Microsoft Wants to Create a Future Without/Beyond Generations.

[d21lewis]

Swordmasterman said:

Shadow1980 said:
Yeah. Good luck with that. Console generations aren't dictated by the companies, or by "innovation," or what have you. They don't even make new consoles simply because of "Hey, we got a lot better tech now so let's make a new system." They're dictated by sales, and it just so happened that the typical sales curve of a console gave us roughly 5 years between systems on average, which is plenty of time for a gamer to get a ton of use out of, build a solid library for, and generally get their money's worth out of their initial $200-400 investment. If MS tries to upset the apple cart by forcing a new paradigm (as opposed to having what amounts to one-off instance of offering a supercharged XBO to take advantage of 4K and VR), they can find themselves exiting the console market entirely. Maybe that's their plan. Who knows? But the console generation cycle exists for a good reason.

I don't know why all of a Sudden Console Generations are a bad thing, it seems that people want to get rid of them.

I don't think the majority feel that way at all!