Når en konsolgeneration strækker sig over mange år, så kan det være nødvendigt at udgive en lettere opgraderet udgave af samme hardware, for at give udviklerne de nødvendige hestekræfter, de nødvendige værktøjer der skal til for at skabe visuelt imponerende spiloplevelser.
Det blev nødvendigt i denne omgang via lanceringen af PlayStation 4 Pro og Xbox One X, men det mener tidligere Xbox-chef Albert Penello ikke er sandsynligt med den kommende generation. I en besked på ResetEra forklarer han, at der simpelthen ikke bliver brug for en opgradering midtvejs i den kommende generation.
"4K was becoming a mainstream resolution for PC and TVs, and the the base consoles were designed around driving 1080p (or less) output. When you have a set that requires 4x the performance just to drive 4x the pixels, then you eat up all the performance just driving resolution. I think it's unlikely we'll see 8K TVs go mainstream in the same way we saw 4K go mainstream - we're more likely to see improvements in NITS (to drive better HDR) or better framerates to support greater than 60 fps on TVs. CPUs and GPUs in the next-gen should easily support higher frame rates and wider colors. So the mid-gen upgrades are not only less financially and technically viable, but also likely less necessary to keep up with display technologies."
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