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Analyst: We Could Be in the Final 'Console Cycle'
Analyst: We Could Be in the Final 'Console Cycle'
Wired - June 29, 2009
Submitted by soupsoup (237) at 5:16PM PST on June 29, 2009
The current generation of game consoles could constitute the last "console cycle" as we know it, says Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter. In a massive 210-page report entitled "Money for Nothing: How Ancillary Revenues Can Extend the Console Cycle," the widely-read industry pundit and financial guru pontificates on most every facet of the videogame industry in 2009.
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1ixaarii posted on Industry News at 3:48AM PST on June 30, 2009. RE: Analyst: We Could Be in the Final 'Console Cycle'also i expect this to happen only when hardware manufacturing technology can produce at a low price performances of at least 5x, more likely 10x the speed: I do anticipate lower returns on more processing power so it will be done only when "it comes for free"[ Oracle ] [ Level 20 ] [ Rank: 444 ]bids
1ixaarii posted on Industry News at 3:45AM PST on June 30, 2009. RE: Analyst: We Could Be in the Final 'Console Cycle'while i do like him a lot and do believe his point is very important to note I respectfully disagree in the sense that i rather expect the cycle to extend to an unprecedented level and for future generations to make the transition much smoother in terms of compatibility, but games being the most CPU/GPU hungry consumer level apps in the world and them still being limited in a lot of ways (word sizes, details, physics, lighting quality) I think they will greatly benefit from some future tech (when it gets to a low enough price) and manufacturers, both hardware & system will take advnatage of it to the delight of gamers. but again with the notes of
- longer cycle
- lower entry price
- smoother cycle transitions both through compatibility and keeping network infrastructures, possibly with two cycles overlapping (imagine, if you will, a the same xbox live or PSN being browsed by both current and next gen systems, somewhat akin to how people with both a low & and high end pc play the same game)[ Oracle ] [ Level 20 ] [ Rank: 444 ]bids
14soupsoup posted on Industry News at 5:16PM PST on June 29, 2009. Article: Analyst: We Could Be in the Final 'Console Cycle'The current generation of game consoles could constitute the last "console cycle" as we know it, says Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter. In a massive 210-page report entitled "Money for Nothing: How Ancillary Revenues Can Extend the Console Cycle," the widely-read industry pundit and financial guru pontificates on most every facet of the videogame industry in 2009.[ Guru ] [ Level 30 ] [ Rank: 237 ]
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I agree that in time media centers will run the living room but for not gameing will be centered around a home console that sits next to a cable box.