Entries in 'cycle' (18)
Ubisoft: Lack of new consoles has "penalised" us
A second high-profile publisher figure has bemoaned the extended lifecycles of the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii.
GAME: 'Consumers want new hardware'
Retail giant GAME says new hardware launches will take the games industry back to full strength.
Former Activision exec calls for new consoles
Xbox 360 is approaching its sixth birthday, and the Wii and PS3 their fifth. This is when a new console cycle would traditionally begin.
Riccitiello: The console cycle has gone forever
It may be the case that new hardware is in the works at both Sony and Microsoft, but EA CEO John Riccitiello thinks that the console cycle as we know ...
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It starts here: Next Xbox talk begins
Though we won't know anything concrete for a long, long time to come, the very first roll of the dice on what will eventually become the next generation of console ...
Another five years for Xbox 360?
“Who knows,” Xbox's UK and Ireland general manager Neil Thompson replied to MCV when we asked if the Xbox 360 can survive another five years on the market.
Move/Kinect ‘won’t extend console cycle’
The arrival of Kinect and Move this year does not mark the end of the traditional console hardware cycle, according to Ubisoft’s European MD Alain Corre.
OPINION: A new hardware cycle is coming
A number of industry figures have expressed their belief that the games industry will not see another major new generation of consoles.
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McAfee bricks Windows XP PCs
An update to the popular McAfee anti-virus software has left many owners of PCs running Windows XP SP3 unable to use their machines.
Retailers ready for longer cycle
The High Street has called for increased games hardware marketing from the industry if they are to really make the lengthier console generation work.
FEATURE: The longer console lifecycle
Last year, Microsoft’s game software boss Phil Spencer offered a telling quote about the direction of the games industry to MCV.
Sony: PS3 will pass Xbox 360
The PS3 will eventually outsell Xbox 360 – that’s the prediction of PlayStation Network boss Peter Dille, who claims that Microsoft’s machine is unlikely to enjoy the same ten-year lifecycle ...
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Bach: Xbox not yet at mid-age
As Xbox 360 enters its fifth year on the market in times past we would typically be bracing ourselves for the arrival of its successor – but Microsoft reckons that ...
Sony says 360 and Wii owners will ‘upgrade’ to PS3
Andrew House, the president of SCE Europe, has suggested that owners of current consoles such as Wii and Xbox 360 will ‘upgrade’ to a PS3 in an effort to keep ...
Microsoft: We won E3
It’s not the twinning but the taking part that counts, right? Nope. How you win or lose something like E3 is hard to fathom, but the reaction to Microsoft’s conference ...
Casual gaming to kill consoles
Digital marketing site ClickZ has made a bold claim about the future of gaming by claiming that the games console is heading to extinction thanks to the rise of casual ...
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Farrell: Hardware ‘cycle’ is no more
Speaking at a US event entitled the Pacific Crest 10th Anniversary Technology Leadership Forum, THQ president and CEO Brian Farrell has stated that the traditional console cycle as we know ...
Need for Speed Undercover... uncovered
Speaking at the William Blair & Company Growth Stock Conference in Chicago yesterday, EA CEO John Riccitiello announced that the next instalment in its popular street racing series Need for ...
