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Ubisoft: Move and Kinect won’t prevent new consoles in 5 years

Kinect and Move were created to two reasons. The first reason is to attract more casual gamers to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The second reason is to extend the life of both consoles. Sony has never been shy in affirming the PlayStation 3 has a life cycle of at least 10 years. From a technological standpoint, the Xbox 360 is more likely to be replaced before the PS3. Kinect is part of the strategy to prevent another Xbox from releasing any time soon. From Ubisoft’s perspective, neither Move or Kinect has what it takes to prevent another console generation.

Many game companies, analysts disappointed with E3 2008

Not many attendees were impressed with this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). During an interview held Thursday, (July 17, 2008) Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo’s senior managing director and general manager of entertainment analysis and the development division, told MSNBC that even though many fans of long running Nintendo franchise games such as Mario, Zelda or even StarFox were upset he felt that E3 was no longer a place for those types of game.

Click through to find out what game companies thought of E3 2008…