I remember when people said DLC and micro-transactions would never make games P2W or have endings repackaged and sold or that game companies would never purposely make progressions in games so slow that no one would ever complete them with out paying. Yet here we are and all those things absolutely have happened and more.

I doubt consoles will come out yearly but every 2 to 3 years is almost assuredly going to happen. Sony and Microsoft are already on a collision course of trying to outdo each other.

Ah, another Gamingbolt article.

Gamingbolt, YAY!!! As for this insane "guess", it's not going to happen. Microsoft is looking more like they want to get out of the console business IMO. Neither company would release hardware upgrades as consistently as phones do. It wouldn't be cost-efficient.

I think eventually it will happen, if one company releases hardware that is more powerful the other company doesn't want to lose all its customers because they now have an inferior product so instead of waiting it out for years and losing their customers they will just upgrade annually so there is no risk of losing a power war. Its going to happen and we will all look back at these 8 year cycles and laugh about it.

Every 3 years yes, every year no. It's just way to short for a console, not to mention that it would be a living hell for game developers do make a AAA game.

I think is not going to happen. But we'll see

And the industry would become as disgusting as how half assed, and monotonized as mobile games are these days. I hope it doesn't go that way. >_>

I prefer midgen upgrades, but for annual upgrades, which I don't like, I can see that happening if the chip makers/suppliers continue to come from competitive brands like AMD, Nvidia, Intel, etc. since they release new cards/processors every year.

Nah, I don't see that happening at all. First off, it doesn't make sense. It works with phones only because the companies are able to sell them for pennies on the dollar via a contract. If people had to pay full price for the new iphone every year, I promise you there would be far less people buying them yearly. Microsoft already tried this with the 360 and it failed.
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Stardock who??? never heard of them before.. whatever he says isn't relevant haha

I think future consoles are gonna be something like the Nintendo Switch. But with one key difference. The dock will have hardware to boost the performance when playing on a TV.

I'm out. PC is the future for me.

Am game bring it on ...

Better NOT!!!

If this happens im sticking to PC gaming

As strange or unique as it is that videogame consoles are almost the only consumer tech to not get regular refreshes, I really don't want new platforms every year.

this is what i think:

both sony and ms will release consoles every gen than give a mid gen upgrade 3rd-4th year in and whole gen will last 7-8 years as one cycle

look this guy is giving his opinion and we shouldn't take it serious or bash him. he has a right to his opinion just like we all have right to our opinion

Brad Wardell again? The guy who acted like DX12 was the almighty god.

Why would anyone choose consoles over PC if they were going down the upgrade route??

I upgraded to the PS4Pro because I wanted the most powerful console & knew it's going to be a good few years until the next generation. If there going to start regular console upgrades I'd just stick with my PC. What would be the point in consoles. Who would pick that over a pc if your just going to be paying the same either way but getting cheaper, better quality & freedom on PC.

I really wish people in the public eye who voice opinions would use their common sense first.

If this happens i will quit gaming, it's bad enough we have unnecessary mid gen upgrades, new consoles every year will truly suck, not even pc gamers change their rig every year

Pro and psnow are all testing grounds. We all know it is pointing towards this but not a physical hardware upgrade but an eventual subscription based one in which things upgrade yearly on The server side.

I can definitely see this happening in the not so distant future, at least every 2 or 3 years. Until eventually both Sony and MS get their all digital only infrastructure up and running.

Sony and soon MS are already testing the waters of releasing mid gen upgrades and so far at least from what I have seen consumers haven't dismissed or trashed it so this may be a greenlight for Sony and MS to go all out with this type of model,

They would need a payment plan and/or rental option, if that's the case. Just like phones.

What a ridiculous claim. Smartphones are cheap because they are subsidized by the phone service companies. No service provider is subsidizing consoles

Not when games take 3-5 years on average to fucking make, they aren't. Jesus what does that development cycle look like if, while in dev, a platform gets 3-5 new upgrades? Fucking stupid.

This would be a mistake of epic proportions

Every 3 years is still okay, every year is not gonna work. With mobile phones you can buy them by an additional monthly fee and most people around here get 2 year plans and buy a new one every 2 years. Without those payment plans I don't think many would upgrade every 2 years, let alone every year.

I won't be so crazy to spend €200-250 every year for a new console (with an exchange program from a store), if I did it would cut into my games budget...

Do not want.

Said this very thing the other day and the general reaction was "nope, never".

They're already doing it. No matter what they say the "Pro/S/whatever" trend will continue.

A new console will drop, relatively weak to mitigate financial risk if it fails. If successful they'll release an upgraded version in 2 years. A few years after that you'll get the next gen of console. Rinse and repeat.

Highly doubt it, the mid-gen concept is here to stay but I wouldn't see 4-5 upgrades through a gen being successful and/or worth it for M$ and Sony.

Im ok with the 3/4 yr premium upgrade as long as there bc.

Every year or so is just an exaggeration

I'd expect them to make a module console before this. Have upgradable parts like a pc, but all contained with drivers etc, of the console stores.

Consoles becoming so much like PC you may as well PC game.

But I thought consoles were going to be dead this generation?

PS4 Pro was a 4K joke! I don`t think we are not gone see PS5 Pro or something because PS5 will be the true 4K console! 8K too far for now and they cannot just release a game console for better frame rate for same games right?

Sony and Microsoft should understand `If we want more power or technically advance game machines we can get easily better performance and technically detailed and dedicated gaming hardwares from PC`s `
Even now i`m a first day PS4 and Nintendo Wii U owner but for PS5 Sony should do something better. Not only 4K i`m talking about like from PS2 to PS3 or Xbox 360 era i`m talking! I don`t need just a resolution or FPS pump those are should be standart but new technologies new way to play i need not a just more powerfull PS4/5 console or new Xbox Scorpio/2!
And i don`t pay for PS4 Pro and if it`s gone happend again like PS5 and PS5 Pro i will never ever gone play games on Sony or Microsoft consoles. Console means for me every 5 years or 6 years upgrade! Not every 2-3 years. Because today PC`s with good graphics cards holding on 3 years with same system and if you upgrade to second time your graphics card after 3 years your getting another 2 years atlest! So Console should be get upgrade every 5 years for my perspective. Not every 3 years!
This is all my thinking my ideas and my choise.
(ESL guy here so sorry for English)