There shouldn’t ever be a PS6 or new Xbox console

With next generation consoles expected in 2027, a reader argues that both Sony and Microsoft should give up their plans and stick with the current hardware.

There, I said it: there should never be a PlayStation 6 – or another next gen Xbox.

I’ve been gaming for nearly 40 years, from the ZX Spectrum and Game Boy to the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. But the argument for creating another generation of consoles seems as if Sony and Microsoft are more worried about the other getting there first, rather than it being a good idea. Here’s why sticking with the current hardware makes far more sense.

Generational leaps are getting smaller

When I first bought a PlayStation in the mid-90s, the leap from 16-bit systems like the Mega Drive was astonishing. Then the PlayStation 2 brought richer de