Next-Gen Consoles Might Be Revealed Relatively Soon, GameStop Predicts

@chubby170: Last gen wasn't 1080p. Most games targeted 720p and a lot went under it. The 360 did have a decent hardware upscaler but playing backwards compatible games you can definitely see the divide between last gen games and especially the hardware refresh supported games. In fact a lot of current gen games for the base hardware dips under 1080p. Also, resolution isn't even half the story.

@pongman1975:"...not that much difference between PS3 and PS4. Same goes for the MS consoles." if you're talking about features and core gameplay mechanics, then fair enough. Sure the increase in power is no longer that massive but I think this statement is still too much of a stretch. As for the rest, it's up to you to decide though unless Sony starts putting current gen games day one on the streaming services, I don't see it'll pose a threat still to the consoles still, but if it's working out for you right now then good for you, for me though the whole idea of playing a non-definitive version of a game that you have less control over on the vastly superior hardware just sounds a little silly. With streaming it isn't just the latency issue, but the whole idea of your own games will be eliminated with it, on top of the danger of your games library disappearing in event of something happening with the service provider - already in aviation you get ridiculous things like planes full of passengers having to be grounded in the middle of nowhere due to the company going insolvent during flight, and imagine the equivalent of that happening to gaming. Maybe I do like a few more exclusives than you did so the cost of the hardware is somewhat more justifiable for me, and really my GPU alone costs a little more than two PS4 Pro consoles, so I'm not too bothered about having to buy another hardware, after all most of us willingly make even more worthless purchases in our lives much more often, but that's just how I view things. If I do find myself in your kind of situation I'd either only buy the console towards the end of the console generation, or buy a second hand one to play a particular exclusive or two I'm interested in before trading it away. If Sony's taking XBox's approach towards 'exclusivity' next generation then I can assure you that I'll be gaming solely on my PC, as for Nintendo it'll depend solely on whether or not they are going to release a good new Donkey Kong Country game. Ultimately, I do think that so long as we can maintain a core base of tens of millions of core PC and console gamers, streaming will not kill off PCs and consoles entirely, casuals and those who cater to them come and go, but we'll be here to stay.