My bet is on standardized minimum HW levels and inputs for WP8 that devs can target. I don't think they'll try to come out with a separate gaming-oriented thingy except perhaps just another phone that has somewhat better input mechanisms for gaming a'la xperia play.
Next Xbox for debut at E3 2012?
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They can launch a new product and continue shipping 360s. A 10 year product cycle doesn't exclude a new product.
It doesn't really sound like there's much to this rumour.
It's pretty clear that Crytek doesn't have devkits yet, the bit about using DX11 as a spec is ambiguous and they even said that the console HW specs haven't been nailed down yet.
Then the bit about MS revealing at E3 2012 is speculation from the Crytek dev (provided you believe the rumour). So it's not much to go on yet and certainly nothing to get excited about.
When, by the end of the year, we start hearing rumours from anonymous developers that their devkits have arrived, and we start seeing dodgy shakey cam photos and video on Youtube, THEN we can all get EXCITE!
Until then keep on trucking Crytek and keep on finding out more clever ways to leak us info. (use of questionable unnamed website = plausable deniability?)
Yeah. I'm waiting for major, reliable sites before believing PS4/XB3 news. The same was as happened with the Wii U. Game Informer was the first to break it.
Until then it's just chatter.
Related?
http://www.computerandvideogames.co...s-us-studio-for-next-gen-console-development/
Or could it be Wii U (the game only being released in 2014), if it is good for handhelds and PC it engine can be scalable...?
http://www.computerandvideogames.co...s-us-studio-for-next-gen-console-development/
Or could it be Wii U (the game only being released in 2014), if it is good for handhelds and PC it engine can be scalable...?
No time splitters, I don't know this serie anyway. They can tell what they want nobody can tell that MS won't make an announcement in 51 weeks as Obonicus says.
For me 2013 for launch sounds nice, if they are to wait for 22nm lithographies we may wait longer than 2014.
2013 for mature 32 nm process as well as fewer production constrains. It sounds just nice.
For me 2013 for launch sounds nice, if they are to wait for 22nm lithographies we may wait longer than 2014.
2013 for mature 32 nm process as well as fewer production constrains. It sounds just nice.
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Seems like MS will be alone next gen if it is soon (before 2016) at least it is how I read it.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/307428/news/ps3-will-last-a-minimum-of-10-years-sony/
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/307428/news/ps3-will-last-a-minimum-of-10-years-sony/
How many times does it need to be said? A 10 year life cycle for a current product does not mean that a new model isn't launched within that time frame. The PS2 has had a 10 year+ life cycle.
With the apparent demise of the Zune, Microsoft has a big gap in their content distribution strategy. Smart phone doesn't really cover the market segment. They need to entice teenagers and young adults.
yes, clearly no teenager or young adult would own a smart phone... oh wait.
Megadrive1988
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I fully expect Xbox3 to launch in the fall of 2013.
Why exactly wouldn't a smartphone fill that gap?
That's 8 years, I agree it's time.
In 2012 Ms will announce windows8, it's the perfect time come with a unified strategy among the platforms there are aiming at (console / pc / mobile devices).
A proper synergy between those element may be the element that will enable their growth on the mobile market. If that fails... well anything will (ie it's to late to change consumer perception about their brand on this market).
Johnny_Physics
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Getting into the handheld-race at this point would be foolish and I don't see Microsoft being interested in going down that path or supporting a handheld platform that is separate from their smartphone business.
This, or 2014. No way it's going to happen in 2012.
Well, smart phones are pretty expensive. Here in Europe, a decent model runs upward of a thousand bucks untethered. The target audience we're talking about are largely young people without regular employment.
I know the prices in EU as I live here as well
Pricing depends what kind of phone you want. A decent one you can get for not much more than a console. You can easily get pretty high-end one for the price of half-decent smartphone+handheld console+music player.
Also, getting an untethered one isn't all that important imho and if you allow yourself to be shackled to your provider the prices will be MUCH lower.
Pricing depends what kind of phone you want. A decent one you can get for not much more than a console. You can easily get pretty high-end one for the price of half-decent smartphone+handheld console+music player.
Also, getting an untethered one isn't all that important imho and if you allow yourself to be shackled to your provider the prices will be MUCH lower.
Yep. wouldn't put it past them to tease it in 2012 E3 though and then come full blown in 2013 E3 with release to follow in November.
I can personally see a launch in late 2012. That time represents a 7 year gap between launches. I see no reason for MS to risk launching last and possible getting off on the wrong foot next gen trying to milk an extra year out of the 360, which will still have to deal with a next gen console in the Wii-U. If a next gen console is going to cannibalize sales of your current gen product, it might as well be your's and not just your competitor's.
While the 360 is strong in the US, it has noticeable weaker demand outside its home country. A later launching XB3 may have no trouble competing late out the gate in the US. But it might find itself struggling more against competitors in Europe and Asia than it did during the current gen.
While the 360 is strong in the US, it has noticeable weaker demand outside its home country. A later launching XB3 may have no trouble competing late out the gate in the US. But it might find itself struggling more against competitors in Europe and Asia than it did during the current gen.
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