See? Here is another myth that people are assuming only to be setup for disappointment yet again.
There is no proof that Sony/MS are going to make a mid-gen console. Last gen was a fluke because the systems were way underpowered. This is not the case this gen. I would be surprised if they did make a mid-gen given how hard it is to make silicon and PS5 has barely been able to go into people's hands.
I disagree greatly here.
Sir.....we can say it fucking STARTED as a "fluke" that doesn't mean they made less money and would not make something from a refresh, shit I'd argue a revision has been the most normal thing for BOTH PlayStation and XB. PSOne had one, PS2 had one, PS3 had one, PS4 simply had a more powerful one, but that isn't that different then 3DS Plus or XB360 Elite or XONE X etc
So we can agree that it started because of that, I see no evidence that they will stop it or not do it in the future, simply because it STARTED that way. Greatly unlikely.
I mean shit, thats like saying Wal Mart started self checkout because of the pandemic (not true btw, but see where I'm going with it) and decided afterwards, "hey, lets go back to making less money by getting rid of self checkout and going right back to cashiers now that the pandemic is over".
Why?
How would this help them as a business?
It started that way, that doesn't mean you've seen the end of it. I would be shocked if they DIDN'T do a upgrade mid gen. What reason would they have not to? They hate money now? Please don't give us your money and lets just ignore all the better hardware that will emerge in 4 years? Why? Think of this as a business, don't think of it using just normal logic, as if they did it ONLY for that reason last gen and it would never serve a purpose to do it again or something. That is not the logic of how a business sees something like that, you've literally given a reason that is more so the logic of how a person might think vs a actual business. ie They only remastered this title cause the creator died, that won't be the case for this game, thus it won't get a remaster or think of it like if McDonalds had some promotion for a film that had the number 3 in it and did a 3 patty Big Mac for it, it would be like assuming the will NOT continue to do that if consumers start buying a shit load of it. It suggest that 1 reason exist on why something was done and that the SOLE motivation was for something other then actual business, like a personal thing or in this situation "the systems were way underpowered" sir, that can describe every generation, as every fucking generation will have hardware come out, that is outdated in 6 months or less. I can't stress this enough, do not apply personal logic to this, think of it like you are Wal Mart, Amazon etc Think of it as if you are a company that solely wants to make money and you then fully understand why a mid gen upgrade is inevitable.