New Xbox/PS in 2012?!

[tallforadwarf]

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[gonzo21]

I always thought microsoft killed off the Xbox a little too early. I suppose late 2012 gives it a more sensible lifespan.

I hear the plan is that the next gen won't have disc drives though, and all games will be bought and downloaded over the interwebz.

Which will be fine for people who never want to resell their games, lend their games, or who have slower broadband.

I do half suspect that if they do go down this route, the next gen of consoles could be a massive failure.

[tallforadwarf]

Also, I feel for the PS3 owners. They were promised a "future proof" console - Sony made a massive deal of their plan for it to last 10 years. That was a part of the justification for the high price tag. The PS3 came out in 2006. 4 years early on 10, is almost half way!

[gonzo21]

My sympathy for Sony users is tempered by the fact that Sony is a company now very well known for screwing over their userbase, so if people buy into a Sony product, they really should be accepting of the fact that Sony will at some point attempt to screw them over badly. :)

[tallforadwarf]

True enough, Sir. I think that backwards compatibility will never exist again, since Sony discovered they could remove it, not tell anyone, then charge for the same games again on collections and "HD Remixes". For that alone they deserve a kick in the eye.

Ten or Fifteen year old games are awesome when resold on collections or for download. I got Guardian Heroes off of Xbox Live for a fraction of the price of an original disk, and I can play it online (or in HD, if I had a HD TV). That's great.

But why the hell would I buy Tomb Raider Legend in HD? Great game, but I have it on PS2, which still works, and the graphics haven't even been redone. They have just been up-scaled.

Fuckers.