PS5 Pro and a new Xbox Series sound convincing but release dates aren’t much
A tech firm is speculating at the time, but is that prediction valid for these troubling times?
A curious news for the promotion of a technology company brought the discussion of console models between generations to the table (or screen). According to TCL firm, PlayStation 5 Pro models and the new XboxSeries X will arrive in 2023-2024 and they would at least be able to achieve this coveted 4K60 standard more consistently.
I think it’s easy to see in this presentation speculation it was made for the sole purpose of presenting TCL rather than confirming these models. The dates would have made sense compared to the previous generation: The last generation PlayStation 4 Pro launched in 2016, exactly three years after the original PS4 was released.
And maybe if the world had been a little more monotonous since the birth of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, we could accept this fact more. However, we all know that this is not the case. this pandemic and component crisis They have drastically changed the production and availability of technological products, such that we continue to see shortages and high demand a year and a half after the release of next-gen consoles.
This trend may lead to unpredictable changes in business lines. Plans may exist for a PS5 Pro and a new Xbox Series X model, but circumstances have changed strategy. Or it could just be that these plans are extended over time. In terms of the number of years, generations are never closed. We’ve lived longer or shorter for generations. In fact, one of the longest was the PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii, which was also caused by the financial crisis that lasted longer than naturally.
There may be plans, but circumstances have changedBut if you want to try to predict when (if they do) these intergenerational models will arrive, you can do the following exercise: look at the dates where consoles are officially starting to lower their prices. The PS4 was released in November 2013 for 399 euros and was reduced to 349.99 euros in October 2015. The slim model that replaced it was born with a price of 299 euros, paving the way for the PS4 Pro, which returned to 399 euros as the original launch.
What does all this say? HE Until PS5 and Xbox Series X drop their official prices There will be no room in the market for intergenerational models to replace the official price. Considering that consoles are disappearing from stores a few hours after a new shipment arrives, I don’t think neither Sony nor Microsoft are willing to drop their consoles due to high demand, because of the current situation. they experience.
I don’t think either Sony or Microsoft are willing to lower the price of their consoles.Maybe in a few years, if we come out of this technological recession, that demand will stabilize and then things will get back on track. Then it would be a good time to downgrade the core machines and start a new generational model. I see some meaning in that because as I said at the beginning, I think 4K and 60 frames per second should be the standard for this generation (natively and at the same time), console users increasingly adopt higher refresh rates; and these intermediate consoles could achieve that in a few years. But as long as that’s the case, I doubt the same three-year cycle of the last generation will happen. Console generations tend to get longer in the face of world crises. Even more so in this generation, which is characterized by hardware and software delays.
Source: 3D Juegos
