Xbox 720 or Playstation 4 will debut next year, says Activision

[Kresnik]

Not surprised, but interested nonetheless.

I can't speak for the Microsoft side of things because I don't follow them too much, but I just cannot see Sony launching next year. PS3 is finally doing really well for them and they have a solid line-up to last them throughout the year next year, much of it first-party. Would really cut into the legs of Last of Us, God of War: Ascension etc. (unless they somehow get backwards compatibility working).

There's still the handful of 'up in the air' games as well... Versus XIII, The Last Guardian, even Agent... then again, if Sony has somehow convinced Rockstar & Squeenix to move them to early PS4 and they've got TLG pushed back as well... that's going to be some serious selling power for the console, which is definitely good for them.

I also wonder that - if it was Sony, for arguments sake, where would they reveal it? They've kind of abandoned E3 these past couple of years and gone full-out at Gamescom, which honestly wouldn't be a bad move for them. Europe seems to be continuing strong as Sony territory at the moment. Then again, E3 would pander to an American audience that they could do with winning some ground in again.

Meh, gonna be an interesting year to watch in any case!