XBOX 720
While Sony already admitted to be thinking about the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo are no doubt developing a Wii 2… In an interview with the head of Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business division, Peter Moore, EGM magazine asked him when their next video game console would come out, and also asked if they’d drop support for the Xbox 360 like they did with the original Xbox. He said that they were going to support it “as long as it sold.” Possibly because they saw the Xbox sell well into 2007 despite not producing the console after October 2005.
In January 2010 David Hufford, senior director of Xbox product management, said in a briefing at the Consumer Electronics Show 2010 in Las Vegas that there’s no need for an Xbox 720 yet. To quote: “I think it’s important to say that the Xbox 360 is the console of the long future for us. There is no need to launch a new console, because we’re able to give this console new life either with software upgrades or hardware upgrades like Project Natal. The Xbox 360 was designed for a long life, and I don’t even know if we’re at the midpoint yet.”
PS4
We have all been waiting for news on the PlayStation 4, the next generation of PS gaming, but what has been released is both positive and negative.
Kaz Hirai, the Sony Computer Entertainment head, has announced that they aren’t even deliberating on the next PlayStation console. In fact, they believe that the PS3 is only half-way done, he told PC Impress Watch.
What do they mean by that? Well, in the past, consoles like the PS2 and xBox were replaced within five years. By then, newer and better technology was released, so they had to keep up with gamer expectations. But the PS3 is predicted to have a ten year life cycle.This is slightly good news, because that means Sony will continue to add new additions to the already multi-functional media hub. Since the PS3 already has a video store, Vudu, and Netflix. Plus all of the major game companies are attempting to make their games downloadable, so if the console were changed, all of these games would need to be altered.So it may be another five years before the next generation of gaming consoles, so don’t expect to see the PlayStation 4 too soon. Besides, Sony is releasing something new that can compete with gamers and keep them entertained even away from home: the Sony Ericcson Xperia Play and their next generation portable, codenamed NGP.
WII2
Six days ago Nintendo announced its plans to launch a Wii successor next year. The better part of this announcement was that Nintendo will actually demo the new console on the upcoming E3 expo this June in LA.
Nintendo gave no more official information on the subject, but its CEO promised to bring a new approach to home gaming consoles.
A new Wii console is a quite logical step and the year 2012 sounds like the right time to launch it – not because it’ll be the end of the world, but because the original Wii will be more than 5 years old then.
Recently, there was a rumor about a new touch-screen based Nintendo controller that seemed unbelievable at the time, but now that I hear this, it makes me think it over. The gaming industry is rapidly evolving and who knows what is really going into the Nintendo’s labs. I guess we’ll see that at the E3.
Now about those leaked Wii 2 specs. As rumor has it, the console, codenamed Project Cafe, will pack an AMD R700 GPU and a custom made triple-core IBM processor similar to the Xbox 360 one, but with higher clock speeds. The R700 GPU is said to be more powerful than the PlayStation 3’s NVIDIA GPU. It will be capable of 1080p video output with 3D stereoscopic option.
The rumored prices go between $350 and $400 – an excellent price to launch a new console.
While Sony already admitted to be thinking about the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo are no doubt developing a Wii 2… In an interview with the head of Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business division, Peter Moore, EGM magazine asked him when their next video game console would come out, and also asked if they’d drop support for the Xbox 360 like they did with the original Xbox. He said that they were going to support it “as long as it sold.” Possibly because they saw the Xbox sell well into 2007 despite not producing the console after October 2005.
In January 2010 David Hufford, senior director of Xbox product management, said in a briefing at the Consumer Electronics Show 2010 in Las Vegas that there’s no need for an Xbox 720 yet. To quote: “I think it’s important to say that the Xbox 360 is the console of the long future for us. There is no need to launch a new console, because we’re able to give this console new life either with software upgrades or hardware upgrades like Project Natal. The Xbox 360 was designed for a long life, and I don’t even know if we’re at the midpoint yet.”
PS4
We have all been waiting for news on the PlayStation 4, the next generation of PS gaming, but what has been released is both positive and negative.
Kaz Hirai, the Sony Computer Entertainment head, has announced that they aren’t even deliberating on the next PlayStation console. In fact, they believe that the PS3 is only half-way done, he told PC Impress Watch.
What do they mean by that? Well, in the past, consoles like the PS2 and xBox were replaced within five years. By then, newer and better technology was released, so they had to keep up with gamer expectations. But the PS3 is predicted to have a ten year life cycle.This is slightly good news, because that means Sony will continue to add new additions to the already multi-functional media hub. Since the PS3 already has a video store, Vudu, and Netflix. Plus all of the major game companies are attempting to make their games downloadable, so if the console were changed, all of these games would need to be altered.So it may be another five years before the next generation of gaming consoles, so don’t expect to see the PlayStation 4 too soon. Besides, Sony is releasing something new that can compete with gamers and keep them entertained even away from home: the Sony Ericcson Xperia Play and their next generation portable, codenamed NGP.
WII2
Six days ago Nintendo announced its plans to launch a Wii successor next year. The better part of this announcement was that Nintendo will actually demo the new console on the upcoming E3 expo this June in LA.
Nintendo gave no more official information on the subject, but its CEO promised to bring a new approach to home gaming consoles.
A new Wii console is a quite logical step and the year 2012 sounds like the right time to launch it – not because it’ll be the end of the world, but because the original Wii will be more than 5 years old then.
Recently, there was a rumor about a new touch-screen based Nintendo controller that seemed unbelievable at the time, but now that I hear this, it makes me think it over. The gaming industry is rapidly evolving and who knows what is really going into the Nintendo’s labs. I guess we’ll see that at the E3.
Now about those leaked Wii 2 specs. As rumor has it, the console, codenamed Project Cafe, will pack an AMD R700 GPU and a custom made triple-core IBM processor similar to the Xbox 360 one, but with higher clock speeds. The R700 GPU is said to be more powerful than the PlayStation 3’s NVIDIA GPU. It will be capable of 1080p video output with 3D stereoscopic option.
The rumored prices go between $350 and $400 – an excellent price to launch a new console.
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