AlfredoTurkey said:
KBG29 said:
I hear you loud and clear. If there was a way to get a console on the market in 2019 - 2020, that could deliver a significant step forward, and be $500 I would be jumping with joy. Unfortunately, looking at where things are, the tech won't be there. Anything that could hit in that time frame would be by far the smallest leap we have ever seen from Sony or Microsoft. With major limits on RAM and Storage, games for the new consoles would not address the issues you are pointing towards.
Tech improvement has slowed, and the requirements for any noticeable advancement in software has inreased exponentially. The days where we could have a new $400 or less box blow us away every 5 years are gone. Now we will be lucky to see that same jaw dropping leap in a ten year period, and it will only get worse going forward.
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If this is true, and there is no solution, then I have a hard time not feeling negative about the industry as a whole. How can we keep it running like this if the console cycles are going to be ten years? These things aren't cell phones. They're not necessities. People won't upgrade yearly just because. So where are we going to go from here? If I'm burning out at the idea of seven year cycles, how do you think people will deal with longer ones? I mean, it just seems like a massive problem and no one wants to address it.
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Well, the question is whether or not we really need to advance much further gaming-wise. I think we're reaching the point of diminishing returns.
