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CNET: Why Xbox One and PS4 may be the final generation of consoles

Based on the cheers and jeers coming out of this week's E3 video game trade show about the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, you'd think we were about to enter a new era of cutting-edge game machines, complete with a new arms race of processors, GPUs, and other features. But if you look at how media consumption has changed rapidly over the past several years, and more importantly, how the hardware used to consume said media has also changed, that may not be the case at all.

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BadboyCivic3968d ago

Next thing they will say is cell phones killed the consoles

hakis863968d ago

CNET? Hmm won't even click it.
o.O

mikeslemonade3968d ago

They're giving too much credit to casual gamers to know how to build a PC. There's always gonna be a market for a game platform that you just plug and play.

Reverent3968d ago (Edited 3968d ago )

Speaking of which, in a CNET interview, Jack Tretton did a great job at explaining how smartphone and tablet games actually HELP console gaming.

You'd think after having a chat with a guy like Jack these guys would wise up.

morganfell3968d ago

Yes and phones will kill consoles...or is it tablets...no the Ouya...blah blah blah doomsayers.

NameRemoved00173968d ago (Edited 3968d ago )

At the current rate tablets will be more powerful than the ps4/xbone before this generation is over.

ShinMaster3968d ago

Oh well, it's not like I didn't see that coming, given their history.

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Upbeat3968d ago

Is if farrrr to much money to be made in the console industry for the next gen to be the last. Bit of common sense tells you that.

SoapShoes3968d ago (Edited 3968d ago )

They're just upset Xbox isn't the next watercooler so they have to put doubt on it so it seems like it's not worth buying a Playstation.

SheenuTheLegend3968d ago (Edited 3968d ago )

so they say u can live the next 15 billion years without play station
nah i can't

rainslacker3968d ago (Edited 3968d ago )

Yeah, this gets said quite a bit. It's either Smart devices will take over, or consoles will cease to exists. Consoles will change over time, and what they become will change. Even the consoles of today are nothing like the NES, SNES, Saturn, PS2 days. But that doesn't change the fact that some form of console will be around for a very long time. Probably for the remainder of all our lives at least.

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BadboyCivic3968d ago

Well if this is the end. Sony will be going out with a bang.

Rusty5153968d ago

End it the way they started.

Majin-vegeta3968d ago

Maybe for M$ but not for Sony.

DxTrixterz3968d ago

With the way things are going I think and surely hope Xbox One will be last Xbox console and happily waiting for PS5 in about 10 years.

1nsomniac3968d ago (Edited 3968d ago )

Give it up already!!

This new generation hasn't even began yet so it's completely impossible for anyone to tell whether it will be the last.

If anything, console sales are growing expedientialy year on year. Its already been claimed that this years E3 was the most viewed E3 ever! so it wouldn't make sense in anybody's world to make this the last generation!

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Eiyuden Chronicles: Reviving Suikoden's Legacy in a Modern JRPG Masterpiece

Eiyuden Chronicle is finally here, and The Nerd Stash points out the game's comparison to Suikoden, as well as the love Yoshitaka Murayama put into it.

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TMNT Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants review - Games Asylum

Games Asylum: "Well, this is neat. As the name suggests, Wrath of the Mutants is the rarest of things – a genuine arcade conversion. With most modern arcade games being ticket redemption machines, this is something seldom seen. In fact, the last arcade conversion we can recall was Raw Thrill’s own Cruis’n’ Blast on Switch back in 2021. This is also based on an older iteration of TMNT, harking back to the series from 2012-2017. It’s essentially breaking franchise continuity (we’ve had two different iterations of the Turtles since) and could even be considered nostalgic for a select few – those who grew up with 2012’s Turtles are probably in their late teens."

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Rainbow Six Siege Year 9 Update Is The Shot In The Arm This Game Needed

Year 9 in Rainbow Six Siege brings Deimos, ACOG sights with new grips, and an interesting roadmap for the upcoming seasons.