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Otter on 08 March 2017
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Louie said:
JRPGfan said:

Thats unreasonable... you expect them to sell you a 21 Teraflop console in 2020?

A Nvidia GTX 1080 is 9 Teraflops and costs like 500$+ atm.

 

Im not sure expecting more than 12 Teraflops in 2020 is reasonable for a console.

It ll be twice the power of the scorpio or more, and come 2-3years after it, but at a lower launch price than the xbox scorpio.

Thanks for the clarification! I'm not an expert when it comes to this stuff. 

What I do think is that customers will have a hard time justifying the purchase of a console that is only 2-3x as powerful as a PS4 Pro because the mass market won't see the difference in graphics. Sony and Microsoft sell their new consoles primarily based on additional power. What would be the selling feature of a PS5 that is only "marginally" more powerful than a PS4 Pro? If they can't put out a console that's a big leap I'd expect the generation to last longer actually. 

The issue is resolution. We really haven't seen what the PS4 Prop can do at 1080p and likely never will, unless its gets an exclusive title down the road. A 12Tereflop system could easily offer that next gen leap people expect but probably not if developers aim for a 4k or 2160p render. I think we will probably see developers move in direction similar as what is seen on PC where they offer different performance options, I'm personally hoping rendering at 1080p remains the default target in most games. Maybe I'll change my mind once I actually a game running at 4k.