| Resident_Hazard said: These mergers will not happen and I already questioned you in the other thread about the ridiculous assumption that MS won't even be around for the next console generation. The Xbox360 is already way more successful than the Sega Saturn, and they still stuck around to release the Dreamcast. MS isn't going anywhere, nor do I think they'll merge with Sony for any reason. I'll predict it here, in fact: MS won't even use Blu-Ray disks as their software medium for the next gen. What's more likely is they'll use a modified form of HD-DVD or another format altogether. Why do I think this? I don't think even Sony will be using Blu-Ray next time. Nor will Nintendo who seem to be trying to develop holographic storage mediums for the next iteration. If anything, the next console generation will include a new entrant: Whatever the hell Apple is cookin' up, or, if things get really perverse--a console built by EA. But next time, I feel pretty confident there will be Nintendo, Sony, and MS all building machines and very likely, a fourth competitor will come into the ring. |
Yea, it is sort of the pet dream of the Sony fanboy that MS will drop out next generation. It is funny to see it keep popping up though.
It is very likely that both Sony and Microsoft will be using Blu-Ray for the next generation. The reason is simple, no new development is necessary and no game is going to touch 50GB for a long time (yes, yes, they can use uncompressed sound but sound isn't going to push them to develop a new medium). All the development for the next generation will go into control schemes to take advantage of the motion control games, a modest bump in graphic quality, and greater online integration. No one is going to want to tack on development costs for storage as well. I expect Nintendo to stick with DVD since they can still make HD games with it and it will offset the cost of having to include a hard drive.
I give that post a 9.6.
Thank god for the disable signatures option.
