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[Caladrius]

Two decades.

 

[Dosia]

5 years

 

[Mrbob]

4 to 5 years.

Not a fan of the extended console cycle.

 

[Hazaro]

4 years.
Realistically will be 5-8.

 

[Ubiquitar]

When you can get Ray tracey's graphics running at 4k with over 10 million polygons. So maybe 2018-2019?

I thought that was a new screenshot of Knack...

 

[The Praiseworthy]

2020+

It will happen.

 

[RayMaker]

6 years, like this gen thats when the limitations start to show

I wonder if it will be the same multiplier as this gen.

the XBOX TWO = 7.8TFLOP GPU 51GB DDR4(Dev usable ram) 82gb usable ram.

PS5 = 18.4TFLOP GPU, 82GB DDR4 (61 DEV USABLE)

Thats if the GPU is 10x more powerful on the PS5 and 6x times more powerful on the X1

 

[Napalm_Frank]

6,5 years!

 

[ayob]

i think this gen is going to be a drag. it's going to be 10 years before we get new consoles from microsoft or sony. I think nintendo is going to break tradition and have two consoles this generation, one every 5 years.

 

[i HeaR MusiC]

Until PC games start making them look like complete shit.

 

[castaction]

6 year max this gen was fucking long

 

[Dimmuxx]

4 years

 

[Finalizer]

I want it to last 5 years.

I expect it to last 7-10.

 

[Thrakier]

What do you think will be more representative of what the mainstream is going to look at and come to expect?

Do you see the price on that machine? That will keep everyone but the most hardcore gamers away.

I've been playing games for 20+ years and I'd rather buy an Xbone and PS4 before I spent £992 on one system.

What is the question again in the thread title? How long WANT YOU this generation to last? Well, yeah, I stand to my answer then. Because in it's current state, I don't even want to start it. All launch games which we saw so far are rather disapointing and definitly below the level of best looking PC games.

 

[McHuj]

5-6, I want another new console before 2020.

 

[OldAsUrSock]

Five years. Last gen went on far too long.

 

[RealityPales]

2020+

It will happen.

Oh god, that number seemed so high! Then I realized it's 2014, not 1998.

 

[AAK]

As long as possible.

 

[chancellor]

6 years would be good.

 

[GetemMa]

No more than 6 years.

 

[Swissie]

5 years. I don't want it to drag on again like this gen did.

 

[clutch.as.it.gets.]

5-6 years. This gen was way too long.

 

[Sword Familiar]

7 years 'til start of next gen, total of 10 years pls.

 

[Zen_Arcade]

Six years max.

 

[GameGuru59]

8 years, or however long it takes to get GI running at 1080p 60fps and ray/path tracing running at 720p 30 fps. Otherwise there is literally no point in upgrading and I don't see that happening for at least 8 years. The only reason we're upgrading now is that current consoles CPU's are a little slow and they're RAM starved (moreso the RAM starvation). I think the hardware manufacturers agree with this. It's part of the reason there's such an abundance of RAM now.

No GI and path tracing GPU, no 3D RAM, no SSD built into the console = No new console generation. Mark my words (except on the 3D RAM part, we may not get that.. depends on manufacturing).

Nintendo's a different story. Wii U will last 4 years if its stinking up the industry, 5 years if its doing pretty well, and 6 if it ever explodes like the Wii.

People expecting a 5 year generation are seriously kidding themselves.

 

[Mudkips]

I'm already over it.
Wii U is a turd, and neither the XBONE or PS4 are too hot performance wise.
I already have a Wii U, and I'm sure I'll get one of the other two at some point, but that point is at least two years after they launch.

I have a PC, so I'll be playing my games there whenever possible. The PS4 and XBONE are going to live and die by exclusives for a lot of people. And timed exclusives or console exclusives don't count as exclusives in my eyes since I can wait.

 

[kerotan_eater]

New tech means better looking, larger, more complex games. The sooner the better I say.

 

[IcyBlueStrawberry]

To me, 5 or 6 years seems like a decent amount of time, but I don't see it lasting less than 8 years. Odds are that we'll have these consoles for 10 or more years and then we'll transition to a console-less environment.

 

[OgTheClever]

Minimum 6 years, preferably 8 (before the next set of consoles). Any earlier and the next-next gen won't be sufficiently powerful to be worth making the upgrade.

 

[Gskyace]

5 years, then another round of spy games would be too fantastic.

 

[kamakazi5]

4 years would be ideal but I'd be ok with 5.

 

[sn00zer]

As long as this gen was....long gen times allow indies to get in on the action as prices in dev kits and liscencing fees drop....also I love seeing consoles being pushed to their absolute limits (Shadow of the Colossus, TLOU)
EDIT: Late gen games also tend to be far more ambitious and creative

 

[Vic20]

5-6 years.

 

[oVerde]

About to 6 years is good, and as they use x86 architecture I expect lesser life span and full BC from now on.

 

[Evolved1]

4 years max.

Maybe with another 12 month tail of decent releases planned. But new hardware inside of 4 years.

 

[Yawnier]

5 or 6 years.

However, how long do I expect it to last realistically? More like 7 or 8 years again.

 

[Alebrije]

6-8 years

 

[OldAsUrSock]

As long as this gen was....long gen times allow indies to get in on the action as prices in dev kits and liscencing fees drop....also I love seeing consoles being pushed to their absolute limits (Shadow of the Colossus, TLOU)
EDIT: Late gen games also tend to be far more ambitious and creative

Late gen games also perform worse.

 

[Chamber]

Forever. Playstation 5 sounds weird.

 

[-MD-]

I, too, own a PC.

 

[pieatorium]

successors launching in the 6th year seems like the go, so holiday 2019 ps4/xboxtwo

 

[entremet]

5 years.

Anyone saying more than 6 is crazy. Console poors lol.

 

[HalfwayOrb]

6-8 years seem reasonable.

 

[Dr.Acula]

Depends on the speed of 4k adoption.

 

[Strike]

5-6 years

 

[Novocaine]

5-6 years sounds reasonable.

 

[NFreak]

If sales of video games and consoles are any indication, this gen was way too long. I would love for everyone to go back to the 5-year cycle, 6 years max.

 

[Xv Elite vX]

I am just hoping it is shorter than the last one. I do not want to wait 10 years till the next upgrade.

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

6 to 8 years.

 

[Y2Kev]

Let's see...long gens give us shitty performing games and basically murders the publishers.

4.5 years!