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When should they release?

720 Q4, PS4 Q4 33 50.00%
 
720 Q4, PS4 Q1 2014 25 37.88%
 
720 Q3, PS4 Q4 8 12.12%
 
Total:66
BenVTrigger said:
o_O.Q said:
i'd say 2014 as well if it were up to me

how exactly does pushing them back further harm the industry again?


Have you not been paying attention?

Hardware sales YOY are massively down across the board

Software sales YOY are waaaay down across the board

More developers are out of work than ever

New IPs are pretty much at a standstill

Tablets and mobile devices continue their rise.

The industry is hurting bad and needs new consoles to revitalize it ASAP, this gen has already gone on too long

 

honestly this is the first gen where i've actually paid attention to these things but i don't really expect more expensive consoles to help with these issues unless there is serious incentive to upgrade for consumers

last time that incentive was hd gaming primarily in addition to a few other new features 

i guess i just figure that more time will enable sony and microsoft to prepare more features that help to differentiate the newer consoles from their predecessors while allowing them to keep costs relatively low



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BenVTrigger said:
o_O.Q said:
i'd say 2014 as well if it were up to me

how exactly does pushing them back further harm the industry again?


Have you not been paying attention?

Hardware sales YOY are massively down across the board

Software sales YOY are waaaay down across the board

More developers are out of work than ever

New IPs are pretty much at a standstill

Tablets and mobile devices continue their rise.

The industry is hurting bad and needs new consoles to revitalize it ASAP, this gen has already gone on too long

 

Agreed however I am not sure if new hardware alone will acheive that as tablets and mobiles are still growing. My guess is that the next gen will be a very slow starting gen (making this assumption based on the responses here from one of the threads surveys that most people like to pay around $300 for hardware) and once enough people have tablets and mobiles and are sick of them, then the gaming hardware will start to pickup sales again.



 

 

Q4 2013, both.



XB720: Q4 2013 WW.

PS4: Early Spring 2014 Japan, Autumn 2014 everywhere else.



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I'd like to see them release within at most 2 months to see them go head to head. I also want them by the end of 2013.