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The game console has been updated with market disconnection or way out of the market for 5 years

2025-01-27 11:33:34|Myriagame |source：minecraft skins

In 2019, Xbox Three was just released.You have brought Xbox Two at home to retail stores to upgrade. Two hours later, you got a "new" game console and couldn't wait to see how great "Make 6" was.

The above scene is obviously fictional, but it does not mean that it will not become a reality.For a long time, a game console has at least 5 years of market life, but from recent rumors, Sony and Microsoft seem to intend to shorten the life cycle of the game console. Perhaps one day the game opportunity is frequently updated as smartphones.

The 5 -year update cycle has been disconnected from the market

The game console is also a consumer electronics product, but unlike mobile phones, tablets, and even computers, its life cycle is very long, generally at least 5 years, such as Sony PS2, which is finally discontinued for nearly 13 years; PS3 released in 2006, PS3,New games are still launched so far.Obviously, this does not seem to be in line with the rules of the electronic consumer market.

The main reason for this situation is that the game console is equivalent to a proprietary computer platform. Manufacturers have developed an independent system (such as the PS4 using the UNIX architecture) and the hardware (PS3 processor is developed by Sony and Toshiba IBM).The form of the type requires a lot of R & D time and energy, resulting in high hardware costs; while consumers' ability to accept the price of game consoles has not changed, it has remained at about $ 500 to $ 600.Therefore, game machine manufacturers were initially lost to sell hardware, and gradually made profit through the game. The hardware needs to achieve the balance of revenue and expenditure after at least 3 years.

However, this situation has changed after the launch of PS4 and Xbox One.Both hosts use the processor and graphics card provided by AMD. Although they are specially made, the overall architecture is almost not much different from the X86 PC. The development tools of game manufacturers are very close to the PC.There is no doubt that today, when more and more electronic games begin to cross -platform today, this trend is normal and inevitable.

Modular or become the future direction

Perhaps PS4 and Xbox One has good performance in the early stage of release, at least the level of mid -range gaming PC at that time, but in the case of the rapid change of PC hardware, the performance of the two game consoles is obviously not enough to meet user needs.After all, a mid -range PC can achieve the effect of 1080p/60fps, and most of the game consoles are still 1080p/30fps, and they are even more difficult.

There are rumors about Sony and Microsoft's rumors to launch an upgraded version of the host at the E3 2016 game exhibition. This is obviously not groundless.Consumer TV has been upgraded to 4K, the PC game screen is also getting better, virtual reality has begun to rational, and game consoles also need performance improvement.

At present, it is rumored that Sony will launch PS NEO, which is the 4K upgrade version of PS4. The processor and graphics card are upgraded. It can run 4K games smoothly and play 4K Blu -ray movies.However, Sony's positioning of PS Neo is a high -end population. The game must be compatible with the old version of the old version of PS4. The 4K version can be selected, and it will not abandon 40 million PS4 users.Obviously, this strategy is completely feasible, which is equivalent to the launch of high -end and mid -range models for mobile phone manufacturers.

On Microsoft, the person in charge of Xbox, Phil Spencer, previously said at the developer conference that the future Xbox may be more like a PC, using a modular design to allow users to update the hardware more conveniently.In fact, the Xbox One hardware architecture is no different from the PC. Microsoft is promoting the Windows 10 full platform plan. In the future, Xbox can become a game PC running for the 10 version of Windows, like Valve's Steam host.

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Of course, after all, the game console industry has formed decades, and even if it is to break the tradition, it may take some time.If Sony and Microsoft launch a new version of the host this year, it means the beginning of the transformation.Perhaps modularization and the difference between the unified hardware of the platform will make the game console upgrade quickly to cater to users and market needs.

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