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And so, while Sony is building the PlayStation Network, Nintendo is building a new console. Fun times ahead for the "japanese giant".
by sebkomianos 16y ago
And so, while Sony is building the PlayStation Network, Nintendo is building a new console. Fun times ahead for the "japanese giant".
- culturestate 16y agoDoes anyone else think that Nintendo's refresh cycle on the Wii is surprisingly short, by console standards? I wonder if they feel pressed to try to redefine console interaction yet again, after they were (arguably, I suppose) usurped in motion control by the Kinect?
- cube13 16y agoNintendo has traditionally had 5-6 year console cycles. So it's not really a surprise that they're releasing a new console next year.
- JeremyBanks 16y agoI'll check. NES - 1983 SNES - 1990 ∆=7 N64 - 1996 ∆=6 GCN - 2001 ∆=5 Wii - 2006 ∆=5 ? - 2012 ∆=6 Interesting. It's not accelerating. For comparison: PS - 1994 PS2 - 2000 ∆=6 PS3 - 2006 ∆=6 ? ~ 2014 ∆≈8 XBOX - 2001 X360 - 2005 ∆=4 ? ~ 2014 ∆≈9 Extrapolating, we would now be due for all new consoles. Years are of first release. Wikipedia is the source for previous releases, Kotaku for the next generation (http://goo.gl/Eo7Ma http://goo.gl/Eo7Ma).
- wccrawford 16y agoSony has said in the past that they don't plan to release another console until 2014, actually. (From a quick search: http://www.techgadgetsweb.com/2622/xbox-playstation-coming-2014 http://www.techgadgetsweb.com/2622/xbox-playstation-coming-2... )
- JeremyBanks 16y agoThanks, I've edited that into my post.
- sebkomianos 16y agoYes, that's was with current standards though. And current standards are: Nintendo showed the way, Microsoft and Sony followed. What if Nintendo shows another way and proves successful again? Nintendo is most probably releasing the new console in Christmas next year. Can the other companies let it alone in the market for a whole two years? (Provided its a good system, of course, in which case Kinect and Move won't be much of a competition)
- Terretta 16y ago> It looks like we're due for all new consoles soon. "New gaming consoles from Sony, Microsoft not due until 2014"[1] [1] http://www.betanews.com/article/New-gaming-consoles-from-Sony-Microsoft-not-due-until-2014/1303411028 http://www.betanews.com/article/New-gaming-consoles-from-Son...