I'm going to agree. It just works.
It's a good name for this gen. Christ knows where they go next gen though. Infinity +1 doesn't quite have the same ring.
I'm going to agree. It just works.
It's a good name for this gen. Christ knows where they go next gen though. Infinity +1 doesn't quite have the same ring.
xbox infinity ftw
Will Microsoft stream a conference at CES?
Sorry, I haven't been keeping up either. Is it tonight after Sony?
So it will be the last Xbox.
it's in 1 hour
microsoft.com/ces
So we gonna get some sweet infos regarding the 720 tonight ?!
Hype Meter detecting huge amount of hype.
Jigga wha?Xbox Infinity sounds perfect, even in line with Windows 8.
But the problem is that there is already a Bioshock with that on the name. And it is multiplatform. Unless MS pulls up an huge money hat and secure its exclusivity.... wait... that will be too much perfect...
it's in 1 hour
microsoft.com/ces
it'll also be the first xbox and every other inbetween
this rumor better deliver
I'm not talking about this generation specifically. In general, it's always in platform holders' best interest to keep the same hardware as long as possible, whether it's profitable out of the gate or only in a later part of its life cycle. Of course, someone will always make the move first, to set its product apart, and others will follow, but ideally longer generations mean making money longer, without the need for large investments in generational transitions.
No, it's the same with every transition, games become more expensive to produce. It was the same going from PS1 to PS2, it will be the same going from PS3 to PS4. Content creation is the biggest problem, not programming - the tools and artists that use them just can't keep up with the demands set before them by better engines asking for more and more detail, better animations, more content and so on.
As a side note, the last transition saw the target resolution go up from 640x480 to (ideally) 1280x720. That's a factor of 3. This one will see the target go up to 1920x1080, a factor of 2,3. Not a huge difference.
Games become more visually complex as technology increases. More visually complex games cost more to make. Therefore, increases in the power of consoles cause game development costs to rise. For evidence, take every generation of consoles ever. The fact that this isn't an SD to HD transition isn't relevant, so long as there's a discernible increase in graphical complexity (i.e. until we reach a photorealistic plateau) the law will hold.
Middleware does have an effect of mitigating these price increases, but it's not much, and middleware developers have an incentive to increase their prices each gen to reflect their increased benefit. This is why the only developers we're hearing screaming "MOAR POWER!!1!!" are Epic and Crytek; they make most of their money from game engine sales, so the bigger the graphical leap the bigger their profits. The rest of the games industry is most likely quietly lobbying Nintendo, MS and Sony for a more modest graphical boost, because they don't want to see their budgets run out of control, which is why an awful lot of techies are going to be pretty disappointed when they find out the real specs of the next-gen consoles.
Microsoft playing some somber ass music before the keynote
sends CHILLS, yo.
Microsoft playing some somber ass music before the keynote
Likelihood MS reveals this console at CES? 10%?
Likelihood MS reveals this console at CES? 10%?
Likelihood MS reveals this console at CES? 10%?
No next gen Xbox will be announced at all this year. The market is bad and it'll be too costly for both companies to make right now. I give this generation another 1,2 years.
Around this, maybe less.
So it will be the last Xbox.
If there's a thread about the Sony conference, why not the Microsoft one? The thing starts about nowish, right?