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Who’s going to win the Next-gen?

Winner

The next generation of consoles is nearly upon us. Sony’s already played its hand, giving us a glimpse of the future with its PlayStation 4. Microsoft may be set to up the ante when it shows us its next Xbox, possibly as early as next month – kicking off the next round of console wars. Who will “win?”

Speaking at SXSW this weekend, industry analyst Michael Pachter has put his money on Microsoft.

“Microsoft wins the next generation. The TV tuner and Skype are killer apps,” predicted Pachter, rubbing his crystal balls.

Neither of those features are confirmed for Microsoft’s nextbox, but it’s highly likely they’ll appear. That doesn’t mean that Pachter believes Sony will lose outright, though he does believes that the PlayStation’s still playing catch-up.

“Sony thrives in the next generation. Still playing catch-up, but Gaikai and content are huge advantages,” he said.

As for Nintendo? He doesn’t think Nintendo’s current dominance will be quite as pronounced – as its ailing Wii U already demonstrates.

“Nintendo software still king but console hardware sales will be challenged. Handheld hardware sales will lose share to smartphones and tablets.”

Personally? I don’t really care for a TV tuner or Skype in my consoles; call me weird, but when it comes to gaming consoles, I’m most concerned about, well, games.

Tags: Console Wars, Michael Pachter, next generation, Winner

Author:Geoffrey Tim

I'm old, grumpy and more than just a little cynical. One day, I found myself in possession of a NES, and a copy of Super Mario Bros 3. It was that game that made me realise that games were more than just toys to idly while away time - they were capable of being masterpieces. I'm here now, looking for more of those masterpieces.

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Admiral Chief Erwin

PC already winning.

Jokes aside, I’m with you Geoff. I’m all for gaming. As long as they make very decent non-copy+pasty games at a reasonable price, I don’t really care who is leading the market.

What I do care is if they port (porty-pasty) and do it horribly. Equal games for all, equal awesome quality games for all, cross platform,

And while I am on this wishlist, I want a six figure salary every month and the moon to be made out of cheese. Different cheeses. And I want my car to run on air, and have kinetic barriers.
- GTO
  
  The pc has won every generation if we go by hardware sales which everyone seems to do.
  
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_computer#Market_and_sales
- Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
  
  Dude, absolutely agree. Also, my car mustn’t just run on air. It must run on fision that can turn my garbage in to clean energy. Oh and it must fly be able to go back to the future and I want a hoverboard like yesterday.
  
  On a serious note: Yeah, the horrible porting must stop. BUT, with the PS4 working on a PC architecture ported games will most likely get even less love in the future as there is even less compatibility to work through
  - Admiral Chief Erwin
    
    fision?
    
    Did you mean fusion or fission?
    http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_difference_between_fusion_and_fission
    - Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
      
      My bad. Typo. Fusion.
- http://www.codescrawls.co.za/ Edwin le Roux
  
  Viva! Viva! Admiral Chief Erwin for president! Viva
  - Admiral Chief Erwin
    
    The trolls don’t agree, but thanks dude!
    - Sir Captain Rincethis
      
      Don’t worry boet, the roaming trolls as so inept at everything they do they couldn’t pull their dicks from their pants without losing them. Noobs.
- http://twitter.com/mathuthe Mathias
  
  PC will always win. I’m with you against the anonymous trolls that turn off their PS3s just to downvote people.
  
  And yes, they are mostly PS3 butthurts, because they just show up when someone “attacks” or implies that Sony’s console isn’t as good to downvote or when someone bashes Microsoft to upvote.
  - Admiral Chief Erwin
    
    Agreed dude
Deon Steyn

The next-gen race is kind of like the Vodacom Cup, whilst PC is the only one playing Super Rugby.
- Admiral Chief Erwin
  
  Wahahaha VC and Super Rugby. What a perfect analogy. Have an upvote!
  - Deon Steyn
    
    Thanks it will make up for my downvote. love my PS3 and the PS+ service that they launched is still a huge must. But on a hardware scale the facts are facts.
  - Wtf101
    
    PC gamers are kinda like that annoying little kid you had at school. No matter what the conversation, he would always mention the size of his dick. He thought he was cool, but he was not. He was a dick.
    - Admiral Chief Erwin
      
      Not sure where you got from that to dicks, but to each his own hey.
      - Eric Viljoen
        
        Mine is bigger
      - Admiral Chief Erwin
        
        LOL
        [escalate factor 9000 applied]
        Your mom’s is bigger
      - Tbone187
        
        Well, we can see what’s on his mind…
      - http://twitter.com/SaveTheQueenIX umar bastra
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0nMTabkonQ
      - Admiral Chief Erwin
        
        hahahahahaha
    - Red Worked
      
      Our dicks are not only bigger, but also more versitile. They can fulfill many different needs
      - Wtf101
        
        Can your dick check spelling?
    - Sir Captain Rincethis
      
      HAHAHAHA! Said like a sir
- Skyblue
  
  Yeah, been playing “next gen” since Crysis 1 was released in 2007. That game already highlighted how far behind the pace consoles were, 6 years ago.
- http://www.idontlikegamingiloveit.com Tateboetie Malaaitie
  
  Win, so much win.
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew

Pachter needs to have his head read. If he believes a TV Tuner and skype are going to make the nextbox win then he has lost sight of what a console is meant for.

The next-gen winner will be decided by developer support. No more. No less.
http://twitter.com/D4RKL1NG Martin du preez

LoL Pachter. Why is this guy still relevant?
- http://twitter.com/SaveTheQueenIX umar bastra
  
  jeez I can’t agree with you more
Jonah Cash

As it stands now, PS4 launch impressed me with the fact that games was at the forefront!! Not gimmicks, not social….. Games, and that is what I will base my vote and money on: Which one of the PS4 and Nextbox will give me the best gaming experience!!
Tbone187

Are people still interested in consoles?? Who? , Where?, Why??
- Deon Steyn
  
  Having fun playing SimCity yet? Console gamers are playing Metal Gear Solid,Army of Two and God of War. Plus we may even get Diablo3 without DRM. That’s why.
  - Tbone187
    
    Yip,, Zombie City in fact,,, Bashing heads in while building a house to host those that still have faith in overpriced console games…
  - http://www.codescrawls.co.za/ Edwin le Roux
    
    Just imagine how awesome Diablo 3 would have been, if they didn’t cater for future console release.
    - Deon Steyn
      
      True! So very very true.
- Tarisma
  
  Its a different thing, I have both a PC and PS3 and I find I use my PC more for competitive games and fps’s such as Farcry 3, GW2 and Dota. I play my PS3 for a generally more relaxed experience, I prefer platformers and rpg’s on my PS3. For online Co-op my PC wins hands down but for chilling and playing a split screen co-op my PS3 is always the first in line.
  
  See each of them have different strengths and weaknesses.
  - Tbone187
    
    Ahh,, A sensible comment instead of those typical fanboy responses like Deon there…refreshing…
    - Deon Steyn
      
      *fanboi
      - Tbone187
        
        I quite fancy down votes. It stand testament I’m not part of the brainwashed masses…
      - Deon Steyn
        
        True, the brainwashed masses at least has brains.
- Sir Captain Rincethis
  
  Yip. rather a few actually.
Skyblue

It’ll eventually be the same as the current gen with Nintendo losing sales due to not having a new gimmick. I won’t be touching a new console until there are enough exclusive titles to warrant the purchase which, in all likelihood, means I’ll be getting a new console in 3 to 4 years time as I don’t intend on playing God of War 6, Gears of War 5, Uncharted 5 or Halo 5.

These new consoles are focusing on “interactive” bullshit instead of doing what they should be doing, as in, show me some original games for your new systems that aren’t retreaded sequels! Originality in game titles is the biggest advantage to next gen consoles, not “who’s console can interactively suck another one’s dick” the best… I’m not so-much tired of having Origin,Steam and Battlenet telling me constantly what my friends are doing every second of their gaming lives but I never really gave a shit in the first place. If we want to play games together, guess what, we do without them bombarding us with useless info all day.
- https://www.facebook.com/shaquille.pitchford Shaquille Pitchford
  
  But still nintendo has the best sales in systems sold to date. Nintendo will always be a seller no matter what.
  - Skyblue
    
    No argument from me bud, I’m a big fan of Mario and Metroid from the NES days until present. Their timing on the Wii was perfect but everyone who bought one hardly ever used it after a few months due a serious lack of decent titles. It doesn’t help if you have a great console but 3rd party developers regard it as a casual gamer/kiddie console.
    
    Once again they have released a console with 6 year old tech (Wii U remote aside) and will again miss out on sales to hardcore gamer’s.
Brady miaau

I would like to be the winner
- Brady miaau
  
  Ok, 10 downvotes. so far.
  
  I thought my point was clear enough. It does not matter to me who wins, in real terms, as long as we get better and better products and the major players keep pushing each other forward. We, at the end of at all, will (should?) get a better experience on the different consoles out there because of this competition. I just hope the major players remember the consumer in their drive to better each other’s products.
  
  So, I (and all console users) would still like to win at the end of the day.
  - Sir Captain Rincethis
    
    Said like a boss. I did upvote you though.
Verrayne

With my needs and the games that get released by them: Sony.
AndriyP

PC
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1238654153 James Brawn

If it has a TV tuner in there then you’ll have to have to show you TV license when you buy one.
- Tarisma
  
  good point, I wonder if the TV license inspectors are gonna bust little Jimmy for having a XBOX with no TV license.
  - Banana Jim
    
    Whaaat? What did I do?
    - Admiral Chief Erwin
      
      JIMMY, wb?
http://twitter.com/SaveTheQueenIX umar bastra

Sony who? Micro What? NInten huh?
It’s clear Ouya will be winning
- Deon Steyn
  
  It’s between Ouya and the Steam Box.
http://twitter.com/mathuthe Mathias

I don’t know, but it will take 10 years or so to know the winner, so why the hell are we talking about this now?

These predictions and speculation bore me. I don’t even know if I want to buy a next-gen console yet.

If you own a decent PC, do yourself a favor and buy ArmA III. Please. I’m addicted and want others to get addicted.
GTO

Oh look a shit storm of fanboyism about consoles how surprising.
http://www.codescrawls.co.za/ Edwin le Roux

lol. I just noticed. If you make a comment about PC being better than a console.
You just get a bunch of down votes.
- http://twitter.com/SaveTheQueenIX umar bastra
  
  lol indeed, quite funny …. let’s test it …. PC IS THE BESTEST BEST AND CONSOLES SHOULD BOW DOWN BEFORE THE MASTER RACE
  - Deon Steyn
    
    Derp I like consoles and I cant tell the difference between up or down.
  - Admiral Chief Erwin
    
    Nah, they went for nappy change
- Admiral Chief Erwin
  
  Its been a while when that happens. Its like the Blue Bulls supporters. Always have the biggest mouths
  - Deon Steyn
    
    Everyone has big mouths, especially the Kings these days. I got up yesterday morning to watch the game. Totally worth it.
    - Admiral Chief Erwin
      
      And if they lost?
      - Deon Steyn
        
        Drink all the whiskey and then back to bed hehe, awesome weekend for SA rugby in the end. Beating three New Zealand teams in one weekend.
      - Admiral Chief Erwin
        
        Janee, Cheetahs played well, although I picked against them
      - Sir Captain Rincethis
        
        Just a pity my SuperBru scored were not closer, though did go up a few ranks. And I agree, the PC vs console argument is stale now, though if the states of the PS 4 are true, we won’t hear MOAR from the PC peeps for 6 months
- http://www.idontlikegamingiloveit.com Tateboetie Malaaitie
  
  Well the truth isn’t popular but I keep tellin it like it is.
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http://twitter.com/D4RKL1NG Martin du preez

I’ll just leave this here:
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Sir Captain Rincethis

How did I miss out on this trollbating article! Oh, I think I was off sick, nice one Geoff, looking good for most number of comments