Rumor: Microsoft And Sony Planning To Reveal New Hardware In Late March

Unless I get Last Guardian at launch, I don't give a fuuuuuuuuck.

Was that 'fuuuuuuuck' meant to be really high pitched? In my head it was and I laughed

I'm glad you laughed, because that was what I was going for. Not you, specifically, but, people. In general.

Laughing.

I am completely unexcited for the "next gen" stuff. I don't have the money to be buying a brand new system and for some reason, I'm just not thinking 'Holy ****! I need the next gen Playstation!' like I was with the PS3.

I am predicting both consoles are going to take a jump in graphical power but the main focus will be how the consoles are more "entertainment center", like watching TV, playing music, streaming youtube, etc.

I think that's pretty much a given at this point

Almost like they don't know what to do or are admitting they are just watered down PCs

They're having an identity crisis since their niche is disappearing. With high powered PCs on one end and cheap, easy to make, and popular mobile games on the other, consoles are suddenly finding what they do to be awkwardly in the middle. I think they feel like if they don't branch out they're going the way of the dinosaur.

Which makes me wonder how well Nintendo will do, considering they always try to bring something different to the table.

Meh...I will get more excited about it in like 2 years...I never buy the nex gen before making a killing on all the reduced sale last gen games I didn't get to play!

I feel it would be a very good idea, that way at E3 they could showcase them, give us all the details and focus on the games.
However, if one thinks about it and since the Wii U didn't exactly set the world on fire, why would they need to announce/release a new console right now? Both Sony and MS are still selling a lot of consoles and tons of games and with the boatload of new and highly anticipated releases that are coming out in the next couple of months it seems like they would be shooting themselves in the foot if they did.
Finally, by not announcing anything right now they will create anticipation which can be as strong a marketing tool as any.

From what I've heard, they want to reveal the hardware first to get that all out of the way. For E3 they want to focus on the actual games for the new consoles.

Agreed. The way I see it, they likely have to do some marketing for the first quarter of the year,,, how else will they get the early adopters drooling with anticipation ? And I think, particularly in Sony's case, blowing the marketing budget in June for the next-gen is the very reason they've come up short with the vita,,, perhaps it's also the same with Nintendo ??
Whatever the case, as a poor student, I'm gonna pull out the popcorn and can't wait for the console wars to begin !!!

And here I haven't even gotten a PS3 yet. A bit of a shame that there are many PS3 games that I'd likely enjoy that probably are too old to even be in stores anymore. I guess such is the downside of retail games.

I'm in the "meh" catagory right now. My PC handles all of my gaming needs just fine. I don't remember the last time I turned on my 360, and my PS3 is pretty much just a media server at this point. Slightly upgraded versions of them just don't interest me right now.

If you want to the absolute best technology/graphics/sound you can get, GET YOURSELF A PC.

If you wanna be able to play with people you know who aren't made of money, XBOX or PS4 is the only answer.

I have a brand new H8 ENVY with i7, GTX 680 and 32 GB of RAM. Thing is, the most I can do is play online with people nowhere near as equipped as myself.

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Biggest reason i prefer my pc over the consoles is that i find the online community on consoles lacking. Half my friends got ps3. other half got xbox. On PC we can all play together. (i have no mates who uses mac) On top of that. I find it hard to pay for Xbox live gold, because if i get the game on pc, i can just play online. (I am aware that ps3 membership is a billion times more awesome than XBL)

If by "awesome" you mean LAGGY...then yes, PS3 membership is "more awesome".

NO THANK YOU - I'll stick with Xbox Live.

Use of ports-forwarding can fix that. The network hardware is more standard or orthodox in the XBox versus the PS3 and therefore is in a better position out of the box.

Announcments in March sound like a good possibilty. Most likely they will just be teaser announcments to get the non-hardcore gamer out there thinking about the idea of saving their money the the release dates. I think, as was stated above, the focuse for later announcments will be how the systems will integrate more with the rest of ones home entertainment system and will become the core of that setup. Much like PS3 and Xbox360 attempted in the first place. I can honestly say that I am not pulling my hair out in excitment. I still see a lot of life and great titles in the future for the current-gen hardware. And the way the PC community is making strides in graphical/perfomance power, hardcore gamers might not move towards the "next-gen" hardware so easily, and may instead opt for a pc that can constantly be upgraded with fresh cards of all sorts. But in the immortal words of LaVar Burton "dont take my word for it...."

New consoles? PC is always the newest console. No anticipation its available now, go PC!

I've seen significant and considerable evidence that the PS4 is going to come to market much later than the next XBox, if ever.

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I agree with most people on the fact that I have little to NO interest in the next gen consoles. Many people have complained on how expensive games are nowadays and I agree with them. All for what? So we can get a half assed game and have to buy the remainder of it via DLC? How much are these "NEXT GEN" Consoles going to sell for? What exclusive content is each gonna have to make people chose between Sony or MS? I'll just wait a few years after these new consoles come out to pick on up since it seems like every new console lacks any good titles on its launch date either way. Unless MG: Ground Zero comes out, then that changes everything.