First let me get the obligatory, 'PCs are my gaming platform first choice - numero uno, top enchalada, big kahuna… yada yada' out of the way.
That said, videogaming in general has been my obsession since my very first videogame console, the original Magnavox Odyssey my dad got me sometime in the early to mid 70s.
I've managed to own just about every console since with varying degrees of disgust (Sega Dreamcast) and pleasure (Intellivision!).
For 30 years now, on average it seems that somewhere during the 3rd to 4th year of any console's life cycle, you would at least start to hear chattering about the next console from the mainstream press.
This is oddly absent for the Xbox and Playstation (heard about the new Wii on the way so I'm up on that one). Sure there are some rumors but all the rumors I've heard or read about are not mainstream.
Anyway, I'm thinking maybe the wife, the kids, the job, the terrible economy, and all the other BS has caused me to be out of the loop… maybe there is more news than I've been able to find.
Still it makes me wonder if the lack of concrete news about new consoles is rooted in the terrible world-wide economy. Wondering if any of you have insights.
The lack of news about new consoles (other than the new Wii) MAKES ME MAD!
That said, videogaming in general has been my obsession since my very first videogame console, the original Magnavox Odyssey my dad got me sometime in the early to mid 70s.
I've managed to own just about every console since with varying degrees of disgust (Sega Dreamcast) and pleasure (Intellivision!).
For 30 years now, on average it seems that somewhere during the 3rd to 4th year of any console's life cycle, you would at least start to hear chattering about the next console from the mainstream press.
This is oddly absent for the Xbox and Playstation (heard about the new Wii on the way so I'm up on that one). Sure there are some rumors but all the rumors I've heard or read about are not mainstream.
Anyway, I'm thinking maybe the wife, the kids, the job, the terrible economy, and all the other BS has caused me to be out of the loop… maybe there is more news than I've been able to find.
Still it makes me wonder if the lack of concrete news about new consoles is rooted in the terrible world-wide economy. Wondering if any of you have insights.
The lack of news about new consoles (other than the new Wii) MAKES ME MAD!
Last edited: