| Darc Requiem said: This gen isn't going to last another 4 to 6 years. It's a fallacy to think that any of the hardware manufacturers would go a whole decade or more between console launches. They'd leave themselves open to one of the other manufacturers or an outside company releasing a cheap console that stumps them from a technical standpoint in everyway. |
it does depend i think, microsoft want another 5 years, sonys console was always designed with the 10 year lifecycle. and if nintendo release another console they cut the life of the wii and compete with the other HD console in terms of price, i dont thats a position they want to be in - seeing as the price of the wii has been a major fator for it.
i mean if you look at the games we have now - theres no immediate concern for the improvement in the hardware side because games at the moment are visually and technically stunning.
the other thing is we're talking about this in a gaming community, but i think the general consumer thinks differently. because the consumer dosent care about the next gen, they'll buy a wii or ps3, or 360 and they'll use it until the next one comes out. the consumer at the moment isnt demanding new consoles, because the current consoles can do what they want for probabily another 4 to 6 years imo.
