Capcom: New Consoles Coming in Two Years Time

[Woodsey]

Where'd he get that from?

MS just said they want the 360 to last at least another 5 years.

As a PC gamer I'd actually have the next generation come out much sooner, but that's not going to happen. Especially with Sony, who basically lost 2 years when the PS3 first launched.

 

[JaymesFogarty]

What? Some gamers I know haven't even moved to the current gen; switching this soon would be crazy! Not to mention that the potential of the 360 and PS3 has very likely not yet been reached. Five years maybe, but 2012 sounds too soon.

 

[khaimera]

I so hope that gamerscore carries over. If not I will retire from my position as an achievment whore.

Anyone think it will carry over? If only to help give me some false hope.

 

[Weaver]

I'm more concerned about the embrace for motion controls.
Maybe PC gaming will finally have it's glory back when everyone finds out none of the major console makers give a fuck about the core gamer anymore.

 

[jthm]

Heres why that would be stupid.

Those are all reasons CONSUMERS don't need a new console. None of those are reasons that would enter into the decision making process at M$ or Sony. Sony may well launch a new system if Microsoft does, even though they don't need to. M$ on the other hand does need to. The 360 is at the limits of what it can do. Another year or two's development time is only going to highlight the gap in power between the 360 and the technically superior, killer app lacking ps3.

tl;dr
M$ needs a new console, and sony may well launch one shortly after to keep up with them. As far as nintendo, they never said they were going to stop with the Wii for 10 years.

 

[Eruanno]

Wait... Capcom is telling us new consoles will be available in two-ish years from Microsoft and Sony? I... how... why would they have ANYTHING to say in this matter? Since when are they even vaguely related?

 

[phoenix352]

i dont think well see any new consoles in quite some time....
the technology is at its peak we got no where to go further.
ok microsoft needs to update to blu ray and have built in wi fi , cell processor and stuff like sony but in general nothing to improve anymore....

 

[CoverYourHead]

I doubt it, I see graphics and loading times getting improved all the time. I doubt we need another console generation so soon; I think there's more room for this generation to grow.

Besides, I really don't want to have to purchase new consoles.

 

[Blueruler182]

Wasn't the PS3 supposed to last ten years? I distinctly remember hearing that as some major hype when it was first released.

Oh well. It'll be nice to see people panic in an attempt to declare a winner.

 

[Terramax]

Even if it were true, I'm not sure whether it'd be good news or bad news. The PS3 hasn't been out for that long, and I still haven't bought one. So it'd suck that I'd get one and then only a year later they release a new console.

Then again, maybe that way the console and games would be much cheaper. IDK

 

[sabercrusader]

wasen't it last year that sony, microsoft, and nintendo ALL said that they wanted the current gen of consoles to last another 5 years.....if thats true then this guy is speculating and i do hope that they make it last at least 4 more years, i think that they can push the limits of the 360, wii, and PS3 a little bit more and im not exactly wanting to buy another new console so soon.

 

[ultrachicken]

I just got a PS3, so if this is the case (which I doubt) then I'm going to be extremely angry.

 

[sneakypenguin]

Please let this be true, we are already having to limit games based on hardware I can't immagine going another 3 or more years.

 

[Therumancer]

Well, my thoughts on the subject is that it's not just a matter of what the hardware manufacturers think, but also what people are willing to endure. The economy isn't exactly in great shape and people don't have massive amounts of spending money. Getting people to shell out a few hundred dollars on a new game box doesn't seem all that likely to happen.

On top of this I notice that Sony seems to be getting all hot and bothered to start recycling various PS-2 titles to the PS-3. That doesn't strike me as the kind of move they would be making if they plan to retire the PS-3 in a couple of years.

What's more, if developers are to be believed they can't even really use the current consoles to their full potential, so why do they need a bigger and badder generation? I mean one of the claims by Squeenix was that they couldn't make "Final Fantasy VII" with this current generation of hardware because it would be too expensive to produce all that content. One would expect they would want to get the current hardware under control and "Tamed" to the point where they can produce those kinds of quality titles efficiently, as opposed to coughing out another, even more advanced console that will be even more expensive to work with and wind up regressing things back even further.

I mean heck, now all these years into these consoles we still have people complaining that the majority of titles look they they could have been produced last gen (and to be honest a lot of them probably could have been), it's relatively uncommon to see someone talking about how a game really takes advantage of the current hardware...

The bottom line is that I don't think we'll see new consoles in the next couple of years. I mean I could be wrong, but it doesn't seem likely given that these don't seem to be fully tapped/exploited yet, and the simple fact that I don't think all of the current millions of people with consoles in their homes right now have a few hundred dollars they can just decide to go out and blow on a whim. Of course I could be wrong, we'll have to see what happens.

 

[Snownine]

Too soon! I still don't have a current-gen console!

Haha, neither do I.

 

[Stone Wera]

I hope not.

I want my Xbox to last for at LEAST 4 more years.

And how.

I hope motion controls don't become 'the norm'.