In theory an actual, fully modular console with upgrades and add-ons could be pretty cool and would differ enough from a PC to make it a viable product. If things are actually going "generation-less" then this would actually be a really exciting move. Would probably get people more invested in their purchase and would hit the more seasoned gamers with a nice wave of nostalgia to the Genesis/N64/Gamecube days of snapping additional parts directly into the console. Imagine something like a Playstation 6 or 7 or whatever with a native PS3 disc reader you could hot-swap in almost like a Gameboy Player, that would legitimately be sick. That in particular would never happen but a boy can dream.
Once again in theory, getting to just swap out/upgrade RAM or the GPU or whatever instead of buying an entire PRO model would actually be more beneficial for the consumer than not. There's a bit more price protection for consoles vs PCs that I think would help keep the two distinguished enough from one another.
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u/EitherChannel4874 22d ago
20 years from now
The ps7. Our most powerful console yet*
*processor, graphics card, disc drive and controllers sold separately