Re: There's no need for a new Xbox, says Microsoft

The King of Gaming wrote:

MS do seem to be putting a lot of eggs in the Natal basket don' they. I
can see it being a nifty little gadget and have some fun games but it's
not gonna be a successful core to maintain the consol's life span. I do
wonder what MS would say id Sony announced a PS4 tomorrow. Don't get
me wrong, the 360 is a nice bit of kit, it's just getting very long in
the tooth now. I'm glad I've already got money set aside for a new PC
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I somewhat agree it's getting long in the tooth, but when you consider
this generation's consoles are still shipping with composite cables,
what the hell is another super duper console going to come along and
display that half of us can't see anyway?

HD only effects the screen resolution. Screen resolution is only one factor in graphical quality.

I feel like they are still
making progress with technology in games, even if it is somewhat
incremental. Long in the tooth compared to what? PC games? PC games
are dead, and have been dead for a long time now.

PC game's aren't as profitable as console games but they are far from dead. For one thing the PC games market is far more diverse and consoles simply don't have the input hardware to make them viable. Another factor is joint developed games. Fallout 3, Mass Effect 2, Arkam Asylum ect. These games look *far* better and generally play better on a PC.

I really don't want to buy another console until I feel like the
current games are straining against the edge... and that ain't
happening at the moment.

I'd say they are. Even very pretty games like Assassins Creed 2 have a lot of very dodgy looking low resolution textures.




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