Durch die Entwicklungen auf dem Konsolenmarkt ist eine Neudefinition von Next-Gen notwendig geworden. Diese Kolumne möchte begründen, warum wir eigentlich von einer "PlayStation 3.5" reden müssen und die nächste Generation schon im Herbst beginnt.
Conclusion: There are two big innovations that change console gaming forever.
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At first, there is the almighty internet. The possibilities of the online connection emerged already on the first Xbox, but in our current generation they fully evolve. It's not only achievements or online gaming that make the big difference. In fact, it's the firmware updates that improve a console almost immediately. That means we don't have to wait for an entire new generation of hardware to find current technical developments on our consoles.
The second improvement are motion controllers. Not only the expanding of the gaming into the casual gaming market is important; the completely
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new gameplay possibilities are significant. The Xbox 360 with Kinect and PS3 with Move could be legitimately described as whole new generations of hardware. Big props go to Nintendo - they were the pioneers on this territory.
Finally I'm daring to make an outlook: What happens if graphics became photo-realistic and the online access gets even more important? Are constant updates going to make new console generations redundant? This development propably leads us to the extinction of consoles once announced by Hideo Kojima.
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We're gonna get to feel these groundbreaking changes anyhow in the next few years - even more than nowadays. So let's be excited, how the PlayStation 4, Xbox 720 and Wii 2 are going to surprise us - well, when they finally arrive.
Update: One thing should be noted in the end. Of course, console developers don't think first and foremost when time is ripe forthe next technical leap. For the release of the next generation of consoles it's especially important, when a new generation pays off for the devloper. The PS3, e.g., is only profitable as of late.
The success of Kinect and Move on the market and their impact on console sales therefore is crucial for the releases of the next-gen consoles.
- Seite 1 Einleitung: Über dem Zenit
- Seite 2 Kinect und Move: Next-Gen wird neu definiert
- Seite 3 Ende des Wettrüstens?
- Seite 4 PS3.0: Die Patch- und Update-Konsole
- Seite 5 Fazit
- Seite 6 Introduction: At the Zenith
- Seite 7 Kinect and Move: Redefining Next-Gen
- Seite 8 End of the Arms Race?
- Seite 9 PS3.0: The Patch and Update Console
- Seite 10 Conclusion
