Why the "hardware hate" is so big these days?

[Cloudman]

Kyuu said:

Cloudman said:
I'm someone who is very much against mid generation upgrades, regardless of who does it, because it greys the line between new generations, as well as break trust from the companies. It's more likely to encourage consumers to wait when new hardware releases, with the odds of revisions happening only a few years later. If you're one of the early adopters, you could feel a sort of burn from this action. Sure, you don't have to buy it, but it shows that in the long run perhaps waiting was the better option. It becomes unclear when it's the right time to buy hardware and could early sales of systems. I think that is terrible, and something I don't want becoming a standard practice.

I was under the impression that Nintendo gamers don't care about graphics. It turns out some of them care so much, that the possiblity of an upgraded system moderately increasing resolution 3/4 years down the road is trust-breaking and terrible! :P

idk, mid-gen upgrade seems like a cool idea, espeically for the PC gamer who's interested in console exclusives. I've zero problems with it as long as they don't shamelessly release exclusive content at any point in time. This isn't like the case of DS, in which Nintendo cuts GBA's life too short for no reason... Or the New 3DS, where Nintendo put some exclusives or games that don't work on the original 3DS like Xenoblade Chronicles, Fire Emblem Warriors and SNES virtual console games.

As for blurring the line between generations. This is simply a misleading argument, because if anything, Sony and MS would be forced to make the PS5/Xbox-Whatever a huge upgrade over the base PS4/X1 and as result, the jump in fidelity would be bigger than it would have been if Pro/Scorpio weren't released. PS4 Pro's advantage does almost nothing to raw graphics, the extra horsepower is wholly used for resolution and framerate. It's tied and thus hindered by PS4 like a high-end PC is hindered by low-end PC/consoles. PS5's exclusives are going to be a massive improvment in terms of graphical fidelity unless Sony makes resolution their primary focus (which is the Pro's purpose)

It's fine if you like the idea of mid-grade updates. I just don't. I wasn't fine with it when it happened with the New 3DS, and am not fine with it now. It ultimately comes back to 'Should I buy this console now?' If the practice of mid generation consoles becomes a standard thing, then that is a question that will always be there. It becomes more so of 'When is the right time to buy this console?', which I see it as hurting the early start of one.  It could become more of a waiting game and kill the momentum a console needs in the 1st place. And with console makers needing to make their next a more powerful console has been that way since the beginning. Eventually hardware becomes obselete and needs to be replace. Having mid gen consoles doesn't really change that. It's just a slightly better option. Sure, it may not really matter in the end, but it goes back to 'Maybe I should wait longer for something better?'