In how many years would you prefer to see next-gen consoles ?

4 years.

uh... where... where do I pick 4 years ?

its 4+ you can vote that ;p

I personally like to see next-gen consoles arriving in 2020 at least. I think Sony might announce PS5 at E3 2020, then release it late holiday 2020. But what about MS? Well I do know they said there working on next Xbox console so we might see it as well in 2020? Who knows. I don't expect for anything coming from Nintendo at least in 2022 and beyond cause Switch is already a next-gen console so they are already into next-gen phase.

Voted: 2020.

I prefer upgrades.

I'm good waiting for at least 3 more years. Hoping the next PlayStation will play PS4 titles. Time will tell.

Every year, I mean we're getting milked on everything else to do with gaming why not consoles also.

Yes i hope for that too.

3 years, ride the Pro and and BoneX then go full blown upgrade.

Wishes for next gen (that most likely won't happen)

- A company (or hell, even all 3) go back to Free2Play online

- 60fps STANDARD across all games. No drops, nothing

- Universal online play between Xbox and Playstation

I'm sure there are others but I haven't had coffee yet

Hmmm. I actually wouldn't mind having these one stick around, but... say, 2020? 2021?

just got my switch.... but wouldnt mind a switch 2 in 3 years..2020.. i dont mind buying consoles often like i buy graphics cards...

I don't really care too much as I am finding less reasons to buy them. However, I don't want them to fall too far behind as that lowers the quality of multi plats on PC. Best to keep the lowest common denominator at a respectable level.

If gaming companies really have a new console in development then 2020 will be a good year to introduce a new console for the marketing department. But I think they will stick to upgrading their consoles like Nintendo to their Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and other VR developments

2021, Microsoft is set for the next four years, Sony kind of is, we really don't need another system until then.

I'm actually OK with the launch a console, update it 3-4 years later and then start the next gen 3-4 years after that. This gives the casual console gamer audience a good chunk of time with their consoles while the core console gamers have the option of stepping up the power halfway through. And ultimately this keeps PC AAA ports from becoming stagnant. Wins all around.

1) you wish

2) you wish

3)hmm , maybe if both systems do equally good in sales and having similar population in most games = you wish

I'm down with seeing them launch a new console in 2020, at least for Microsoft and Sony.

2020 at the earliest for me.

Hardware seems to be advancing faster than games these days. Also with console upgrades, do we really need 'next-gen' consoles anymore?

If the X1X wasn't an Xbone and instead marketed as something new that was BC with Xbone games, its enough of a power boost that it would be a next gen console anyway.

Hence the "wishes for next gen" comment LUL

If there are too many generations in a short time, we may as well remember what happened to the video game industry in the U.S. in the early 1980s. It was too many home consoles in the market that is one of several causes of the video game crash.

4 years...but longer is better since games nowadays takes longer.. to make. :P

3.

Ugh... Not sure why people want another 7 year gen gap again. I say skip the 3-4 year mid gen crap and go to a 5 year next gen. I'm sure I'll have a 4k tv by 2020 and really don't want to have to upgrade to a mid gen console to make use of it and then upgrade again to a next gen console. I wish we had a date of the next console... If it's 2020, I'll probably get a Pro this holiday. I'm still banking on 2019. It just makes more sense. PS4 for 3 years, Pro for 3 years, PS4 ecosystem for 6 years.

Hmmm, not sure... I think the X & Pro will be good enough for at least another 3-4 years.

Every year is fine by me, presuming older devices will continue to receive support.

The sooner the better, I'm sick of those weak systems. I hope next gen launches with two versions per system. One for the average "it has to be cheap" crowd and one that is a "Pro" or an "X" right at the start. I'm willing to pay much more to get a Ps5 with the power of a 1080Ti, especially if it comes with full BC. If I have to get a console to play its exclusives, at least give me an option to play them on decent hardware

@ArchoNils2: But the exclusives are there to make sure we buy half assed hardware.

I stopped caring about this when certain companies decided to put out upgraded versions of their consoles. It feels like I've bought a console every year, since this generation started.

4 years.

Sadly that's the truth and it's really annoying that devs are hold back by console hardware.

With how fast PC hardware advances I can't see even the Xbox One X lasting 4 years especially since they like to tout 4k gaming.

My 2014 PC was stronger than the Xbox One X. And I decided to upgrade when I found 4k gaming needed more power for higher settings.

Yeah, 2020 or 2021 should be good.

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Really ? At all fronts ? Well you got a beast there i guess.

I want to see it this year. Oh wait, no problem the One X is coming out.

Consoles are not needed.

Mighty X1X MonsterBox MasterRace in just a few months. :D

I'm good with 4 years. If they keep up with these 'mid gen upgrades' every 4 years that would mean i can upgrade my consoles every 8 years which is fair. Xbox One to Xbox One X is a pretty large jump anyways.

2020 here. That would be ideal to be honest. Enough time to provide a generational leap I'd say.

i dont think we will see a tradition console generation anytime soon. console will get update over and over again like scorpio and pro.

The longer the wait, the better the tech jump, I hope. My only worry is we cap the resolution horizon at 4K, I'd hate it if the power is wasted on 8K ambitions should those arrive.

Well, it's going to be 2 years... so that's what I am looking forward to.

Well it was a 970 SLI rig with an i7 4770k.

Only thing holding it back was vRAM at higher resolutions. But on all other fronts it was stronger.

I was getting quite a bit higher frame rate in SLI supported games compared to a Titan X like The Witcher 3.

Although both of my 970s were heavily OCed to 1520mhz on the core clock which performed more like 2 gtx 980s.

My 2 970s scored 6813 in the FF14 benchmark at 4k maximum settings while an Oced GTX 1080 at around 9 TFLOPS scores around 7300. Couldn't find anyone running the benchmark at 4k maximum settings with a 1070.

Seeing as I bought an Xbox one x PS4 pro and switch ... Five years please

As we're getting upgraded versions of consoles around now, I think developers should be given a chance to settle down with that tech and get the most out of it. Considering most larger game projects take two or three years to complete, we may not see games harnessing the full power of current systems for a little while.

I voted for 2020. It's a nice round number, and the start of a new decade. That should be a good time for the next major console releases, I would say.

Haha , hey now !!

im in two minds about this.

on the one hand i would prefer them to hold off for a very long time. AAA gaming is in bad shape and making more horsepower available isnt going to make it any better really. its not the visuals that they are lacking. the cost of development is just making them too risky now.

on the other hand.....well i do like a new gaming device (except for these stupid mid gen upgrades). im also also easily distracted by shiny things. 2019-2020 seems like a good gap since the PS4 launch.

maybe if they upgraded the hardware but MS and sony put in far stricter quality controls on all games released on their consoles. e.g. the game must run at X resolution with a minimum of X FPS or the game will not be allowed to be released. the publisher will need to demonstrate that their multiplayer backend can take a very heavy load so that the MP experience is seemless to the user at all times. the version of the game that goes gold must be of sellable quality (i.e. its not a completely buggy mess) and day 1 patches are just flat out banned. the state of console gaming at the moment has become a bit of a mess. all of the downsides of PC gaming; none of the upsides.

but i dont think making tons more horsepower available to developers and upping the cost of development even more is going to be helpful.

of course (raises superultramegaopti flame shield) they could also do a nintendo and play around with the hardware a bit more.

I'd say 2019-2020

I want the gen to last until 2021+, plenty of harddrive space left in my PS4 pro :)