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libellule on 26 July 2009

""Im sorry if you were hoping the generation would last longer because it looks like you're out of luck.""

"last longer" doesn't mean next gen will never come ....



Time to Work !

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Taz! on 26 July 2009

The PSP is cheap to manufacture, Sony are just ripping people off with it to make alot of profit (maybe to try and offset PS3 slim/price cut). There's no way Sony are going to go down the $600 route again. I expect the PS4 to be moderately expensive, Sony branding and quality still adds on a few dollars. I see the PS4 being a sexy, incredibly updated PS3 with 3D support, motion support, a flawless PSN by then and all for a reasonable price. Maybe Im being optimistic though :]



Mummelmann on 26 July 2009

It seems this generation will be cut short, then. Perhaps I'll have made my first decent prediction!
The OP doesn't confirm it but it certainly points in that general direction.



Taz! on 26 July 2009

The Gen has really flown in so far -_-



legend92(3) on 26 July 2009

This Gen will probably be cut short because Sony and Nintendo wont want MS to have a year head start again.



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NJ5 on 26 July 2009

Mummelmann what do you mean by cut short? When do you think we'll see the new console launches?



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Hisiru on 26 July 2009
Squilliam said:

'EAST FISHKILL - IBM East Fishkill workers were called to an all-hands-on staff meeting Thursday evening where they were told more work is coming their way.
Employees were told work will come to the Systems and Technology Group from Nintendo, Freescale and Sony.
IBM employs more than 9,000 at East Fishkill, Poughkeepsie and Sterling Forest. Managers told employees they did not anticipate hiring additional workers.
IBM officials could not be reached for comment.'

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So does this mean that the next generation games have officially started? Usually you'd hear a couple of years out from release about work being started, especially for companies which are using a third party like IBM.

East Fishkill was the site they developed the new Cell processor from. So pretty much you can believe that both Nintendo and Sony are developing their next generation systems starting now or have already started. This means that the earliest for the next generation will be late 2011 or 2012 depending on what they are actually doing with their systems.

Im sorry if you were hoping the generation would last longer because it looks like you're out of luck.

Perhaps Sony is just developing a system like the PS3 but with low price and Nintendo is just developing Wii HD. This is not a entirely "next generation".



Squilliam on 26 July 2009
NJ5 said:
Mummelmann what do you mean by cut short? When do you think we'll see the new console launches?

It depends on the lead time between development starting and development kits being released to developers and from there how long developers need to finish the first games and the hardware guys to finish the hardware, finally from there a lead time for manufacturing.

Anything from as little as 18 months up to 36 months sound right?



Tease.

Alterego-X on 26 July 2009

*sigh*
This generation started in 2005-2006! Even if it would end next year, it wouldn't be "cut short", it would have ended after a reasonable, average timespan.



Squilliam on 26 July 2009
Hisiru said:
Squilliam said:

'EAST FISHKILL - IBM East Fishkill workers were called to an all-hands-on staff meeting Thursday evening where they were told more work is coming their way.
Employees were told work will come to the Systems and Technology Group from Nintendo, Freescale and Sony.
IBM employs more than 9,000 at East Fishkill, Poughkeepsie and Sterling Forest. Managers told employees they did not anticipate hiring additional workers.
IBM officials could not be reached for comment.'

Link

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So does this mean that the next generation games have officially started? Usually you'd hear a couple of years out from release about work being started, especially for companies which are using a third party like IBM.

East Fishkill was the site they developed the new Cell processor from. So pretty much you can believe that both Nintendo and Sony are developing their next generation systems starting now or have already started. This means that the earliest for the next generation will be late 2011 or 2012 depending on what they are actually doing with their systems.

Im sorry if you were hoping the generation would last longer because it looks like you're out of luck.

Perhaps Sony is just developing a system like the PS3 but with low price and Nintendo is just developing Wii HD. This is not a entirely "next generation".

Because they are engaging the same people who made the Cell processor once again. You only need the chip architects if you're developing a new chip and the kind of chips these guys develop are the kind suited to consoles. A new architecure = a new generation, by most definitions anyway.



Tease.