Pachter: Xbox 360 will fall to 3rd place this gen

[joeorc]

CatFangs806 said:
If Microsoft makes the 360 last until 2015, won't the 360 have outdated graphics by then, or will NATAL enhance it?

not so much as people may think..the current game Engine's that power the current xbox360 game's that the current ps3 game engines that power the PS3 will be the same game engine's that power the next systems game's at least for a good portion off the start of the new system cycle. were getting to the start of diminishing returns for development studio's in graphic's quality without spending more aqn more time on tweaking and time invested into a project. the hardware may be advanced over the current systems , but it's the time table that the developer's will have to get their project's done in time. to creat a new engine from scratch it may take 2-4 years or more.

 

the graphic's that you see now will get better over time but not as much of a leap as they could , there just will not be enough time, so with that in mind the graphic's leap over the current systems vs the next gen system's will not be as great right from the start more so since these systems will have more in common with the previous systems vs' their previous system's. the performance of both the PS3 and xbox360 will be high enough that even with the next generation system's better spec's the better system spec's will not have their advantages taken until well into In my Opinion at least past the 1st year or even well into the second. just like this generation but unlike this the next system's will not have as much of a leap in hard ware as these were with the ps3 over the spec's of the ps2 and the xbox360 over the first xbox

The problem lies mainly in mult-core design and the fact that even with the upgrade in GPU's and CPU's the same core technology will be so close in alignment that the result's atleast from the start will be near the same. for at least as i said prob. for the fist couple of years.