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I'm sorry, but I seriously doubt Apple will update the MacBook Pro twice in the same year. If this is true, I can see people skip the M5 MacBook Pro upgrade, and wait for the M6 one that'll be released only a few months later.
They'll be two groups of customers in this regard, that Apple will target. There are those, with Intel Machines, or M1 Computers. They will want to get on board, before the launch of macOS 27, which will mark a line in the sand of supported devices, and then there are those with M3's and M4's, who want to 'splash the cash', and are early adopters, and by default, accepting of redesigned hardware.
I imagine Apple will launch the M5 MacBook Pro's sometime February/March, and the M6's around October/November, leaving quite a gap for those who you suggest might 'skip it'.
 
There are certainly a lot more games than there once was. At least now I have a nice selection of games I can play on my Mac if I want to finally ditch my PC. There was a time long ago I only played World of Warcraft. Thanks to Blizzard who supported Macs.

Blizzard used to be great at supporting MacOS on all their products, however that's changed recently with Diablo 4 no longer supporting Apple Silicon.
 
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