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The new/current gen will struggle with 4K, so you'll be waiting a while for something that will beast 4K. I'd say at least 3 years for something reasonable in price and performance.

That's not what the test data suggested. If you've only got one, sure, maybe. If you've got two, you're fine.

...and if games stop being hopeless console ports, you could be waiting longer.

It's also worth keeping in mind that current PC games are ports designed for hardware from 2006 but that's not going to be the case for much longer. It could end up pushing affordable 4K gaming further away than expected.

This is not quite an accurate conclusion to draw. Consoles in 2005/2006 were dead-even with all but the most bleeding-edge PCs as far as performance went. These new consoles are barely middle of the road when compared with PCs, and anything with an FX-8000 series or Core i5 CPU is already beating the crap out of it with regards to basic computing horsepower, since they are equipped with 8-core AMD equivalents to the Intel Atom processor. The GPU inside each is not even as good as an HD 7870, which is a third-tier GPU, and this is before touching on the reduced clock speeds.

What does this mean? This means that all of those optimization techniques that have made PC games run like a dream today (thank you consoles) will still be applied and will result in PCs using the best we had in January remaining competitive in the future. These consoles can't do 2160p. They will barely be doing 1080p when they finally start looking next-gen. Me? I'm going to be sitting here comfortable with my 1440p monitor, still playing games at their highest settings in 4 years. This is why you never buy mid-tier: it's a shit investment and harder on the wallet than just going all-in to begin with.