 - PS4 = 6.5-7 years
MS release
xbox - 360 = 4 years
360 - 720 = 7.5-8 years
Ninty Release
GC - Wii = 5 years
Wii - Wii2 = 5.5-6 years
I would hardly say that the evidence points to the gap between generations being 2.5 years long this time. For example, averaging them out we have
(-0.25 1.75 0.25 3.75 0.75)/5
=1.25
