Do you want this generation to be shorter, longer or the same length as last gen?

[Dr.Henry_Killinger]

SvennoJ said:

I don't believe there will be any games actually running in 4K on console in 2019. If there are they it will be like 1080p games last gen. Yet they will have 4K upscaling, and 1080p to 1440p games. Sub 1080p and no support for 4K output (lacking HDMI 2.0) will start to hurt in 5 years. Plus VR could really use some more powerful hardware, nothing to do with game budget. For now VR games will have to be scaled down to provide the minimum required 1080p60 x2 output.

Developers seem to target their games for the next gen anyway the way they end up running. Hence all the remasters now, they look perfectly fine running on new hardware.

The thing is the costs don't outweigh the benefits at all. A shorter generation would collapse the console industry. All those Developers you speak of would be developing on PCs, because at worst consoles would be history and at best the only thing left would be Nintendo.