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Originally Posted by Wee Gooner
Now that XBox are bringing out the Natal project, users can do all that stuff Wii owners creamed themselves over, but now without the total suck games.
What is the 'next step' for console gaming. Like where can they go from here
(and when is the next generation of consoles coming out)
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Well first of all, we don't know that crap games will
not release for the Natal control method, so you're only guessing there.
As for the next step... Well I think we're gonna see more integration of the whole 'entertainment system' model. Our consoles will give us more reasons to stay on them. The big three industries (movies, games, music) will be seamlessly connected with our consoles. In a while some of us will get all of our fun from consoles - no longer needing to put on a DVD player or music player. This is the case for a lot of us now.
This generation was the 'poker' generation. Lots of go-big-or-go-home ideas and companies keeping their poker faces despite obvious failures. Next gen will see the perfection of today's concepts, in the way that games of this generation are more or less perfected concepts of the 32/64bit era.
I don't think we'll see 'new' consoles per se. We're gonna see upgrades and patches galore. We're at a point where creating new consoles every five years is meaningless. With PS2 lasting a decade and 360/Wii only being significant upgrades of their predecessors, we're probably done with 'five year jump' model. It's more get it right and make it last. Saves more money, and tracking what people want will be easier.