IDC's Research Director for Gaming and VR/AR, Lewis Ward, talks to GamingBolt about everything from VR to when he thinks next gen is coming.
NPD analyst Mat Piscatella talks to GamingBolt about the future of Nintendo, next-gen predictions, and more.
IDC analyst Lewis Ward believes that current gen systems still have a couple years of life left in them.
One of the job listings also suggests – yet again – that the game will have online elements.
Sony looks to be "building the next generation PlayStation backbone."
They seem to be very explicitly recruiting for the next round of console hardware.
NPD analyst Mat Piscatella is confident that the PS5 will feature backwards compatibility with PS4 games.
Industry analyst Michael Pachter believes people will likely look at Fallout 76 as a blip.
Internet infrastructure problems prevent digital only consoles for now, he says.
"Both systems have done well in the US, but 2019 will likely be a transition year as we move into 2020," says Mat Piscatella.
Avalanche Studios' Paul Keslin feels recent trends might be indicative of future growth for cross-play opportunities.
Polyphony Digital have created their very own in-house real-time ray tracing tech.
Sony seems to be setting up a new development team in partnership with the Visual Arts Service Group.
But an additional 8GB of VRAM, which means total memory available will be 16-20GB.
Industry analyst Michael Pachter says it's unlikely either Sony or Microsoft will wait that long to release their next consoles.
At this point, going forward, I don’t think Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo have any excuse not to allow that.
Streaming may lead to an expansion of gaming into new markets, but will not replace traditional gaming, according to Marc-André Jutras.
Industry analyst Michael Pachter believes Microsoft will make two variants for the next Xbox- a streaming device, and another, more traditional console.
Though it'll be playable solo, you'll still require an online connection to play the game.
IDC analysts Lewis Ward says next generation consoles will probably launch in 2021, but current-gen hardware sales in 2019 might change that.
