It’s starting to look like the next generation of consoles already won’t be able to keep up to up to PC’s when it comes to graphics. Even then, looking at them, do they really look “next gen?”
Is it a sufficient, noticeable step up in fidelity? does it get you excited? Having had hands on, and eyeball on experience with I have to say that “next-gen“ games look better than videos on the internet would have you believe – but eye-candy isn’t even what has me excited.
I genuinely believe that even though PC games on beastly machines already look like next gen games, the real change will come with the use of newer, next-generation engines – and that’s when we’ll start seeing the real, meaningful changes; changes to AI and enemy behaviour, changes to physics and other things that’ll make games feel more real instead of just looking more real.
So yes; I am excited for the next gen. Are you? Have you seen or read anything that’s got you itching to get a new console, or upgrade your PC?
Last Updated: August 30, 2013
Gavin Mannion
August 30, 2013 at 10:31
Anyone who says no hasn’t played Battlefield 4 on the PlayStation 4 or Titan Fall on the Xbox One..
I need the next generation
Lourens Jordaan
August 30, 2013 at 10:35
Amen brother!!!
Hammersteyn
August 30, 2013 at 10:41
No
Shodan
August 30, 2013 at 10:43
But they are both on PC as well.. so no not yet
Devourer of Small Bunnies
August 30, 2013 at 10:44
Sir, have an upvote
Melasco
August 30, 2013 at 10:44
Agreed, and right now I have one reason, and that is BF4, I can’t wait!
Uberutang
August 30, 2013 at 11:32
Erm. Some of us have been experiencing that to an extend for a few years now.
So short answer: no
Long answer: finally less crappy ports and dx11 as a standard!
ToshZA
August 30, 2013 at 11:37
^ this
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
August 30, 2013 at 11:39
Pretty much – but as I said, PC games are still using “current gen” engines. the next gen will usher in new engines, and PC games will be better for it.
Tidycpc
August 30, 2013 at 10:33
Yes, yes and more yes
That Twit In Black
August 30, 2013 at 10:36
Yes I am (cause I want one) & no i am not (cause I don’t have a console yet).
Tarisma
August 30, 2013 at 10:38
who cares as long as they keep making heartless shitty games with zero story line and extra splosions for MURICA . honestly who the fuck cares, doesn’t matter how beautiful the flac pieces flying through the air are, its still one big heap of shit.
Gavin Mannion
August 30, 2013 at 10:39
Have you not read up on The Witcher 3?
Tarisma
August 30, 2013 at 10:46
I have read up on the witcher 3 but I’m very very very cautious about getting on the hype train, 95% of the time it just leads to disappointment. I would rather stay grumpy old and bitter before getting excited about new pretties.
boet
August 30, 2013 at 11:25
Ag please, stop talking rubish. Heartless games? God Im glad I dont know you in real live, a real bundle of joy you are.
RinceThisNintypoo
August 30, 2013 at 11:29
HAHAHAHAHA! This really had made me laugh, I don’t know why!
SaintsRowLee
August 30, 2013 at 11:33
You know, I am with you on that. What happened to the WOW factor in games? Not graphical wow, but wow as in “Did you see what I just did???”
RinceThisNintypoo
August 30, 2013 at 11:33
Last of Us?
SaintsRowLee
August 30, 2013 at 11:40
I think I am the last of us that have not played Last of Us.
Circuitflow
August 30, 2013 at 10:38
Cant LIVE ….. if living is without YOUUUUUUUUUU!U!U!U!U MUST HAVE MY XBOX ONE
Skoobaz
August 30, 2013 at 10:39
Personally, I am not too phased about next gen. Let the early adopters have a go. I throw all my budget at PC. The misus has asked to get a console so we can jam games together. I have earmarked to get a PS3 after PS4 release. Expecting price drops accordingly. And my requirements for that are not GFX related but rather interactivity. If I want Ultra GFX I load up something on the PC which handles anything I throw at it.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
August 30, 2013 at 10:40
Yes! I am excited. I can hardly contain myself. No I’m not trolling, I’m really struggling to contain myself… PS4 PS4 PS4! 😀
RinceThisNintypoo
August 30, 2013 at 10:50
Good nana!
Unavengedavo (aka. Frik)
August 30, 2013 at 11:29
Just not too far…
RinceThisNintypoo
August 30, 2013 at 11:30
Ha, when Nana goes, he comes back dressed in Fox’s clothing…
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
August 30, 2013 at 12:03
WINNING!
Sageville
August 30, 2013 at 10:51
Eeeeiw, uncontained piesang everywhere!
I’m keen to see the proper Full HD games, especially BF4, Destiny and Titanfall (i’ll get it on PC).
But whenever someone pushes “Cloud” to me as a selling point, I just turn off. Yes, it’s tech that has promise but I have yet to see any game that uses it for anything groundbreaking or something that adds to my gaming experience.
ElimiNathan
August 30, 2013 at 10:41
Yes super keen
Hammersteyn
August 30, 2013 at 10:42
CANT wait anymore. GTA V will have to tide me over.
Sageville
August 30, 2013 at 10:55
You were supposed to get Splinter Cell Blacklist (5 Sage-stars of awesomeness), that tides you over till GTA V then we all in limbo till December
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
August 30, 2013 at 10:42
In all honesty….no…not yet….well I am excited, just not that excited to go out and get a next gen console this year
Tarisma
August 30, 2013 at 10:44
ok irrelevant now
Ultimo_Cleric N7
August 30, 2013 at 10:45
Saving for my PS4. DESTINIY!!!! WITCHER 3!!!! DA3!!!!!
So many games I want.
Also from the header…….Bacon pancakes, makin Bacon pancakes.
Lord Chaos
August 30, 2013 at 10:46
Not really no. Still have a backlog to get through anyway, will get excited when there’s something I HAVE to have.
Vampyre Squirrel
August 30, 2013 at 10:50
Yeah I am… but my “next gen” purchase will only be in a couple years time me thinks… especially if I can keep getting games for the XB360 for a while. That being said, I REALLY want a PS4!
Devourer of Small Bunnies
August 30, 2013 at 10:50
Honestly? No. (this was a longer post but fuckit, its friday)
Vampyre Squirrel
August 30, 2013 at 10:51
FLIDAY!!!
Alien Emperor Trevor
August 30, 2013 at 10:52
Not really excited, more like generally optimistic. I think you’re right about the benefit of next-gen consoles revolving more around interactivity, AI, etc than graphics. That’ll bleed into my master race gaming, which is what I’m happy about.
The big jump in next-gen is console hardware – games & PCs always improve incrementally / continuously.
RinceThisNintypoo
August 30, 2013 at 10:53
I am excited, because I think it will change a lot of things. Those things being called the Xbox 360 Slimmer, and PS3 slimmest. I still have a whole library of PS3 games to go through, and plenty of Xbox 360 games to enjoy. I will be buying a next-gen when I am either hired by a gaming site (ahem) or sometime at the end of next year. I think it is a great time to be in gaming, I also think a lot of negativity has been brewing over the years and the flood gates have recently burst. We are all in store for a treat, IF, and only IF you are willing to move with the times 🙂
Lord Chaos
August 30, 2013 at 10:58
^ This
OVG
August 30, 2013 at 10:58
^ That
That Tall Twit
August 30, 2013 at 10:59
^ Boobs
Lord Chaos
August 30, 2013 at 10:59
Indeed
OVG
August 30, 2013 at 11:00
^ Those
Sageville
August 30, 2013 at 11:01
( * )( * )
Her Highness the Hipster
August 30, 2013 at 11:05
those look fake…
OVG
August 30, 2013 at 11:11
(•)(•)
RinceThisNintypoo
August 30, 2013 at 11:11
And door open!
That Tall Twit
August 30, 2013 at 11:18
( • Y • )
OVG
August 30, 2013 at 11:19
Is that a Y chromosome in the middle 😛
RinceThisNintypoo
August 30, 2013 at 11:11
You are opening a door here 0-O
Unavengedavo (aka. Frik)
August 30, 2013 at 11:48
( • Y • )
) . (
( v )
Edit: Why does disqus remove extra spaces…
Sageville
August 30, 2013 at 11:11
( ^ )( ^ ) ….cold out….
SaintsRowLee
August 30, 2013 at 11:17
But sometimes fake is beautiful too
TiMsTeR1033
August 30, 2013 at 11:40
should be warning on this photo…
RinceThisNintypoo
August 30, 2013 at 11:05
Oh I am sure there will be plenty of those!
Alien Emperor Trevor
August 30, 2013 at 11:05
#foreverSP trollol
RinceThisNintypoo
August 30, 2013 at 11:06
Oi!
Alien Emperor Trevor
August 30, 2013 at 11:07
I’m reconsidering saying that because I just realised I trolled myself too lol
OVG
August 30, 2013 at 10:56
NO. To much bullshit if this gen is anything to by.
Sageville
August 30, 2013 at 11:02
INFIDEL!
That Tall Twit
August 30, 2013 at 10:58
I am quite keen on getting my hands on ‘The Division’ on PC.
SaintsRowLee
August 30, 2013 at 11:01
If this gen is anything to go by, then no, I am not yet excited about next gen. I will wait for price drops, as well as the gaming libraries of each console to be sorted. If I look at my current Xbox library, there are quite a lot of overhyped (aka crap) games that you cannot find anywhere today, due to not being re-released as classics. Mass Effect 1 I see is regularly restocked at Musica, CNA and the likes…
OVG
August 30, 2013 at 11:05
hear hear.
This gen was a cluster fuck, who’s to say the next will be any better.
SaintsRowLee
August 30, 2013 at 11:12
Exactly. All I hear about next gen is the graphics are better, the AI is improved. But I get the distinct idea the games next gen are going to play exactly the same as this gen.
Alien Emperor Trevor
August 30, 2013 at 11:13
True, all the extra power doesn’t matter if they don’t use it – which most probably won’t, but the few that do…
SaintsRowLee
August 30, 2013 at 11:16
The few that do: Is it going to warrant going balls to the wall next gen for the few that do?
Alien Emperor Trevor
August 30, 2013 at 11:26
That’s an individual decision I guess. For me no, but that doesn’t mean I can’t be keen on the possibilities.
SaintsRowLee
August 30, 2013 at 11:30
True that. I guess I am a bit jaded at the moment, and the next gen outlook is not all that rosy for me, really. Nothing to warrant getting all googly eyed over every time someone says Xbox One or PS4.
Sageville
August 30, 2013 at 11:20
I remember BF3 having comms issues coz of the limited allocated comms channel memory, PS3 just didn’t have enough hardware to to things properly.
The next gen will mean no resource limitations for a good while, developers will be able to make game types that are just no possible under the current Gens hardware.
I predict more open games, bigger environments and alot more realism.
OVG
August 30, 2013 at 11:16
As A 2 Brute? said
It does seem to be a bit of a Hybrid Generation with all the focus being on Social and Internet connections.
When we jumped into the 7th gen it was all about the the fucking wheels being round in GT and sick BitMaping in Gears of War. I WAS BLOWN OFF MY FUCKING FEET.
Now its just ports… and cheese 😛
Slagywag
August 30, 2013 at 11:01
Arma 3… Once you start playing Arma 3 all other games become irrelevant, yes that includes BF4…
Galbedir
August 30, 2013 at 11:07
Cant wait for Witcher 3! Ill have to start saving for a next gen cons…Oh wait! I have a PC! MASTER RACE! 😛 lol
Alien Emperor Trevor
August 30, 2013 at 11:08
haha win!
L1ghn1ngZA
August 30, 2013 at 11:07
Yes, because I don’t care what a game looks like, I care how it plays. If I can only get an Infamous/Halo/Mario fix in one place and no other system can give that to me, then I’m naturally excited for the next generation 🙂
A 2 Brute?
August 30, 2013 at 11:08
What has been shown so far of next gen games, in terms of raw visual impact, such as Titanfall, The Witcher 3, Battlefield 4, all look really impressive. The fact that all of these are coming to PC and not only onto console though, sort of removes that feeling of awe I may have felt had they been only console-centric. So no, I am not overly excited about the “next generation”. In fact, I don’t actually see a clear and defined break from this generation in my opinion with the new console releases due. Visuals should only be one aspect that defines a new generation, not what makes it a new generation. The lines have become quite blurred, I say.
Stanley Watson
August 30, 2013 at 11:09
I can’t contain my excitement. I dream about it during the day. BF4 and no hassles online multiplayer…certainly also having a better media centre experience than which the Xbox 360 gives now. But looking forward to the PS4.
OVG
August 30, 2013 at 11:12
Generation 7.5
veggiesaurus ZA
August 30, 2013 at 11:16
I can’t wait to jump ship from my Xbox 360. So sick of the noise
RinceThisNintypoo
August 30, 2013 at 11:20
Shit yeah hey? I was dl something the other day and had to leave it on when I went to bed. Woke thinking I was on an aeroplane!
TiMsTeR1033
August 30, 2013 at 11:32
I think my power supply in slowly dieing, jet engine engage!
ToshZA
August 30, 2013 at 11:18
Yes, but not for the consoles, rather the surge in visual fidelity we pc gamers are going to get. I cannot wait!
Ps, MASTER RACE!
RinceThisNintypoo
August 30, 2013 at 11:20
You must be looking forward to GTA5… Trololol! 😉
Sageville
August 30, 2013 at 11:22
BURN!
That Tall Twit
August 30, 2013 at 11:24
This should help with that…
TiMsTeR1033
August 30, 2013 at 11:31
that cannot be unseen O_O
SaintsRowLee
August 30, 2013 at 11:36
And I hit refresh to see that… Curse me and my ever present curiosity!
TiMsTeR1033
August 30, 2013 at 11:39
my eyes are still burning….
RinceThisNintypoo
August 30, 2013 at 11:28
It lies, it lies!
ToshZA
August 30, 2013 at 11:25
Not even almost. What a waste of a game. >=)
TiMsTeR1033
August 30, 2013 at 11:31
YOU SAID WHAT!!! *gansta mode activate* Ill pop a cap in your ass boy!!!
ToshZA
August 30, 2013 at 11:36
Bring it foo’. Ya’ll aint got shit on mah G, Geralt.
Alien Emperor Trevor
August 30, 2013 at 11:29
Screw you guys, I’m going home! ………. in this 😛
TiMsTeR1033
August 30, 2013 at 11:35
In japan they go home on this…
That Tall Twit
August 30, 2013 at 11:39
Have you noticed the name of the photographer in the corner on that pic?
XD
Yateen Dayaram
September 3, 2013 at 14:10
you gotta be kidding..0.o
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
August 30, 2013 at 11:20
NEXT GEN JAPANESE BOOB PHYSICS
RinceThisNintypoo
August 30, 2013 at 11:21
You shut up! *cries 🙁
Sageville
August 30, 2013 at 11:22
That was this gens technological breakthrough.
I believe Next gen will finally tackle the bum bounce physics we’ve been missing.
TiMsTeR1033
August 30, 2013 at 11:30
Because sooo many Japanese women are small the japanese over compensate for it in games…
Unavengedavo (aka. Frik)
August 30, 2013 at 11:44
Finally they can make a proper Baywatch simulator!!!
http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view1/1852742/baywatch-run-o.gif
Lardus-Respect the beard
August 30, 2013 at 11:39
Nope, Nope and Nope. Starting to play less and less games. Building a Warhammer 40K Army to rather have a hobby getting me away from technology in the evenings. Will play one or two games, but maybe when the Next-Gen Soul Calibur, Virtua Fighter and DoA come out I might get boob-physics excited about it.
Drizzt
August 30, 2013 at 12:03
Excited for the PS4.
But it’s hard to get excited for Xbox One after all the disappointment. Maybe closer to the time, when ever that may be.
But hey if your an Xbox fan there is a console for you it’s called the Xbox 360.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
August 30, 2013 at 12:06
I think once Microsoft re-focus themselves on the games, then I honestly believe that the XBox One will be a real contender. It just means waiting a few years, and hoping that they’ve learnt their lesson.
I won’t get a box now, but I might consider it in 3 or 4 years. At least, then I would know that the policy reversals were genuine, and that they hadn’t sneaked some nefarious nonsense in via the cloud.
Rock789
August 30, 2013 at 12:05
I am super excited for next-gen! If I were anymore excited, my head would explode!
But, seriously, I really am looking forward to the next-gen leap. Geoff – you put it perfectly… Next-gen will more than just awesome graphics. The AI and world physics leap will just be awesome – seriously, I cannot wait. And the fact that the PS4 and XB1 are, as some people put it, like PCs, it should make cross-platform (console to PC and vice versa) much easier. Which could open up another world of games for the console! So yeah, I’m super excited for this! The Leap cannot come soon enough.
Johan du Preez
August 30, 2013 at 12:06
What are you talking about we already have next gen on pc ?
Brenz
August 30, 2013 at 12:09
too bad your next gen doesnt include GTAV, oops….
Johan du Preez
September 2, 2013 at 11:38
GTAV is coming to pc you should keep up to date with news more, il be enjoying my next gen gaming until then … enjoy your DX9 720p at 30fps console buddy.
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
August 30, 2013 at 12:22
No. no we do not. We have shiny graphics, sure – but when real next generation engines start powering the games, we’ll have real next generation experiences
Johan du Preez
September 2, 2013 at 16:39
I have a feeling that next gen they are referring to is the same as current pc gen, I cant see anything in the screenshots or video’s to convince me otherwise.