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Darth Tigris on 08 December 2010
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fighter said:
Darth Tigris said:
fighter said:

Honestly this sucks.

The more the 360 sells the further away the 720 is... And Sony won't start the next gen until it has recovered some of the sunken costs this gen... Hopefully Nintendo in 2012 !


What's so bad about that?  This gen still has most consoles at a cost exceeding $200.  PC graphics technology hasn't skyrocketed past what these consoles are still doing.  To be honest, what would the next gen of consoles even have to bring that would make you spend $500 on new one soon?

If it were announced today that would make 2years before launch so there would be plenty to improve

With Kinect prolungating the 360 lifecycle 720 might be announced in 2012 for a 2014 launch... cough... pain... cough...

PS. Moore's law is still valid today, despite having slown down a bit due to silicium constraints, and my guess is that PCgaming graphically hasn't sky-rocketed due to lesser budgets and not technolog

2013 at the earliest is what I've been preaching for the last couple of years.  

It makes more sense now with Kinect being an early success for MS to give it at least 3 holidays free and clear before introducing/announcing the next generation of Xbox Kinect.  The Wii has been doing ridiculous numbers with outdated system specs and I'm sure MS could milk the 360 for even longer if they wanted with Kinect's introduction.  Plus, from a thread someone made up here, the 360 has been bringing in profits but the entire Xbox initiative has not.  Early losses were THAT big with the first Xbox.

Sony needs to make more money from the PS3 project before moving on to the PS4 and, based on quarterly earnings, it still hasn't made them any profit yet after wiping out all profits from previous gens.  That should change soon, though, possibly with the next statement, but a long, long way before returning the Playstation to a profitable project (probably never).

Nintendo ... don't really have a huge reason to upgrade, but I think they will come 2012 at the earliest.  I don't see it next year, especially after the holiday the Wii is turning out.  Profits are not even a factor, as they are doing more than fine.