Even Among the Misinformed, You’re Misinformed [ COMIC ]
When I first read this article I thought that Michael Pachter was way off basis. Of course there would be a PlayStation 4, an Xbox 720 and a Wiiii (Wii 2, get it?). But then I started thinking…
As the development costs of games continue to increase, it’s in the developers best interests to push for a single console to develop for. Now this doesn’t mean that there will only be one company developing video game consoles. No, this just means there will be standards, requirements and a specific OS these systems will be designed to run. Imagine televisions, DVD players and radio. All of these are manufactured by various companies, but there’s no exclusive channels depending on the television you buy, exclusive movies depending on the DVD player you purchase or exclusive stations depending on the radio you steal. It’s pretty much standard. True, the quality can drastically change depending on who makes it and how much you pay for it, but the final content is still the same.
Accepting this theory as fact, who will be the dominant console in the end? The general consensus from media “experts” is Sony. I can see where they’re going with that, but I’m going to have to disagree. Personally, I’m going to have to say Microsoft. With the development of more and more video games shifting towards the west, I see the dominant console coming out of there as well. Also, for all of Microsofts short comings they still are poised better to create an OS strong enough to handle the expectations of a universal console than either Nintendo or Sony. Hell, there might be a Linux, Mac or Android console, too… but I wouldn’t count on it.
Right now, this are nothing more than speculation. And as far as what’s been rumored, the three contenders are already hard at work on their next generation of consoles and we should start seeing them hit the market as early as 2011. So who really knows… besides The Shadow, of course. The Shadow knows. The Shadow always knows…
