Rumor: PS5 announcement coming mid 2019 and more info at PSX 2019

[Mr Puggsly]

John2290 said:
I very much doubt it. I thjnk the whole reason for skipping E3 is to avoid rumors giving either conpany an itchy trigger finger on the 9th gen, i still suspect the ps4 and X1 were announced a year early than they were supposed to be as the x1 was lacking a streamlined hardware design and ps4 was lacking the basics of an OS. I hope they can keep it in their pants for one more year.

At this point, I think MS could release a great console in 2019. Its evident they learned their lesson when designing the X1S and X1X. When you say OS, I think you mean UI? Either way I like what the X1 has thanks to years of refinement. More powerful hardware will fix sluggishness though.

I think my bigger concern is they would have to make a really expensive console to create something far more capable than the X1X. I mean the X1X already handles modern games with ease in the graphics department thanks to GPU and a big boost in RAM, I'm sure the improved CPU is also making 60 fps more stable. It seems like Ryzen would be perfect for new consoles and are much better for 60 fps. On GPU though, at a minimum I would like a double the GPU power as the X1X, which could be expensive but we need a big jump to justify new hardware.

Essentially, we need a significant specs upgrade but we already had a pretty significant hardware upgrade with the X1X. It could be argued the X1X already has the GPU power of a next gen console yet still not what's needed to make 4K standard. So pushing it to 2020 seems like a good idea just because we don't really need new consoles per se.

Last edited by Mr Puggsly - on 19 November 2018