alexsok
02-Jan-2003, 21:41
Taken from Evil Avatar:
From the 'analysts comment on videogame industry'-department comes this story at Yahoo in which a portable GC is mentioned as well as re-designed versions of the PS2 and Xbox. Some speculation related to the hardware of the PS3 (disk drive, ethernet, "easier architecture") can be found there as well.
The true next generation of hardware is pegged for a 2005 launch, with Microsoft planning Xbox Next and Sony planning PlayStation 3. But 2003 might see a portable take on GameCube and cheaper variations of Xbox and PlayStation 2 , Envisioneering analyst Richard Doherty predicted.
"A portable GameCube device would bring next-generation graphics to the portable market -- a market dominated by Nintendo with no competition from Sony or Microsoft," Doherty said.
Doherty expects an Xbox 1.5 that will be cheaper to manufacture and will be a smaller, lighter version of the current Xbox. He said it will retail from $129-$149. Microsoft also might introduce a new combination Xbox-digital video recorder for about $199.
Sony is on the third generation of PlayStation hardware, and the company is expected to ship its second incarnation of PS2 this year. "I believe you'll see the price of this PS2.5 drop as low as $99," Doherty said. And Sony is a TiVo investor, which leads Doherty and others to think there's a combination TiVo-PS2 device in the works -- possibly a $149 add-on to "fit into the back bay of the PS2," Doherty said.
What do you guys think?
From the 'analysts comment on videogame industry'-department comes this story at Yahoo in which a portable GC is mentioned as well as re-designed versions of the PS2 and Xbox. Some speculation related to the hardware of the PS3 (disk drive, ethernet, "easier architecture") can be found there as well.
The true next generation of hardware is pegged for a 2005 launch, with Microsoft planning Xbox Next and Sony planning PlayStation 3. But 2003 might see a portable take on GameCube and cheaper variations of Xbox and PlayStation 2 , Envisioneering analyst Richard Doherty predicted.
"A portable GameCube device would bring next-generation graphics to the portable market -- a market dominated by Nintendo with no competition from Sony or Microsoft," Doherty said.
Doherty expects an Xbox 1.5 that will be cheaper to manufacture and will be a smaller, lighter version of the current Xbox. He said it will retail from $129-$149. Microsoft also might introduce a new combination Xbox-digital video recorder for about $199.
Sony is on the third generation of PlayStation hardware, and the company is expected to ship its second incarnation of PS2 this year. "I believe you'll see the price of this PS2.5 drop as low as $99," Doherty said. And Sony is a TiVo investor, which leads Doherty and others to think there's a combination TiVo-PS2 device in the works -- possibly a $149 add-on to "fit into the back bay of the PS2," Doherty said.
What do you guys think?