I'm not from the industry, but from the outside, it looks to me as if the actual graphics quality these days is more about the studio art budget than clever tri

I'm not from the industry, but from the outside, it looks to me as if the actual graphics quality these days is more about the studio art budget than clever tricks with hardware. Further improvement - to my eye - brings diminishing returns. In this context, converging hardware with multiple compatible frameworks on top looks like a logical choice. Console differentiation is more about exclusivity contracts these days.