Kotaku - Sources: Sony Is Working On A ‘PS4.5’

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Aeolus451 said:

No, it's not. The 6 to 10 year console gens benefit everyone from gamers to publishers. The only issue is the weak hardware but that's why gaming pcs are around for those who care about that. If gamers really cared about graphics as a whole, they would just be pc gamers. The big three sure as shit won't do a tiered console hardware because there's no profit in it. The big 3 don't even make a profit til half way through a console gen. 

 Actually, Sony and Microsoft set themselves up to break even or make profit from day one with PS4 and XBO. There are also a good amount of gamers that like consoles but do get dored after 3 or 4 years with the old hardware. By bringing out even a mid cycle power bump they could keep these people putting the money in their pockets instead of poking their head into PC gaming for a year or 2 tell the next console comes.

 

Chazore said:

You keep pressing the "consoles will replace all PC's" any time there is talk of the two. consoles arne't ever going to replace the PC and the PC isn't going to suddenly vanish from exitence where all that remains is your fave brand that helps you pay taxes while playing a video game at the same time, I'm sorry but billions of people use PC's for gaming and other tasks, including actual jobs and services that don't require Sony, MS or Nintendo.

I don't think PC's are going anywhere. There is way to much business in medical, design, engineering, and many other fields that need high end PC's. PCs are a good thing, and I am not against PC. However, I do think that PC's for your average desk job, or mechanic job are over kill, and they are a massive waste for your avaerage Joe as a hom electronic. 

Closed system boxes like PS4 and XBO are ideal for small business and home use, and having the them grow with tech in a very Smartphone like manner, is absolutly the best way to go for consumers, console makers, game developers, and programmers. 

I mean you don't have to look much further than the future plans for XBO to see MS is truning the Xbox into their in house PC. Xbox will be to PC, what Surface is to Laptops in the next 5 years. That is a great future, and one that will start putting Xbox in millions of more homes at a staggering rate.