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SvennoJ on 24 April 2016
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Intrinsic said:
SvennoJ said:

Plus it becomes a mess after a few iterative upgrades. Different second hand versions of ps4s, which new games still work on what older version and are thus held back by the specs of that version. For example if the NEO is getting 9 year guaranteed support, that means games are still bound by that 8 core Jaguar and 8GB of ram until 2025! (Assuming 3 yearly upgrades and NEO.2 getting a better CPU and more RAM in 2019, which won't be used until 2025...)

You know it's possible to run battlefeild 4 on a Geforce GTX 7800 right? I don't know why anyone would want to do that. but it's possible. 

First that's a high end card and a 2013 game, and is that how you expect games to run on the base model when the second iteration comes into full use?
Anyway how does it run coupled with a core 2 duo processor and 1 or 2GB DDR2 system ram.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/500-gaming-machine-2007-edition,1681.html

Forwards compatiility with restrictions will become a big problem going forwards. Hence a new gen to cut ties and start fresh.
PC can always dial up the minimum specs, which that 2007 gaming pc doesn't meet btw for Battlefield 4. What can an iterative console do?

It sounds nice in the short term, simple upgrade, smooth performance, maybe better resolution or AA on a bunch of titles. Yet at what cost to future games development does that little extra graphics come.

If all these rumors turn out to be true I really hope it's a one off thing because of problems with making a slim for the current hardware. Then a new console in 2020 or so with new 16 core processor, 16GB ram or more etc. A real upgrade, not hampered by having to be feature compatible with NEO. BC fine, FC no.