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exclusive_console on 23 July 2017
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Mr Puggsly said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Its not going to fail, but its not going to sell as much as the PS4 Pro. If it fails mid gen refreshes might work in two ways:

1) They wont make the console as powerful just to compete with what they expect the competition to use.
2) They will follow Sonys model to stay competitive.
3) They wont make one at anymore.

It all depends on how far they lean into incremental upgrades.

If Sony beleives in gens as they imply, then the PS5 is essentially going to kill PS4/PS4 Pro. If the PS5 is going to be a singificant specs upgrade, I'm not sure if that can happen at $399. The PS4 Pro has underwhelmed even though its considerably more powerful.

If MS really wants to make their focus incremental upgrades, then X1X will continued to be supported along with a new Xbox One around 2021. Hence, $249/299 X1X and $499 X1X-2. While the OG X1 will likely be phased out unless developed choose to support it.

I think that's a good route for MS because it avoids splitting the audience even if forcing developers to support X1X MIGHT be a nuisance for some.

I doubt even PS4P slim will come down to 300$ next year TBH. I cannot see these mid gen console lasting much. Max another 4yrs.I doubt PS4P or X!X will be 900P 1080Pconsole once PS5 launches. Obviously the new console will be backward compatible. So the current gen will be obselete with no future. New console will play old games at higher resolution as well  as new games which utilizes its power unlike PS4P and XBIX which are barely used.