What do yo think will be the hardware specifications of PS5 if it arrives arround 2019-2020?

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AlfredoTurkey said:

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.

AlfredoTurkey said:

So then what? At what point do we all just collectively look in the mirror and go... ok... end game? We can't do ten year cycles and have this thing continue on in a healthy way. If we can't provide significant upgrades on a timely bases, what are we going to do to get people to upgrade? Better OS? The ability to more seamlessly post pictures of videos? I don't get it. What are we going to sell? 

Consoles don't need to be upgraded every year. With the way the current price structure is set up, sales of actual hardware does very little as far as profits go. The profit on consoles is in the software, services, and subscriptions. This could change a little in the future if more revisions and teirs are introduced, but it is not the case currently.

Not everyone jumps on day one, or even year one. There are still millions of people that have yet to move on from PS3 and 360. As much as a 7 year cycle sounds crazy to you, in those peoples eyes just got, or are just getting PS4 and now PS5 is coming out.

Strides are already being made to try and make people happy at both the hardcore end of the market, and the casual end. PS4 Pro and XOX are built for those that want more performance, while PS4 Slim, and XBOS are targeted towards the people that are still looking to join the current gen console space. I believe this will continue going forward, with a wider range of products being available from as little as $100 and up to $1,000. This will allow people to get the expereince they want, at the price they want. It will also allow consoles to make a bigger margin on the higher end devices.

Beyond the hardare, new services and necessity functions are continuing to be added, to further justify the ownership of consoles. The vision of the console has always been that it would be the hub of your digital life. Ken Kuturagi talked about this from the very beginning of the PlayStation brand, and Microsoft went at it hard with XBO. It has not taken off yet, and the mega phone has been silenced for the moment, but both companies are still continuing to trickle out things to achieve this vision. The end goal is for consoles to be a necessity.

Then you have the bread and butter, the games themself. There is an incredible depth of games, you have indies, AA, AAA, and VR. In there, you nearly have something for everyone, and the content just doesn't stop. I am still trying to catch up on games, while anticipating games from this year, and looking forward to games coming in 2019 or 2020. At the same time, I am dreaming of games that could come to PS4 and PSVR. I honestly don't know what there is to be burned out about, when there are so many advantures to have, and so many more yet to come. 

To wrap it up, it is not about selling people new consoles for the sake of selling people new consoles. It is about building a userbase and supplying them with a variety of software and services. There is no reason to require people to move to a completely new platform if their is no significant improvement, that the previous platform simply can not handle. PS4 can remain as long as the market sees it as a valuable device, and it will continue to be a more and more profitable platform with each new user it adds.

 

So here's my questions  to you.

What are you looking for that is going to make you excited about a new console?

What games, services, peripherals, features would re-ignite your excitement around the industry?

What is your ultimate vision when it comes to games, or just digital interaction in general?