What if the 9th gen launched with Standard and Premium hardware!

[Mr Puggsly]

derpysquirtle64 said:

Mr Puggsly said:

Eh... even for 2013 the 8th gen consoles weren't considered great tech. They were considered mid range gaming rigs. At the time the GPU was worth MAYBE $150 and Jaguar architecture was already dated.

For $599 or less in 2013, we probably could have already had the PS4 Pro. However they were definitely avoiding risks at the time and the concept of premium consoles wasn't really a thing yet.

No we couldn’t. Look at PS4 pro and how big it is. The console with such power would have been even more bigger and less power efficient in 2013 because the original 2013 consoles had 28nm transistors while the new ones use 14nm. And if you just imagine the size and power consumption of that thing then it should be pretty clear that this would be console for no one. Those who want power would rather build a PC because there won’t be almost any difference in size and power consumption

I was talking more about the power, not the size and power efficiency...

I mean those things are nice, but the primary reason people are buying premium hardware is power.

Again... there are clearly people who want more powerful consoles without making the leap into PC gaming. These are still very different experiences and why consoles are still popular platforms.