Honestly, it’s rare these days, but I think I completely agree with him. I can see why we had an iterative console cycle up through the PS4, but even the PS5 felt partly unnecessary. There’s still games that occasionally release on PS4 because the game doesn’t strictly need amazing power.

The Xbox One X vs the Series S is an example of “newer vs stronger”. On some levels the One X has more power, but the S uses newer technology, and each console has some tradeoffs. There’s probably value in finding more innovations like that.

I do think it’s unlikely we’ll see a big new wave of games that only release on “the new system”. The install base is huge now, and the rationale for locking people off just isn’t there. People’s current systems display games at the “graphical plateau” - where there’s just not much return on investment for more graphical power.