I hope the NX is a 10 year, mega powerful console, that is expensive.

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Aeolus451 said:

TheGoldenBoy said:

I don't know about that. The PS1 and PS2 both had successors ~6 years after their launch and they were perfectly fine. Also, with the rise of cross-gen releases it isn't like the last gen system will suddenly get all support cut off.

A console gen does not end when the successors are released. Nintendo always ends the support for their consoles prematurely in my opinion. MS is following Sony's plan on supporting their consoles for a long time. 

Ah, so you're talking about cross gen titles and smaller projects. Those are fine, but not a selling point for a console. I wouldn't say 7th gen is still alive and kicking by any means.

So we are talking about consoles that after 5 years when a new console drops, they can be phased out slower. I can see that. Still, the "need" (though it's honestly more a want of better graphics and performance) for a new console would be 5 - 6 years max. They're also doing that with $400 - $500 consoles, so it doesn't really show a need for a $1000 console either.