Take-Two: next-gen development may be easier

Current gen is maxed out. There is plenty of more room for graphics to get better and I dont know if games will be much more expensive then they are now I mean nothing but the graphics will probably really change which doesnt cost that much.

You have "next-gen" on PC, you prick! No matter how "next-gen" your precious consoles will come with at their launch day, the next one will have PCs with better hardware.

Or it could be we are just behind, never seen this long console cycle

yes, it will be easier because developers don't have to spend hours trying to downgrade the game so that it runs on consoles. Instead they can develop as they seem fit and not worry about limited RAM or complicated CPU cores and whatnot. Graphically, next-gen consoles will look identical which means the only thing that will make them stand out is something new. 

1. Either it's new exclusive software/games (Sony's doing that with games while Microsoft is doing it with Xbox Live/Music/TV)

2. or it's a new kind of hardware introduced to the market (Nintendo is doing that)

I've heard a lot about how Unreal Engine 4 is specifically designed to require less man-hours and specifically less code-inputting-hours, allowing people with little/no code experience to made significant changes and see their effect in near-real-time without waiting for compiling.  Now; since everyone was aware about how each new console generation was making their respective games more expensive... it makes a lot of sense that if Unreal Engine 4, in fact, DOESN'T make game designing cheaper that someone out there WILL make something that DOES.  They'd make a mint since their engine would save every company out there millions and millions.....

In short: there will most likely be, not just one, but several game designing engines that cut costs while increasing game quality.  That's the wonderful thing about capitalism: where there is a problem, there is a solution (because that solution will make it's inventor LOTS of money).  So..... I believe Take-Two is right.  Many companies have been silent about this issue... or even taking the other side... but I heard about Unreal Engine 4 and it's goal to cut development costs quiet a while ago... and I doubt they are the only people seeing a gold-mine here.  Never fear my fellow gamers!  Capitalism, for all the commies out there saying how terrible it is (Waahh!  Banks bad!  Hedge-funds bad!!) is a system that self-corrects and fixes it's own problems.  We'll all be fine and console gaming will also be so. 

It's because the next gen consoles really aren't going to be very different from the ones we already have.

could mean that there isnt that big of a jump from the wii u

They say ps3is a pain in the ass,a monster to handle. Its maybe shortsided buts thats your job guys.

he seems to make sense. I'm ready to embrace the next wave of consoles, although i really dont want to see the support dwindle away for current gen either.I want my cake and eat it to.

Yaye good for emulators .

IDk how it wont go up. People keep demanding higher quality and they are def gonna want it higher for next gen or people wont see the point in getting new consoles. Higher quality on all fronts just has to = more money. Yeah the multiplatform situation may become better but games are still gonna cost all around more money to make.

If Sony ditches the cell processor in favor of something more traditional I'm sure everything will be a whole lot easier for cross-platform developers everywhere.

Makes sense.

I sure would hope technolgy get easier to grasp as we rapidly move along in the digital age. My gut also tells me there will a major downfall from the rapid development, if not more than one downfall.

I would hope not since that means we'll have even less games next gen than the current one. 

FINAL NAIL TO PC

If one of the objectives of Sony, Microsoft, and third party developers is to make better graphics with the next-gen consoles, then how in the world is it going to be less expensive?  It might be easier to develop if the First party company's make the consoles easier to develop for, but less expensive?  I don't see it.

of course it will be...consoles are paralelling pc's more and more..not sure if its a good thing..eventually consoles will be if not already cheap pc's because of this

I can see costs being cheaper of both MS and Sony have hardware that run off similar architectures.  If that's the case then they don't need two entirely different development teams aiming for the lowest common denominator in terms of graphics.

If it's easier, can the cost of games go down? Because back when the price was hiked up, developers whined and cried that it had to happen because "it was too hard" to make games. Some even playing that "I can barely feed my kids" card.

yes making games for console are easier. but dev them are much harder do to the odd tech used in it. cell cpu on ps3 are still hard to dev and costly and the xbox 360 much easier to make but  odd chip to

Hopefully developmental costs for games on Xbox 720 and Playstation 4 do remain reasonable. It is very difficult to make your money back on a game that cost $60 Million dollars to create. Only 11% of all videogames ever turn a profit. So if PS4 and Xbox 720 games do not skyrocket in Developmental costs. Then the industry can continue beyond the eight generation.

Whoa... Someone makes sense here. Of course, EA will find a way to up the retail price of a game to 99$ due to higher developement costs (read: greediness).