Frank Gibeau, the president of EA Labels, had quite a bit to say recently regarding just how doubtful he is that Sony and Microsoft’s next offerings will be able to push gaming forward in any significant capacity:
Gibeau’s statements are not unexpected, nor have they been neglected by gamers and press around the world ever since the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and even the Wii, hit their respective strides. It would be a fair assessment to say that gaming has caught up with with the rest of the technology that defines the 21st century, and most would be hard-pressed to give a valid answer to the question of new hardware. It will be expensive, create yet another learning curve, and in all likelihood, fail to innovate enough to convince gamers to empty their wallets.
The EA Labels president gets even more specific with his indictment of future tech by bringing up EA’s stand-out title of the Fall – Battlefield 3 – with its impressive Frostbite 2 engine:
He goes on to say that gamers are not yet “banging on the walls” for new consoles, and until that happens, there is plenty of room to grow with the consoles that are sitting in millions of homes today.
Do you agree with Gibeau’s view of the market? What do you think Xbox 720 and PS4 could offer that today’s consoles don’t, and what would you be willing to pay?
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Source: CVG
