PS5: what does the future hold for PlayStation 5?
Previously it was easy to predict what might be coming with the next PlayStation. We could have made a reasonable guess that the PS5 would arrive around six years after the PS4, that it would feature some beefed up internals, and that it would probably feature some refinements to Sony’s operating system.
And then the PS4 Pro happened.
Yes, Sony’s mid-generation console upgrade to the PS4 has changed everything we’ve come to expect from console generations, and alongside Microsoft’s Project Scorpio it’s ushering in a new era in games consoles.
Instead of mammoth releases every six years, we might start to see a smartphone-style model, where new consoles come out every two or three years, with more minor improvements that allow them to maintain backwards and forwards compatibility in their game libraries.
This development casts doubt on whether we’ll actually end up seeing a ‘proper’ PlayStation 5
There’s a chance the PlayStation 5 will be the big, component-packed box we’ve grown accustomed to heating our living rooms. But it also could be a palm-sized streaming device or dive even deeper into the world of game streaming skipping traditional hardware systems …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming