The PS5 and Xbox Series X|S generation consoles have experienced the longest cross-generation transition period in history, making players feel that the real new generation has never really begun, but this situation may end next year (2026), as many developers are considering stopping support for PS4.

According to foreign media Games Industry, it is not an isolated case that Mihayou announced that "Genshin Impact" will stop supporting PS4. "Many large online and long-term service-oriented games manufacturers" are also considering when to stop supporting PS4.Some developers abandon old-generation consoles because of technical reasons, just like Mihayou; and the report said that another part of the reason is that the installed capacity of current-generation consoles is already large enough to make some publishers confident to turn to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S completely.

Sony has confirmed that the shipment of PS5 has reached 80.3 million units, so it is not surprising to hear that the developer is preparing to bid farewell to the old generation consoles.However, this generation of consoles has just entered the "real generation stage" and may not last long - there have been many rumors about Sony and Microsoft's next-generation consoles, saying that they will be launched in the next few years.

According to these rumors, both the PS6 and the next-generation Xbox will represent a directional shift: Sony is said to be committed to providing a machine that can achieve 4K, 120 frames while controlling costs, while Microsoft intends to take advantage of the flexibility brought by the Magnus APU to launch more types of host systems, not necessarily competing with traditional hosts, but benchmarking against gaming PCs.

Therefore, under many challenges and changes, the future gaming industry may undergo a huge change, and even the concepts of "console generation" and "trans-generation transition period" may become history.