| KBG29 said: 2013 is really looking like the sweet spot for MS's next console in my opinion. If they release any earlier than that I think it will be even more misplaced in the market than the PS3 was at launch. This gen needs to go on loger than previous generations to help out the software developers. It is really dumb to be killing consoles off from the top quality games right when they start hitting mass appeal. |
The longer the Console generation progresses, the less advantages Microsoft has and the greater advantages Sony has. A 5 million console difference at 30 million sales is insignificant. Furthermore, Blu ray can only become more significant as time goes by.
Releasing in 2009/2010 makes the most sense for microsoft actually. The 360 would still be current enough for Microsoft to sell them to practically anyone. They won't be discontinuing the last model just because the new model is out. Since they make the best development tools, Developers can hit the ground running on the new system. We wouldn't have to wait long for some of the good games to come out. Furthermore Microsoft can take advantage of Epic's new UE4 which will come out about that time as well.
The PS3 is an Unbalanced architecture. Really they needed a better GPU than they put in. A weaker GPU than the Xbox was shameful for them to do. Microsoft can at that time blow the PS3 out of the water technically with a balanced architecture that is more impressive in every way. Im talking about actually achieving 1080p and not just talking about it.
Tease.
