What do you think the next console war will be focused about?

Today's FPS wars are yesterday's Bit wars. Today's resolution comparison's are yesterday's sprite size comparison's. No one complained about Starfox's Frame rate on the Snes nor did we complain about what resolution the Dreamcast had. The bit wars morphed into the polygon wars, then the shadow/lighting wars and now the FPS and resolution wars.

What do you think the next hot debates over consoles will be about? VR tech? A.I./physics processing in reaction to our voice?...think Seaman on DC or Cortana. Open source vs proprietary? Cross device communication tech? Something else? Or do you think the FPS/resolution will always be the most prominent in debates between gaming systems despite the historical evolution of what hardware features gamers found to be important?

I always think of this video when I think about the distant future of gaming

https://youtu.be/lK_cdkpazjI

Probably about the console masses being torn between mobile and PC gaming as they finally realize that consoles are the worst thing ever for video games.

I mean, your casuals can get their dirt cheap mindless time wasters for way cheaper on mobile platforms. The hardcore crowd can get the best version of everything and have a way wider selection of games by gamers for gamers on an open platform that isn't weighted down by horrid console systems.

Consoles are still big business, but it's only a matter of time before the masses wake up to just how redundant they are.

Hopefully they will argue about refunds and whether or not Half-Life 3 is still coming out.

Subscription deals.

not being able to run games at 2560x1440p/60fps. forget about 4k consoles won't be getting that until the ps6 and xbox untitled.

Dreamcast had much better image quality than PS2 though

4K is a complete waste right now anyways for TV gaming. Ps5 should output in 1080p and then just get every game with max AF and high quality AA, if games ran at 4K the jump in graphics would be pretty small. 60fps is just a choice.

And that's good for the mustard race since the lowest common denominator would have better graphics, then just bump up the res to 4K on PC if you want.

(Micro)Microtransactions.

Just my prediction of what System Wars will be talking about when next gen starts.

@uninspiredcup: "(Micro)Microtransactions."

Does that relate to DLC?

Finally realizing PC will never get an exclusive 10/10 or a exclusive GOTY as per GS.

It will be fought with sticks and stones.

Graphics. It's always been about graphics.

Which VR feels realer.

The same thing that people were arguing about for years, the forgettable exclusives and some mindless taunting about delays and bugs.

It will be focus on the same thing now - resolution & framerate & visual quality ....except at 4K (lol) :P

Unless VR proves to be a success, I think it'll be what generations 7 and 8 have been about- visuals.