Next Generation of Consoles

If there is one thing companies want more of, it's money. And if there is one way to make more money, it's to bring out a new console with new games that will not work on previous consoles. While due to to many factors the next generation isn't going to roll along as soon as we expected, it is going to happen sooner or later.
 
Plus, you just have to compare the graphics of the latest graphically intensive PC games (e.g. Crysis 2) to see how console graphics are beginning to lag behind compared to the latest technology, and a new generation of consoles would shrink that gap instantly.

Of course there is going to be a next generation of consoles. There WILL be life after 2012, and presumably we'll still be playing video games... My current prediction is a launch at holiday 2015.

" Graphics are better than ever. "

1080p 60fps 4xAA 16x AF should be standard. Most consoles games currently are sub-720p and run at 30fps with little to no AA and AF. Not really the "HD" generation it was purported to be. 

hey man i just got my ps3 3 months ago dont start talking about next gen GOT IT ? ;(

There will be a new set of consoles, when is the real question.

Seeing as how both Sony and Microsoft are committed to the whole "ten-year cycle" we won't be seeing a new one anytime soon. I will probably be DRM'ed like crazy and have better social networking built in.

" 1080p 60fps 4xAA 16x AF should be standard. Most consoles games currently are sub-720p and run at 30fps with little to no AA and AF.  "

" 1080p 60fps 4xAA 16x AF should be standard. Most consoles games currently are sub-720p and run at 30fps with little to no AA and AF. Not really the "HD" generation it was purported to be.  "

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" 1080p 60fps 4xAA 16x AF should be standard. Most consoles games currently are sub-720p and run at 30fps with little to no AA and AF. Not really the "HD" generation it was purported to be.  "

High technical standards must really prevent you from enjoying quality games. "

Of course there is going to be a new generation of consoles.  There is always a new generation of consoles because console hardware is stagnant while technology keeps advancing.  Eventually you always have to put out new console hardware to keep up with those advances unless you want to fall too far behind PC, which unlike consoles evolves with the technological advancement.

If there is one thing companies want more of, it's money. And if there is one way to make more money, it's to bring out a new console with new games that will not work on previous consoles.

there's going to be a new generation sometime. i think that there is still juice in the current generation and it is why there are still games coming out in 2012. i'm sure that there are going to be longer console lifes than last couple of generations.

WAY bigger hard drives, much faster load times, get frame rates locked down (even if it's only locked down to 30 FPS). More color would be great, too. More of a game design thing, but ... just sayin'.  Also, if I'm going to have to manage patches and updates and whatnot, expose more of the options. Either make a console or make a PC without a mouse, but this half assed middle ground is getting old.
 
Also acceptable:  vector displays.

This generation will last longer than the ones from before, but there is no reason there won't be a next-gen.
 
Heck, the 3DS was already announced, so that will be the first next-gen console.
 
@Geno But that is implying that what it was before was in any way bad.

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" @Geno said:

" 1080p 60fps 4xAA 16x AF should be standard. Most consoles games currently are sub-720p and run at 30fps with little to no AA and AF. Not really the "HD" generation it was purported to be.  "

High technical standards must really prevent you from enjoying quality games. "

I actually own over a hundred indie games so...not quite.

I am willing to bet that at the very least 1 of the big three will announce their next console at next years E3, Nintendo most likely, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if Sony or M$ or BOTH did as well.

The PC, in the past, has been what has driven the birth of new console generations. Unfortunately, developers have been less eager to take advantage of the unique advantages that PC gaming provides, because often it means devoting a majority of your time to optimising the game for that platform (if you really want to get the most out of a game), and that in turn leads to drops in revenue. 
 
Regardless of any setbacks, though, PC games are already pulling ahead of Console games (technically, that is), and that gap is only going to grow. Eventually, the console makers will see the ever growing gap and will put out a new console. Then the cycle will begin again. That's just how it works.

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" @Geno said:

" 1080p 60fps 4xAA 16x AF should be standard. Most consoles games currently are sub-720p and run at 30fps with little to no AA and AF. Not really the "HD" generation it was purported to be.  "

High technical standards must really prevent you from enjoying quality games. "

I actually own over a hundred indie games so...not quite.

What does owning "over a hundred" indie games have to do with enjoying quality games?  Do you realize how much of a pretentious douchebag statement that sounds like? "

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" @Geno said:

" 1080p 60fps 4xAA 16x AF should be standard. Most consoles games currently are sub-720p and run at 30fps with little to no AA and AF. Not really the "HD" generation it was purported to be.  "

High technical standards must really prevent you from enjoying quality games. "

I actually own over a hundred indie games so...not quite.

What does owning "over a hundred" indie games have to do with enjoying quality games?  Do you realize how much of a pretentious douchebag statement that sounds like? "

I think what he means is that indie games usually don't have "high technical standards," something he is being accused of having simply for stating some facts. "

No, there won't be a new generation of consoles.  They will continue to release games on current gen consoles years from now. 
 
 
But seriously, Nintendo did announce that they were working on a new console. I think it's kind of stupid to think that there wouldn't be a new generation. 
http://wii.nintendolife.com/news/2010/02/miyamoto_hints_towards_next_console

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" @Geno said:

" 1080p 60fps 4xAA 16x AF should be standard. Most consoles games currently are sub-720p and run at 30fps with little to no AA and AF. Not really the "HD" generation it was purported to be.  "

High technical standards must really prevent you from enjoying quality games. "

I actually own over a hundred indie games so...not quite.

What does owning "over a hundred" indie games have to do with enjoying quality games?  Do you realize how much of a pretentious douchebag statement that sounds like? "

I think what he means is that indie games usually don't have "high technical standards," something he is being accused of having simply for stating some facts. "

I still have to keep an eye on him.  If there's one thing I don't want in my Giant Bomb community, it's pretentious video gamers.  Good thing I have top men on the case. "