Console with the best post-replacement lineup, pre-PS4/XBO

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curl-6 said:

killer7 said:

So you want to say, that the hardware gap between Gen 9 and Gen 8 is not huge? I mean that was the case from gen 7 to gen 8 but there is a massive jump between PS4 and PS5 and even larger for Xbox One to Xbox Series X.

The jump from PS3/360 to PS4/XBO was bigger than the jump from PS4/XBO to PS5/Xbox Series due to diminishing returns.

At any rate, crossgen releases are becoming less common as the active userbase on last gen systems wanes.

Most PS5 and current gen exclusives run just fine on SteamDeck which is virtually a PS4. So I don't think crossgen ending will lead to any incredible results, most games would still run on the SteamDeck maybe until PS5+PS6 crossgen starts and many games become super demanding.

In addition to diminishing returns, I think this generation's achilles heel is the low RAM, which only doubled or tripled in capacity and bandwidth (and this is without counting midgen upgrades and Series S).