Will PS4 be the first evolving console?

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NEVER. GONNA. HAPPEN.

The whole point and very nature of consoles is that along the course of a generation, one box will play every game made for it. And eevey experience had by its users will be identical. Anyone that understands why consoles even exist will understand this.

These are the things likely to happen though;

- Near guaranteed BC across all future PS platforms. This is the biggest benefit from switching to an X64 architecture. So we can expect the PS5 to have full BC with the PS4.

- As the gen progresses, and depending on how successful VR is, expect to see a version of the PS4 with all the chips and I/O of the breakout VR box built in. As for the future, PSVr VR solution may show that the best and cheapest way to handle VR is by having separate VR hardware (chips) that are dedicated for specific VR related tasks. We will wither have a PS5 with a separate VR chip on board or it built into the PS5 SoC.

- Lastly, we think Cross-gen is bad now? Come next gen it will be worse, as the PS4 will likely support every single game made for the PS5, even if it means them running at sub 720p. So the PS4/PS5 will mark the beginning of full cross gen platforms. Even running an identical OS.