| AnthonyW86 said: 6 years is to long since this gen did not start out with high end hardware. A new system after 4 years and then 1-2 years of decent multi-platform after that is probably the most that this generation of hardware is good for. |
Probably no console will start out with high-end hardware anymore. When the 360 and the PS3 came out, high-end GPUs had less than 100W TDP, now they consume 250W TDP and above. This is way above the total limit of an console, and that must include all the other hardware, too. Unless there is some limit imposed on PC hardware consumption, the consoles will never be able to fully catch up.
I do agree that this can result in shorter console gens, but we'll have to wait if this really happens or the consoles find something unique to them that will allow them to extend their lifetimes beyond the raw power limitations.
