Nobody needs new hardware, the graphics of today are more than good enough for any kind of game today. PS5 and Switch 2 are more than good enough for their use cases for several more years. They could release a PS6, but it would have virtually no exclusive games for years, so it would be basically a PS5 Pro Pro and most people don't even want a PS5 Pro.
AI will eventually replace the entire graphics pipeline anyway and just make environments/characters based off of photo/video reference and people won't care after that because you can have photorealism if you want it (or cartoony CGI), the end of traditional graphics hardware is I think is near is coming within 6-10 years. And yeah, you probably will not own any of that hardware, you will pay to essentially rent it.
We're getting close to the end of traditional hardware cycles.
That's why I think Nintendo should just ride out the Switch 2 and have a Switch 2 Pro later to extend its product cycle through 2033 or 2034 or so. By then, AI generated visuals will be the norm and you'll just jump straight to photoreal, no point in wasting time with that PS6 physical hardware range.
