You can’t move for the wild speculation regarding the next gen console at the moment but the question is, do we need a new console? We talked about this last month but now we want to see what you think about it. Are you happy with your PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and the vast array of games available or do you think the systems are starting to show their age and need a refresh?
When the ‘NeXtbox’ and the PS4 launch they will undoubtedly be costly, the Xbox 360 launched at $479.99 and the PS3 was $599.99 and there is very little chance of the new consoles being cheaper.
No doubt publishers will pass the extra development costs on to players and we may find games rising in price as well – can you afford to pay £50-60 for the latest release?
Many rumours have suggested a Christmas 2012 launch for the new consoles so for the first Massive Poll we want to know when you want your new console.
For the second Massive Poll, you can pick your top five ‘Next Gen essentials’ – will it be a huge hard drive? A quiet, compact design? Backwards compatibility? Get clicking and remember you can pick fiveessential ingredients!
The polls close midnight on Sunday and the results show will follow next week.
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Ed the Penguin
Done. Looking forward to the results.
BrendanCalls
Id have to say 2014, but I’d be more than happy if it were moved further out than that
R4U Eldave0
Hopefully its not for a while as this is likely to be the last generation of consoles that I end up buying lol.
That said, the 360 definately needs a hardware upgrade so we can go back to having games on a single disk instead of 2-3
SilverCider
Quite a few within the multi choice poll that I would have selected. Sony/Microsoft will no doubt push for it anyway, but I think they’d be daft not to take on the living room pc (or HTPC if you’d like) with force i.e. powerful browser support, media streaming & storage capabilities (media hub), social integration as well as a powerful gaming machine. Not asking for much are we :)
nofi
2012. Sooner the better, lo-res 30fps can go die in a fire.
And I want GT6.
cc_star
amen, although I may need some money
DirtyHabit
2012… then hopefully they should be tried, tested and £100 cheaper by 2013.
:)
justboy
I have no desire for a new console to come out anytime soon.
Even if Sony or Microsoft start selling them next Christmas I would probably hold off a couple of years until the consoles drop in price, and have a sufficient games library.
Forrest_01
& hopefully any bugs have been worked out of the systems as well!
sparkyscrum
I want to see the next Playstation come with a large HDD to store games and media on. I want the ability to buy a PS4 and not worry about running out of space when I buy things off PSN.
I want want to see decent integration with the Vita, ie PS4 stamps anything on it or in it to the Vita on demand. Something like an auto wake up of the consoles by a Vita would be a good step. It’s great that you can stream to your PSP but how much wasted electricity by leaving your PS3 on for days?
Jumping Monks
I’d like to see it come around in 2013, although I’d happily wait until 2014, if it’s even later, then so be it. What I want to see from the PS4, (which incidentally I think should/may be called the PlayStation Quad) are graphical updates, 1080p 60fps all across the board. Improved music/video functions (ie, more visualisations, easier menu navigation etc) Updated XMB, or an entirely new user interface. Cross game chat (not that I would use it, but whatever) Better web browser, ideally chrome based. Much larger HDD space. Vastly improved PSN network. Backwards compatibility, with trophies carried on. Incidentally, two separate trophy lists, one for PS3 games, one for PS4.mThe ability to customise just about everything. If they stick with the XMB, I want to be able to customise what options I see, and what I don’t. More background colours (tbh, the PS3 could do with these last 2 things). Oh, and stick with optical storage too, or at least physical anyway, it definitely shouldn’t be download only (not that it would be anyway). A good launch line-up too… just saying.
Forrest_01
Oh, that’s actually a good point about B/C with trophies – They simply must do this, or some people will lose interest. What would be the point in putting in any time to trophies now if you just had to start again next gen?
kivi95
Anytime in 2013 for me.
Zephyre
To be honest, as long as they continue supporting the PS3 the way they have the PS2 then they can release whenever they want. Personally I won’t be jumping at launch (like I did the PS3) as the price cuts (£399 launch machine against £2-£230 now) make holding off a no-brainer, just as long as quality games are still released on the PS3. I’ve gone for Xmas 2013 as I’d like another 2 years of AAA games on the PS3 before it gets bumped down the priority list
Mind you, I’ve struggled to pick 5 “must have” features off that list. once you strip out kinect/move stuff and other stuff that isn’t going to happen (x-platform chat) there weren’t that many sensible options.
Would like to have seen user-upgradabability to be an option, I’d be annoyed if Sony went down the MS route and make you pay for their own HDDs in the next machine