What does MS need to do?

[Ail]

rocketpig said:

Ail said:
Highly doubt you will see a new console in 2010. You guys really need to stop getting high :P

The move from last gen to this gen worked well because some aspects the PS2 and the Xbox games felt limited by the technology.

To name a few :
- Graphics ( move to HD).
- Number of opponents in racing car ( who didn't get bored with racing against only one opponent in GT4 for rallyes and only 5 for regular races).
- AI and limited number of opponents in action games ( never fight more than 3-4 opponents at a time in Ninja Gaiden).
I could go on...

Most of those have been solved this gen and a lot of games are at a point where adding more doesn't make so much sense anymore.
Personally I feel any HD console coming out in 2010 woudn't be able to successfully differentiate themselves from the this gen consoles and I woudn't want to be Microsoft launching an Xbox720 to compete with a still going strong PS3 with a huge catalog by that time....

2010 is a 5 year cycle... Pretty much the standard in consoles. MS might push for 2011, though. No later than that.

As for differentiating itself graphically, that won't be a problem. PCs are already leaps and bounds past anything the 360 or PS3 are capable of doing; by 2010 or 2011, the gap will be enormous.

1GB video cards, 8 core processors, 4GB RAM standard... Blah blah blah. The difference will be HUGE. 

Name one PC game aside Crysis that is leaps and bounds ahead of any console game ?????( you can even name a game that isn't released yet...)