According to a new report, developers such as Ubisoft Montreal are currently working on ‘target boxes’ that are based specifically on Microsoft’s planned specs for their next generation console and these dev kits are scheduled to be shipped to many leading developers and publishers as early as the end of 2011.
Edge Magazine cites a “source”, reporting that top publishers like EA and Ubisoft have already been sent versions of these ‘target boxes’; Edge also stated that “AMD is providing the bespoke GPU solution for Microsoft’s console.”
These target boxes are currently being replaced by Microsoft with new dev kits which leads us to believe that the new Xbox may hit shelves much sooner than any of us expected, or even want for that matter. Personally, I hope that the new consoles do not launch until 2013 at the earliest; developers are just now producing top of the line games that utilize the full capabilities of the current generation of consoles. I would like to see at least one more year of blockbuster smashes like we got this holiday season. What do you guys think? Are you ready to trade in these monster machines for their more expensive big brothers?
Alan
November 18, 2011 at 5:45 AMI am always ready I been playing games since I was a baby and i’m 21. The best experience i have had in a game is shenmue and shenmue 2, but can’t finish the story cause not enough people buy it so they haven’t released it. if you haven’t played them then you should you are missing a hell of an adventure.
Anthony
November 18, 2011 at 9:51 AMYes i am ready to trade them in. Their were pc’s that out performed the xbox 360 and PS3 by late 2006/early 2007. So they are almost 5 years behind now. Yes company’s got the current consoles down pat and are producting big blockbuster titles at a rapid rate, but Many game developers are also complaining that they are starting to face hardware restrictions from current consoles. I remember the developers of crises saying that they have been waiting for the next generation of consoles since back in 2007. Also i remember naught dog saying that after Uncharted 3 there was not much more they could do with PS3 and that in order to have another graphical leap like from the 1st game to the 2nd game they would need PS4. As you noticed Uncharted 2 looked way better then 1 but 3 did not look to much better then 2 just a little bit. Uncharted 4 would have basically no graphical improvements uon the PS3. So we need next gen systems.