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Originally posted by Angrist
Really makes you wonder what the next generation of consoles will bring. Probably not just even more powerful machines, since that won't really improve gaming quality. VR? 
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Well, it may not improve graphics quite as much as it has in the past, but it could still improve AI and such... Graphics of course don't really improve game quality that much (especially when games already look as good as they do), but AI does... And such...
Sony's been talking crazy stuff about PS3.... like 10 or 15 times as powerful as PS2 or something, and using some sort of crazy non-disc media and all this weird stuff that I don't think's gonna happen next gen... Unless maybe each company does keep their systems around 10 years instead of 5
VR? Err I doubt it
I dunno... I think that game quality can still be improved by more power... Like y'know that geo-mod thing on Red Faction games... imagine them being able to impliment that into like almost any kind of game or something... it would raise the level of interactivity... right? And imagine them being able to program better AI for the civilians and police in GTA games... so police would chase after other people (like someone shoots at you, the cops go after them... instead of someone shoots at you, you shoot back, and then the cops only go after you while a bunch of other guys continue to shoot at you
)... So some people around the city might have a schedule... driving to a certain place and parking in a spot instead of just driving around the town aimlessly until they move off the screen and dissapear...
I dunno... I think games could still be improved (when it comes to quality, not just graphics) by increasing system's power...
I think it would be much better if a system's life lasted longer than 5 years though...