BioWare Founder on PS4/Xbox One Upgrades: It'd Be a "Gigantic Pain in the Ass"

[Mr Puggsly]

potato_hamster said:

Mr Puggsly said:

Let me just put it this way, if MS or Sony really wan to push a 8-9 console generation. An upgrade somewhere in the middle would be great. But if the plan is only 5-6 years, maybe a new console with BC makes sense.

Assuming they stick with the same arcitecture then a new console with full BC should be easy.

This shouldn't surprise. The PS1 was released in 1994, the PS2 was released in 2000, The PS3 in 2006, and the PS4 in 2013. That is 6-7 years per console. Sure they supported the PS1, PS2 and PS3 for years after the release of their predecessors, but there's no reason to think the PS5 won't be dropping between 2018 and 2020

Here's the thing, we don't know the long term plans and maybe Sony and MS don't either.

If the plan is new consoles in 2018, maybe we don't need upgraded consoles. If the plan is new consoles in 2020, I would like upgraded consoles assuming they would be around $299. I mean it shouldn't cost much to a put significnatly more powerful GPUs in the consoles. Considering the New 3DS has a much better CPU with little impact on price.