EA labels president has "seen both" PS4 and next-Xbox

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EA labels president Frank Gibeau has decided to tease the masses by stating he has already laid eyes on the next-generation of consoles from Microsoft and Sony.

During his opening keynote at gamescom 2012 attended by Gamespot, Gibeau spoke about free-to-play becoming the dominant pricing model “by the end of the decade,” and showed off Command & Conquer, running on DICE’s Frostbite 2 engine.

But you want to hear about next-gen not F2P games, right? Right. Continue on then.

According to Gibeau, he has “seen both” the new PlayStation and Xbox models and how the gaming systems will change the market.

“Ten years ago we used to measure our market in terms of 200 million people,” he said. “Now we are at a billion people playing games and we have a straight line view on 2 billion.”

Gibeau said EA plans to spend $80 million on next-gen this year alone, which further indicates EA has indeed seen the new machines, otherwise, they wouldn’t be pledging such a large amount of money on phantom hardware.

Microsoft has stayed rather mum on the subject, with the only confirmation that something is tucked under its sleeves being a a cease and desist order regarding leaked documents pertaining to “Xbox 720″ back in June.

Meanwhile, SCE UK boss Fergal Gara told MCV last month the firm would remain “committed to retail,” as it would be an important factor for the next PlayStation “whenever the next cycle,” of consoles landed on the market.

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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2012/08/16/ea-labels-president-has-seen-both-ps4-and-next-xbox/

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EmazedPosted:

Mazur
Emazing-Lights
Mazur
M60
I hope its a colour version if not a limited edition of coloured consoles


I have a feeling both are going to be black, maybe the xbox would be white.


Maybe it will have 2 different colors like black & white.


that will be cool, i wish i had the White xbox slim, that would be really snazzy!

OMG dude that would look sick, hopefully they do that!

MazurPosted:

Emazing-Lights
Mazur
M60
I hope its a colour version if not a limited edition of coloured consoles


I have a feeling both are going to be black, maybe the xbox would be white.


Maybe it will have 2 different colors like black & white.


that will be cool, i wish i had the White xbox slim, that would be really snazzy!

EmazedPosted:

Mazur
M60
I hope its a colour version if not a limited edition of coloured consoles


I have a feeling both are going to be black, maybe the xbox would be white.


Maybe it will have 2 different colors like black & white.

MazurPosted:

M60
I hope its a colour version if not a limited edition of coloured consoles


I have a feeling both are going to be black, maybe the xbox would be white.

PeetzuhPosted:

M60
Minecart
M60
Scanty
M60
Scanty
Emazing-Lights
Scanty
Mazur
-Pretentious- Sooo both of the new consoles have been made already???


no they're both still in dev mode. the labels president probably saw devkits though.


You see, that's what I thought.

Yeah I knew that the label president didn't see the finish product.


He was probably only saying that to make everyone jealous and excited.


Or he has actually saw them Microsoft will have atleast 1 xbox 720 created as they release in less than 2 years


I doubt he saw the finished product. It was probably just something they threw together to show what they have so far.


Not fully finished but the outside design and stuff


I wonder what it looks like. :D


I hope its a colour version if not a limited edition of coloured consoles


That would be cool.

CearnsyPosted:

Minecart
M60
Scanty
M60
Scanty
Emazing-Lights
Scanty
Mazur
-Pretentious- Sooo both of the new consoles have been made already???


no they're both still in dev mode. the labels president probably saw devkits though.


You see, that's what I thought.

Yeah I knew that the label president didn't see the finish product.


He was probably only saying that to make everyone jealous and excited.


Or he has actually saw them Microsoft will have atleast 1 xbox 720 created as they release in less than 2 years


I doubt he saw the finished product. It was probably just something they threw together to show what they have so far.


Not fully finished but the outside design and stuff


I wonder what it looks like. :D


I hope its a colour version if not a limited edition of coloured consoles

MazurPosted:

upd8
What is the Devkit? Is that like the model, or the prestage? Really would like to know because I'm hearing a lot of "Devkit" and "Durango" talk these days.


A Devkit is like a pre-prototype of a console or something, it's what they use to continue to work on and add features and stuff to the final product.

PeetzuhPosted:

M60
upd8
Mazur
Scanty
I doubt he saw the finished product. It was probably just something they threw together to show what they have so far.

it was most likely the Devkit...


What is the Devkit? Is that like the model, or the prestage? Really would like to know because I'm hearing a lot of "Devkit" and "Durango" talk these days.


Devkit is a kit for the developer


That sounds cool. :D

CearnsyPosted:

upd8
Mazur
Scanty
I doubt he saw the finished product. It was probably just something they threw together to show what they have so far.

it was most likely the Devkit...


What is the Devkit? Is that like the model, or the prestage? Really would like to know because I'm hearing a lot of "Devkit" and "Durango" talk these days.


Devkit is a kit for the developer

ImNotPhlegmAnymoreOKPosted:

Mazur
Scanty
I doubt he saw the finished product. It was probably just something they threw together to show what they have so far.

it was most likely the Devkit...


What is the Devkit? Is that like the model, or the prestage? Really would like to know because I'm hearing a lot of "Devkit" and "Durango" talk these days.