No new PlayStation, Xbox until 2014?

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Gamers might have to wait at least another three years before there's any update to their Xbox or PlayStation consoles.

 

Prominent gaming news site Kotaku on Thursday quoted multiple unnamed sources saying both Sony and Microsoft hope to extend the life of the current generation of consoles for as long as possible.

 

"Both MS and Sony are telegraphing to each other that they're delaying, to milk the current [generation] and fill in previous craters better," said a source Kotaku described as an "insider who has worked with the first-party companies like Sony and Microsoft."

 

Other sources told the site that 2014 is the target date for the two companies, both of which rolled out significant updates to their gaming consoles in 2010.

 

Microsoft introduced its Kinect system and Sony introduced Move. Both motion-activated systems that were rolled out at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles.

 

Such a delay would leave Nintendo as the only one of the big-three console makers expected to introduce a new product in the near future.

 

As Sony and Microsoft pushed their motion systems (in some ways an effort to catch up with Nintendo's motion-activated Wii) Nintendo stood pat in that space at E3. Instead, the company focused on software and its new handheld 3DS gaming system.

 

Observers expect Nintendo to announce, and possibly demo, an updated Wii at this year's E3.

 

As Kotaku notes, a wait until 2014 would make the Xbox 360 Microsoft's lead console for nine years and Sony's PlayStation 3 its top product for eight. That's an eternity in the world of consumer electronics.

 

source: cnn

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If following the trend of Sony, The PS4 will be released in about a year. PS and PS2 were both out for six years.

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[GI-JOE]

I dunno, I still see a bit of life left in the current generation of home consoles...but then again I can't stand the Wii...I kinda hope Nintendo is working on that right now.

[OnionKnight]

I dunno, I still see a bit of life left in the current generation of home consoles...but then again I can't stand the Wii...I kinda hope Nintendo is working on that right now.

 

Nintendo already has a new console which they say is equivalent or slightly more powerful than an xbox 360. What does that mean? More of the same games to be found on all 3 consoles since they are all around the same graphical level (until someone releases a new one).

 

But it wouldn't matter anyways. One or two more generations to go and consoles will be gone forever (no joke). Well at least it wouldn't be called a console anymore. More like a XBOX-all in one pc. or Sony HTPC, which pretty much be similar to consoles of today but offer more options (which might even be like the next cable box because they want to offer more of their own viewing content to the ps/xbox audience. Just doing games isn't enough. They want more money lol). Or a system like onlive which uses remote connections to play games from a server.