I've been reading a thread on Era that follows a typical pattern carried over from Gaf whereby they often expect companies to sneeze out the generation at the drop of a hat simply because they're unable to accept that the industry has been steam rolling away from 5 year cycles for a long time now.
At where we are currently positioned this year does indeed take us to the five year life cycle of old however of the three companies contesting for our money all three are at critical points in their systems existence.
For Nintendo it could be argued that despite the lowered powered system they are the only next-gen system already on the market. They're still in their birth year for the huge success that is the Switch as well so they're effectively out of the discussion at the first breath.
Microsoft released the expensive Xbox One X a mere three months ago bringing as cutting edge a console to market as the retail space and consumers could stretch to.
Sony technically has the oldest hardware on the market now with the Pro now on its way to being 18 months old in a few more short months however they remain the single most successful platform this generation as they race a breakneck speed towards the fabled 100m mark.
Despite this some expect the PS5 to kickstart the next gen race next year, 2019.
Basically, how do you see the rest of this generation panning out and on what timescale?
At where we are currently positioned this year does indeed take us to the five year life cycle of old however of the three companies contesting for our money all three are at critical points in their systems existence.
For Nintendo it could be argued that despite the lowered powered system they are the only next-gen system already on the market. They're still in their birth year for the huge success that is the Switch as well so they're effectively out of the discussion at the first breath.
Microsoft released the expensive Xbox One X a mere three months ago bringing as cutting edge a console to market as the retail space and consumers could stretch to.
Sony technically has the oldest hardware on the market now with the Pro now on its way to being 18 months old in a few more short months however they remain the single most successful platform this generation as they race a breakneck speed towards the fabled 100m mark.
Despite this some expect the PS5 to kickstart the next gen race next year, 2019.
Basically, how do you see the rest of this generation panning out and on what timescale?
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