Are there any benefits to shorter lifespans for consoles?

[1337 Gamer]

Aeolus451 said:

1337 Gamer said:
Shorter cycles are better. The longer a console generation goes the longer visuals stagnate. Thibk about last gen and how long that cycle was and as a result game engines get optimized for old hardware and graphics top out relayively quickly. The evolution of hardware is inevitable and the quicker we transfer over the better it will be. I think 5 years is about the perfect time. 5 years is an ETERNITY in technology.

A lot of good games come from long gens and some of the best looking games in a gen come out in the tail end of it. The last of us for example. I just want good games. Graphics are just the cherry on top. 

With shorter gens, you're gonna have more cross gen games and not less. If you honestly want more up to date graphics, get a gaming pc.

Yes but the biggest leaps come from generation changes in hardware. No amount of optimizing with low end hardware can ever replace brute force with new age hardware. Why have devs waste additional time and resources to keep trying to improve graphics when its easy enough to get new hardware every couple of years. I actually do have a gaming PC. And i really dont like getting cross platform games from consoles with low res textures and what not. You can only upscale a game so much. The length of last gen really stagnated the graphics on PC as well.