There's been a lot of talk and clamor for a one-console future after the next-gens. This has been met with both anticipation and criticism alike. And it's no wonder, as a lot will change if the future only holds one console.
"Back in the innocent days of 2010, A World of Keflings was a fairly popular successor to A Kingdom for Keflings. I even wrote about it a few times in 2012! But the world of humans moved on, and NinjaBee's city-building/adventure game was last seen on the ill-fated Wii U in 2014. Fast-forward to the dark year of 2025, and not only is A World of Keflings coming to Steam, but there's already a playable demo! Perhaps the cheerful, no pressure gameplay that the Keflings bring is just what we need nowadays," says Co-Optimus.
It's been officially over 2,500 days since The Elder Scrolls 6 was revealed, and fans are still waiting for more than a logo and a mountain range.
It will come out in another 1000-2000 days or so. I’d rather they remake Morrowind. After they added quest arrows, sprint button, making stats lesser and the big nerfs to spells Elder Scrolls has been too simplified. They could change that with ES6 but I don’t have much faith in modern Bethesda. I would love to be wrong
Xbox Game Studios' Halo: Combat Evolved Remake is reportedly planned to release in late 2026 to celebrate 25 years of Xbox.
No official update on anything?
They replaced studio leadership
They changed the studio name
They announced the change to UE5
... all while supporting Infinite
The support to Infinite isn't what it originally should have been but they've still been providing tons of official updates over the years, and as recently as two months ago added a brand new weapon.
I think remaking Halo Combat Evolved, and going to 2 and 3 again, will help give the studio an idea of how to make a Halo game feel like Halo again
Infinite did feel like Halo, that's not what the complaints were...
The complaints were almost literally everything else. Monetization, netcode and desync, the campaign structure, story, and single biome, the weaker-than-expected post-launch content.
Dev times in modern days 4 years of silence isn't unheard of when things are running smoothly.
And around 6 months ago 343 did show a tech demo of ue5 using halo assets so it's not radio silence.
Given all the shake ups i am more surprised we're getting anything next year at all.
They coulda started with Halo 3 remake ... I know Halo CE remaster was not proper with the art style but still, remaking after a remaster seems dull, when Halo 3 and Reach have started to show some age.
Yeah I hate they used Halo reach artstyle. Hope this remake feel authentic yet fresh
Probably the simplest to work around with. They are reportedly doing it in UE5, so its just as much an Anniversary thing, as its probably the studio getting familiar and setting up their tools and processes in the engine with an actual game, to facilitate the development of the next Halo
I'm guessing combat evolved has a smaller scope in general the later half of the game features a ton of backtracking and reused assets making it a easier game to remake on a deadline
Its also a better choice if this is the first game to be multiplatform mind you I think it's pretty much a given that anyone with a passing curiosity has played this by now in some way be it pc or brought a used console for a few bucks
I would love to see Lost Odyssey come over to PS5. I would definitely buy that again. That was the first game that I played on my 360. Loved the story and battle system. One of the best JRPGs of all time in my opinion.
"(and eventually we'll just have a PC)"
And then people will want something just for games, then game consoles will be made and the whole thing starts all over again.
First off, can you really see the big three (Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo) all agreeing on one specific design and goal? Why do you think the consoles are so different now? It's because people will always have different ideas and plans.
What happens when a group of people split and want to design a different system? What happens when there is a big split in this major game company? What happens when consumers are given low quality products and/or high priced products but have to deal with it because there is no other option?
The fact is, we will eventually go from the one system to multiple. That's the way it has been for every electronic device to date and that's the way it's going to stay.
Without competition everything goes under. Look at EA sports... they suck worse now than ever. I will just opt out of gaming altogether if this happens. I won't content specific consoles... the diversity is what drives creativity and that makes everyone try harder for our consumer dollars. With 1 platform the tools would be weaker and the games would be even more generic than they already are. 3rd party publishers would just toss garbage out of their asses like it's bean and cheese night. Atari tried the one console gig and damn near put us under.
1 console means high prices... Lousy software and lack of quality. Enjoy this era, folks. Cause if we do have a unified console next round gaming will never be the same.
To much growth in the industry for a 1 console future next gen.
Besides Sony, MS and Ninty are most definitley at least in the R&D phase of development for there next gen systems. Early prototypes are even possible at this point imo.
If anyone was to bow out it would be MS imo but they just started making profit from the gaming sector so thats no where near likely now.
I see all 3 companys in it for another generation after the current at least 4 sure.
Well...maybe...if the big three choose to share the licencing and control.
That's why unlikely. Nintendo and Sony had plenty of time to do that and Nintendo's pretty happy with their choice of going it alone with the DS and Wii.
Consoles are H/W built to last at least 5 years and games are optimized for the H/W over the lifespan.
PCs are H/W built to last at least 5 years ...HOWEVER... the Operating System(ie Windows) and software are not optimized for the hardware over the PC lifespan. Instead, software developers expect PC owners to upgrade their hardware.
This is why consoles will always be around and why there will never be just one console - especially with Microsoft in the console market.
I'm hoping that Sony moves away from consoles and instead focusses on developing a Game OS for PCs optimized for a CORE GAMING PC(fixed specs: eg. 1GB RAM, multicore -CPU, GPU with 256GB RAM). PC manufactures can then compete producing their own PLAYSTATION PC(of various shapes, sizes and prices with Sony controlling the Game OS licence) but the minimum specs are the same. Game developers can then focus on optimizing their games - based on the minimum H/W specs - for the PLAYSTATION PC.
Just like a console, a PLAYSTATION PC would be a one off cheap purchase that will last at least 5 years. Imaging dropping into your local computer shore and checking out the various PLAYSTATION PC and Laptops made by Compaq, Dell, Toshiba etc. You'll know it will play your old copy of KZ2 and the lastest version of GT 3 years on. Awesome.
Damn. If I only had the millions and industry clout, I'd do this myself. But I'm trusting Sony will someday do this. This would be revolutionary to the gaming industry and to PCs per se. Microsoft would be trembling in fear if sony were to do this. Sony's Game OS on the PC could challenge Windows easily as the main OS for a PC.
This is gaming.
will never happen
in the slightest cow jumping over a moon possibility that it does....PLEASE GOD DONT LET MICROSOFT DESIGN AND MAKE THE CONSOLE!
worst electronics manufacturer period!