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What You Need to Know When Buying a Gaming Console

Holiday time equals game time. And if you or your loved ones haven’t made the leap to a current-generation game console yet, now’s a great time to do it.

Game consoles traditionally have a five-to-10-year shelf life, and we’re right in the middle of that span now. That means the current generation of game boxes from Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo have all been out awhile, and you shouldn’t expect major upgrades any time soon.

Instead of rolling out brand-new hardware, each company has incrementally tweaked and improved its existing systems in 2010. Here’s a breakdown of today’s landscape.

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Sony commits to supporting the PS4 longer than it did the PS3

In an interview in the December issue of Edge Magazine, Ryan admitted that the transition from the PS3 to the PS4 was rather abrupt.

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PS5 won't be backward compatible with PS3, PS2 or PS1: Ubisoft

Sony says that above 4000 PlayStation 4 games on the market will be backward compatible with the impending PlayStation 5 of the company.

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Microsoft Ends Production of XBox 360, Online Servers to Remain Active

GeekDiscover: Microsoft has announced that the production of new XBox 360 will be stopped with immediate effect while the online servers will still remain active.

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BLow2924d ago

Oh, boy I can imagine how this thread will turn out. I'm kind of surprised by this news but then I'm not because....well....
Grabs popcorn.....

PhoenixUp2924d ago

Xbox 360 had a good run. I thought Wii would be globally discontinued before this happened.

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hduce2924d ago (Edited 2924d ago )

It's sad to see it go but some good things must come to an end. I met a lot of good people who have become longtime friends on the Xbox 360.

Tzuno2924d ago

I hope they will not abandon the manufacturing of X360 controllers, i find them the best.