GBA / DS Scenario happening?
They're going to tell us it's not a new gen console then flip the switch 1-2 years in? I'm really raising my eyebrows with this right now.
I made this joke earlier but the more information we receive the more it seems true.
I have this fishy suspicion Xbox Scorpio will be a next gen console and their going along with Nintendo who is releasing the NX next year to start next gen early so Playstation falls behind and needs to play catch up, all while pushing both Microsoft and Nintendo into the lead. But secretly Microsoft and Nintendo have knifes behind their back ready to stab each other at any time.
They are pushing this as choice, but the main benefits of owning a console is the standardized hardware and optimization. Taking that away is creating better devices year by year like Cell Phones with each one being so easily outdated because developers quickly move onto the next hardware because they have more to work with. Rather then optimizing with what they have and learning new ways to have games run on weaker hardware and how they can implement those ideas elsewhere.
There is nothing wrong with choice, but there's a reason we have console generations and why consoles have been so strong and prevalent over the years. And that's simply having a fixed standard of where everyone should be.
PC is great because mods can take you further if you have newer or better hardware (that is also very expensive) that the general crowd doesn't play. That's fine, the game companies aren't making them, the fans are who want to make a more visually impressive game and show off what games could look like in the coming years.
I generally feel like I'm going against the status quo but I'm HIGHLY against this idea of half generations or better hardware of the same system. If this is the case for consoles I'd rather just invest in PC at that point and leave consoles behind entirely because the cost of constantly updating an entirely new console every 2-3 years just to remain up to date would become insanely expensive and not worth the investment as opposed to constantly updating your PC every 2-3 years.
Overall Microsoft is really pushing to stay relevant, Nintendo keeps talking about having similar ideas, and Sony is sort of watching the trends and considering if this is the best move for them in the long run. But what scares me is the thought there are better methods that can be discovered in the long run that won't be used in favor of constantly upgrading and exhausting the need to improve our hardware rather then working with what we have. It's worked wonders for us doing that for years and everyone has benefited from that.
