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Machiavellian on 22 August 2017
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DonFerrari said:
Machiavellian said:

How does it not make sense.  Lets use graphics cards as an analogy.  When the latest graphics card comes out at 500 bones or more, its not priced for the mainstream.  When the next latest card comes out priced at 500 bones, the last iteration drops price.  Usually by that time those cards drop to the 200 price range or better and become consumer darlings.  You even have High End, Mid and low end cards for people looking for different levels of performance.  

If consoles are pretty much going the same way, how does that situation not pan out the same way.  No generations mean your old console also can play your new console games.  Its not the same case where you go from a PS2 to a PS3 and the PS3 is a new system with new games that only play on the PS3 and it cannot play PS2 games.  It seems you are still looking at a new console as a totally isolated system like the old days but MS already stated they want their system forward and backward compatible.   So whan the PS5 hit, it may or may not be forward and backward compatible with the PS4, for MS their next system will be.  This may or may not be an advantage for MS if things pan out this way but we will see what the market bares when it happens.

It doesn't make sense when you say that MS isn't making X1X be a "new gen" but that when the next xbox come then X1X will be new gen because the price point will be lower and it'll sell better.

Which company would justify a "generation" on the premises that it will start selling 3years later?

Ok, I see your confusion.   Let take the next gen part off any new console MS does in the next 3 years.  I thought it was stated within my last post how I see the next console from MS will be.  Hopfully that clears up my statement.  As for Sony, they stated they are not going away from a new gen so who knows what their next system will support.