Ubisoft: next generation of consoles coming 2012

Both Sony and Microsoft have denied that they’ll be releasing new iterations of their consoles anytime soon, but Ubisoft believes that it’s only a matter of time. They believe that new versions of the consoles are set to come out around 2011, or 2012, and are already getting ready for it. Details after the link.

Although both Sony and Microsoft have denied that they’ll be releasing new versions of their consoles anytime soon, and despite the fact that they’re both suffering economic woes at the moment, Ubisoft is already getting ready for the next gen anyway.

(When I say next gen, I mean next gen, not this gen that was next gen but is now just this gen. Savvy?)

Ubisoft believes that new versions of the consoles are set to come out around 2011, or 2012, and so they’re getting themselves all gussied up for the eventuality. Says CEO Yves Gullemot:

We want to take advantage of a company that could bring more technology to us, or new brands.

So we have now enough to help us to grow the company for not only next year but to get ready for the coming of the next generation consoles that are probably going to happen 2011, 2012.

We have to be ready for that, we are already hiring people and buying some technology and looking at some brands as well.

At least we don’t have to wait months before a decent game is released on the next gen consoles this time. Meanwhile, Sony and Microsoft are still b-slapping each other silly over who can be the bigger fanboy to keep us entertained until then.

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Via GamesIndustry.biz