Alex St. John - The era of graphics-focused consoles are by…that is the last generation of consoles

“The era of consoles defined by graphics and high-production values is by. Sony and Microsoft took the bet that prettier graphics would be the huge differentiating feature for their consoles. They were wrong. Everybody expects things to look good, so making it look 10 per cent better doesn’t have a big impact on its value. Since that’s changed, we now live in an era where community defines the value of a game, not production values. So the community dynamics of an MMO are more valuable to a user than how good the graphics look. …I think we’re

looking at the last generation of consoles. There’s not going to be an Xbox 720 or a PS4, I’ll manufacture that bet, not going to happen.” - Alex St. John , CEO of WildTangent

No…I’m pretty certain that isn’t going to be the last round of consoles. We know that Microsoft and Sony are already working on their new consoles. Unless the game industry completely falls apart in the next two to three years, I think we’ll be seeing new consoles.

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