Undoubtedly. If there's a X or pro at launch though, I'll probably just get that and be set for the generation.

Yessss. I'll take bets. 10 years of sig/avatar control.

Yes, the hardcore crowd can't wait to double dip. It's much better for the big companies since it stops people trying out the other console instead.

I would be very surprised if they didnt

Yes obviously, just wait until then, larger games library as well

30% at 4K? You’re delusional. I doubt that’s the case in the US even, let alone worldwide.

The step to 8K is majorly unnecessary for gaming. The benefits above 4K will be minimal at normal TV sizes and the extra rendering power needed would be just a waste.

Great information to add, and refreshing for discussion here to actually take into consideration objective factors which dictate these developments,
but AFAIK AMD doesn't have permanent exclusive relationship with GF, so other fabs' offerings are potentially in play, but who knows at this point?

Also question to ask is what purpose does mid-gen power boost serve? This gen, the base platforms failed to consistently hit even 1080p.
Given BoneX already flirts with 4K, the same dynamic seems unlikely to apply to next gen, making analogy w/ hypothetical 8Kchecker less tight.
VR clearly is able to use any power boost, but VR alone justifying new (sub) gen would itself be more notable than tech specs of that upgrade.

Transferring to blood descendants in case of death?

I keep hearing things on this. An engineering friend of mine recently told me that pretty soon it will be impossible to shrink them further because parts of it (the chips or something on them, i can't remember) will be touching and make it unable to work properly.

OK so coming back to reality (USA ≠ world), not sure current USA sales has such strong immediate effect on total USA install base.
Gamers likely higher than average, but still not = 30% IMHO, although clearly will reach there, perhaps even before nextgen begins... di
It still always disappoints me that even the greatest historical opportunity to converse with entire world, the internet,
doesn't dislodge the proclivity of gringos (I am one) to conflate their national reality or norms with the world as a whole.
I imagine this wasn't always true, but seems to be case post-WWII and even more so post-Soviet era, albeit US hyperpolarity seems in collapse.

I think a better analogy is the walls getting too thin to stop leaks.
But irregardless, fixating on "shrink" ignores that other process improvements besides that are possible.
3D transistors and stacking is already a factor, that can certainly be extended, possibly to extreme lengths.
That is all only considering utilizing current silicon process, when alternatives already exist, never mind new approaches including optics.
Now those may not be conducive to career prospects for silicon engineers, but processing improvements don't have clear-cut end of road in sight.

It was proven to work well together with Slim versions to help extending consoles lifecycle, it brings nice profits too, it has a very reasonable dev cost and it helps posponing the far bigger cost of developing a new platform, every console maker learned to make them without splitting the audience, thanks also to widespread scalable game engines, so why not?