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Zkuq on 05 November 2017
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KBG29 said:
Zkuq said:
We'll end up with the cheapest solution that's good enough for the storage requirements of the next generation. That is, we should probably know more about the storage solution before speculating about the interface it's going to use.

Also, I'm not expecting SSDs to become cheap enough by the start of the next gen. Small ones might become cheap enough, but they don't have enough storage capacity. Capacity requirements keep rising, so a small SSD won't suffice even for the cheapest models.

There won't be a proper next gen until we SSD becomes cheap enough. HDD's are not fast enough to facilitate the amount of RAM we need, and the streaming speeds we will need for next gen games. 

SSD capacity is going to make gigantic leaps in going forward, and as we start getting 64TB, 128TB, 256TB, 512TB, and 1PB drives, the prices for 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB drives will drop rapidly.

Everything lines up very well for a next gen in about ~2022. We will have he CPU, GPU, RAM, and Storage requirements required to deliver a solid next gen experience, and not just a more polished PS4/XB1 experience.

If you're expecting the current generation to last for a whopping nine years in total (plus overlap with the next generation), I don't know what to say. Also, I very much disagree about storage technology delaying the release of a new generation.