Between the longevity of
the last console cycle and the number of multi-platform owners in the market, many gamers have gotten used to the concept of having multiple platforms in the long run.
So when I say that this console cycle is
the last console cycle, the reason is that console games shouldn't require a console.
In its initial release, Sleeping Dogs suffered from being released close to the end of
the last console cycle.
Not exact matches
Naughty Dog's The
Last of Us was one of the best rated PS3 exclusives that launched at the end of the
console life
cycle.
It's because the current
console cycle has
lasted for so long, and gaming has become so increasingly mainstream in that time.
«XBox owners gave us a hard time
last gen because PS3 was missing grass» And it bothered you so much that you bottled it up for a whole
console cycle?
Even though the current generation is already five years old, and the average
console life
cycle usually
lasts on average seven years, it still feels a bit too soon.
In 3 prior
console cycles, over the
last 15 years, GameStop and its predecessor companies have seen sales acceleration and cash flow growth.
The gaming landscape always becomes interesting at the end of a
console life -
cycle and we saw the
last great games come forth on the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3
last year.
But there has been a wrench in the traditional
console cycle this time, and it started
last year with the release of the PlayStation 4 Pro.
Experience with current and / or
last generation
console full game development
cycle and submission process
As it typically does at the beginning of a
console cycle, the software didn't stand out from the
last gen. Infamous isn't known as a system seller in
That PC can also be upgraded, so can potentially
last longer than the average
console cycle.
'' This is the
last real
console cycle, I don't mean that Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo will go bankrupt and shut down — they will not.
Sony's Shuhei Yoshida responds to the analyst Michael Pachter's assertion that this is the
last real
cycle console gamers will ever experience personally with the following:
Nintendo occasionally fixes a flaw - they added keyboard support, let you reboot a frozen Wii U without unplugging the
console, ameliorated long load times with a quickstart menu, and started selling a replacement battery that
lasted more than three hours - but at this point in the Wii U's life
cycle it's probably safe to assume that they have fixed everything they're going to.
All this is par for the course really when talking about COD but these are what we consider to be
last - gen problems; we were promised something more and if Titanfall, a brand new IP from a new studio can deliver a far more fluid and balanced MP affair a lot earlier on in this new
console life
cycle, then Activision and the studios developing these games part of a billion dollar franchise simply have no excuse whatsoever.
Meyer seems confident that the current
console cycle will
last longer than that, however, as he stated that he had «no doubt» that «we have at least one, maybe two games left in the
console generation, maybe more.»
Yeah, our development
cycles aren't too long so and I have no idea how long this
console generation really is going to
last, but, yeah, there's no doubt it should be in this
console generation for sure.»
The Nintendo Switch made serious waves this
last release
cycle with a truly impressive and seamless «switchability» between full - on
console gaming and that same experience shrunk down to your pocket.
In an industry where
consoles have helped foster an annual release
cycle that's robbing most franchises of a developing
lasting communities within a single title, some publishers have placed their faith (and investment) in games designed to run for years with annual events and updates.
Coming into the end of the PlayStation 3's ten year life
cycle, prices are ready to fall for the
last - gen
console.
This once again proves that venturing into new waters in terms of games publishing does matter for success and that even at the end of a
console cycle new IPs can be created and nurtured into
lasting franchises,» says Klemens Kundratitz, CEO of Koch Media.
The gaming landscape always becomes interesting at the end of a
console life -
cycle and we saw the
last great games come forth on the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3
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There's a fear that there will never be another
console cycle that
lasts as long as the previous generations.»
Naughty Dog's The
Last of Us was one of the best rated PS3 exclusives that launched at the end of the
console life
cycle.