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SvennoJ on 14 May 2017
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mZuzek said:
I think the future for gaming will consist mostly of portable/home hybrid consoles (Switch), or just having games as services (like Netflix... or Steam I guess) that can be used on a variety of systems. I think the market for dedicated, powerful home consoles is shrinking as they're becoming more and more of a dumbed down PC gaming experience, as is already being shown with the PS4 Pro and I believe will happen with the Scorpio as well.

 

Intrinsic said:
Ka-pi96 said:
I expect PS to stay with traditional console cycles. I don't think Sony will try to pursue the upgrade thing further after the relative apathy towards the PS4 Pro. They may still end up with a PS5 Pro, but I expect the upgrades to be a compliment to their traditional console cycle rather than a replacement to it.

PC gaming isn't really going to change.

And the rest? I simply don't care about.

Isn't that exactly what the PS4pro is? A compliment? Cause I really don't think it was ever designed to be a replacement.

Anyway to OP, I agree with him; traditional console cycle, but with an "extended" period of previous generation support. Basically, I expect we see the full compliment of  PS5 games also released on the PS4/PS4pro for around 2 years. And then in the third year we start to see PS5 exclusive games.

Everything else still has its place, having one doesn't have to mean the others die. There will always be a place for nintendo's "mobile" approach but that will still also always pale in comparison to what the dedicated home consoles would be able to do which will in turn shape their respective libraries and audience.

Yet what about diminishing returns? Won't we get to a point where a Switch like console looks pretty much the same as a dedicated box? Although a dedicated box will still be cheaper without the screen included.

Ofcourse as long as console makers are bringing the exclusives to justify their systems, people will buy them. Exclusives will only become more important with diminishing returns. Yet those exclusives don't neccesarily need to be tied to a piece of hardware, MS already switched to making windows 10 exclusives. Will Sony be able to offer streaming of PS5 games from day 1?

Supporting older hardware was usually done by multiplatform titles. First party exclusives are there to sell the new hardware. Releasing ps5 with full support for PS4/PRO for 2 years will start the next gen as slow as PS4 pro sales are now. I expect a clean break for first party software. I also don't think PS5 games will be streamed at launch but you never know. Is PS Now going anywhere?