3. TIL The PlayStation 2 was so popular, it was produced up until the month before ...

TIL The PlayStation 2 was so popular, it was produced up until the month before the PlayStation 4 was announced.

So you don't even try to maintain the idea that consoles are more long-lasting than PCs. I'll probably be using this computer in 2021, wot with my 1080, 16 gigs of RAM (probably upgraded at that point) and 4690K.

I bought my i7 6700k, 32GB DDR4-3200, and GTX 1080 last year. Using it until 2021 is about right. Five years.

Same with consoles. Five years is about right. NES: 1985-1991; SNES: 1991-1996; Nintendo64: 1996-2001; GameCube: 2001-2006; Wii: 2006-2012; Wii U: 2012-2017.

Don't know why you're talking about specs on consoles. Like I care about specs on consoles. No idea why you'd try to figure out what the "PC equivalent" would be. I have a PC. I don't need a "PC equivalent." I just want to stick in my cartridge/disc and play a game. I don't want to be installing games on my consoles. I don't want Netflix or dashboards. Just the game. Just the game.

especially with these mid-gen upgrades.

Mid-gen upgrades can die in a fire. You give me a new console or not at all.

thus no 9th gen.

Nintendo Switch is already here.

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