Riccitiello predicts long console cycle
No new systems anytime soon
Echoing statements from other industry luminaries, EA chief John Riccitiello has told investors that the current hardware cycle is likely to be a long one - and that we shouldn't expect to see new consoles anytime soon.
"Big changes are not something we're seeing the need for in the medium term, nor do we expect that in the medium term," he offered. "I think that arms race - I can never say that it's done - but the relevance of doing that faster and faster seems to have subsided.
"We're projecting... [the current generation] to be a very extended cycle."
Presumably if EA haven't caught wind of new systems, then they really must be a distant prospect, given the clout of the publisher as one of the most important third-parties. Good news?
