What should Sony do for the next Playstation?

[EricHiggin]

Norion said:

EricHiggin said:

Ya I got that. I wouldn't mind it either, who wouldn't? But that doesn't take many corporate things into account and the company always gets favored over the consumer when it comes to future products and services.

There are actually people against Pro consoles and would prefer if they stopped getting made. For the corporate side one benefit would be keeping up with PC better. The market conditions would've prevented them from releasing new hardware in 2022 but if that wasn't a factor then that would've helped let them notably close the gap with 2023 PCs.

This is true, and I'm one of them actually. Not against but I preferred another route. I've always thought SNY should just shorten the gens instead of extend them with mid gen upgrades. Basically make the mid gen upgrade next gen, but continue supporting last gen. I had considered getting to a point kinda like now, where it get's too hard and/or too expensive to keep pushing the performance limit with upgrades, which also becomes a bit of a problem for the lower performing main launch model.

You're also right that SNY can't disregard the hardware enthusiasts who want better, so they couldn't launch just 1 PS6 model and have last last 7+ years like they did with PS3. That won't fly anymore. That's why I also think they should go with 5 year gens again. That way the hardware can stay advanced and fresh enough for most console hardware enthusiasts. But SNY would need to carry forward the previous gen all next gen long, like PS5 and PS6 together.

Launching a new model every 2 or even 3 years is too much work and investment for the payoff. SNY already went from 3 to 4 years for their mid gen upgrade. It's also a bit of a marketing headache, and would be even more work for devs. Not necessarily a ton more work, but more and more with every new upgrade nonetheless.