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Next Gen Console Commentary

Posted by Zonk on from the three-different-flavours dept.

Today has seen a bit of commentary on each of the three next-gen consoles, all relatively positive. The PlayStation 3 has seen users for the PSN community crack the 1.3 million mark, according to Next Generation. If you enjoy the Wii's Virtual Console feature, Chris Kohler has you set up today with a rundown on every VC title rumored or released to date. Nintendo's consoles are selling pretty well, too. Microsoft has had something of a mixed day. On the one hand gamers can look forward to Beautiful Katamri coming to XBLA in the states. On the other, an investment adviser has called Microsoft's entire gaming business a 'disastrous endeavor'.

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  1. Re:waiting for Godot by networkBoy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Likely.

    Though I'm holding out for Halo3 (and playing it at least a couple times one someone else's dime).
    -nB

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  2. Next generation...? by Mattsson · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wouldn't that be the Playstation 4, Xbox 720 and Nintendo Whoop? (or whatever the next generation consoles will be called)
    PS3, XB360 and Wii are now current generation consoles, with PS2, XB and GC being last generation.

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    1. Re:Next generation...? by PhoenixOne · · Score: 4, Funny

      With normal technology, next means next. But in the hype-fueled world of computer games, you are living in tomorrow today!

      The PS3 is next generation, the PS2 is the current generation (you can tell by the sales ;)), and the PS4 is the next-next generation.

      I've been living in the game industry so long that I eat my lunch at 8am, dinner is at noon, and I have tomorrow's breakfast at 7pm.

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    2. Re:Next generation...? by vertigoCiel · · Score: 2, Funny

      No man, Sony learned the consequences of having a lame-numbered console (PS3) go up against a much higher number console (the 360), and Microsoft knows they need to keep upping the ante. So Next Generation consoles are gonna be the Playstation 4,000,000, the Microsoft Xbox (int sum = 0; int i; for (i = 0; i = 1,000,000,000; i++)sum += x[i];), and the Nintendo Infinity+1.

  3. Re:Losing Money != A Bad Thing by Wonko+the+Sane · · Score: 1, Funny

    Microsoft

    core competencies
    ...never mind