Some people are eager for the next generation of consoles to release from Sony and Microsoft. However, EA Labels president Frank Gibeau is not one of those people clamoring for new consoles, arguing instead that the current crop of HD consoles is good enough for most.
“It’s hard for me to conceive what you would do on a PlayStation 4,” Gibeau said. “The displays are already 1080p, you’re already connected to the internet… You could make it faster, you could have more polys and you could up the graphics a little bit… but at what cost It’ll be interesting to see how [Sony and Microsoft] think about it in terms of the next generation but it seems to me that customers are happy, and we’re happy to build games on [360 and PS3] right now.”
“The way the business used to run where you had these big console transitions just isn’t happening anymore. They’re much longer, the online capabilities are making the way customers interact within the audience very different from when we went from PSOne to PS2,” he added. “I think that [the age of] big, abrupt change in consoles where we all pile in on top of each other and everything changes overnight is just gone. I’d like to see the cycle last a little longer. I don’t see consumers right now banging on the walls for a new platform. They seem to be very happy with their PS3s and 360s. They love the online connectivity, they have great communities and great libraries.”
Source: CVG {link no longer active}
