There have been many calls recently on the timing of the next generation of consoles for all systems. Gamers have had good reason to expect a new generation as the standard timeline for a console lifespan has already exceeded itself going into 2010 for the Xbox360, with the PS3 and Wii lagging behind by just a few months. This week Japanese technology insider Hiroshige Goto reiterated a claim that "next generation timeframe is around 2012 (2011 being difficult and possibly as late as 2013) with the Wii HD being seen as the exception." The newest generation of portable devices will be the next generation of gaming to come before the next generation of consoles.
Goto also says "Sony was looking into using an updated SPU design in the core of the PS4, and recently has heard of other plans.....
Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.
they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.
Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.
Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.
My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.
Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.
Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.
A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
I can see the next gen consoles coming out in 2012 myself. I hope sony comes out first seeing how it is I do not like to have to pay to play online.
Its only a matter of time before you have to pay for Playstation Network, or at least a premium version of it.
Well I don't expect the new consoles to come out by atleast late 2011 at the earliest which is good for me.
although it would be cool to see some form of Cell, it doesnt matter what it is as long as they take backwards compatibility into account
The consoles seems to be good at the moment and there really isn't a need for a complete hardware overhaul at the moment. Though Nintendo should release Wii HD before then >_>