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thismeintiel on 08 September 2016
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Soundwave said:
Azuren said:

I suppose every Slim model of every console ever released is also a sign of generationless?

 

Look, I get that you want MS to be right about this, but they aren't. If Sony and Nintendo have intention of releasing into new generations, but Microsoft doesn't, that doesn't mean we're generationless; it means MS is backing out.

MS and Sony are on the same side of the coin on this. 

It will take 2-3 years before you start seeing PS5-only games because developers are going to want to keep supporting these "mid-gen" consoles, and I can't blame them because those new consoles will be starting from 0, whereas these machines (Scoprio/PS4 Pro) will have userbases of tens of millions by say 2019. 

You're going to end up though in a cycle where effectively not many games are made for any specific hardware ... they have to work on multiple different spec points ... which is a direct betrayl of the original "console generation" concept wherein one game is made specifically for that specific generation of hardware. 

We already saw this with the PS3-PS4 and X360-XBOne transition, it will be far worse next time because of this, and that is in effect blurring the generation lines. 

Microsoft isn't doing anything Sony isn't, they're just making a better piece of hardware and taking a bit more time, but they're both doing the same thing. 

Lol, you're describing every gen ever. Devs and pubs always support the previous gen. Now, if they make it where you can buy one disc and play it on a PS4 or PS5, you'd have a point, but I highly doubt that's happening. Sorry, MS has no say over what Nintendo and Sony do. 

And BTW, Nintendo has been doing mid-gen refreshes on their handhelds since the beginning, so where has this BS generationless talk been? Oh right, it's only a thing cause MS wants to push it. Doesn't work that way.