Big game (AAA) releases do NOT mean a next gen console is or is not coming!

[NightDragon83]

superchunk said:

In many different instances when discussing the coming 'next-gen' I've heard many a post state that there is no way X720 or PS4 is coming this soon because Halo 4 or God of War:Ascension or XYZ game is launching near the same time.

Are you really unable to realize that games take a long time to create, especially if they have to be tied to the creation of new engines and SDKs for new consoles?

Nintendo announced the Wii U, yet still released Zelda Skyward Sword, easily one of Nintendo's largest IPs.

PS3 launched in Nov 2006, yet Sony released God of War II in March 2007 ... FOR THE PLAYSTATION 2. Also, one of Sony's largest titles.

The development of one or a couple big games DO NOT correlate to when a manufacturer decides to replace that console with a newer one. It has more to do with the overall life-cycle (sales), what can and can't be done on it, and what the competition is doing with their own consoles.

Facts are very simple right now.

1) Nintendo is confirmed to be launching next-gen hardware THIS YEAR and this by itself forces the others to plan a release shortly after.

2) Nearly EVERY large 3rd party (not anonymous) has had major leaks of info regarding next-gen hardware beyond the Wii U. Including one in particular that spoke about a secret London showing "Project Durango" which resulted in that developer being fired.

3) All three companies have confirmed either directly or indirectly that new hardware is well into development.

4) There are many job postings all through developers and the big three regarding next-gen hardware.

All four of those heavily outweigh the illogical and unsubstantiated theory that X game releasing proves there is no way a new console is coming.

/rant

I see you moved the goal posts and are now saying that all console will be launching by the end of 2013 instead of 2012 like you've originally predicted many times on here, especially in regards to the 720 lol.  Hey, when you're right, you're right, I gotta admit it

But no one has denied that the successors to PS360 will most likely be out by the end of '13, but what everyone has said and been saying since the beginning is that NEITHER of these will be shown or released by the end of this year, Wii U or no Wii U.  I don't think anybody has said that NO new Sony and M$ consoles are coming anytime soon.

Couple things...  Yes Nintendo releases Zelda SS this past year after announcing the Wii U.  So what?  SS was already announced and shown in playable form for the Wii the year before.  What were they going to do, "Twilight Princess" it and have absolutely no major Wii games for 2 straight years?

And yes Sony also put out GoW II for PS2 after PS3 had already launched, but GoW wasn't and still isn't the system selling killer app that alot of Sony fanboys try to make it out to be.  Just look at sales for proof of that... only GoW III has cracked 4m totalsales, neither of the other games could on the biggest and most popular console of all time.

Also in regards to the Wii U, every indication so far has shown this console to be competing directly with PS360 both in terms of hardware power and software (all confirmed 3rd party releases for it so far are all ports of existing multiplatform current gen titles).  While Sony and M$ are well underway with preparations for the next-gen, neither one is falling over themselves trying to get a new console out asap just because Nintendo announced one.