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"All three first party manufacturers do have interesting platforms out there," says EA's European boss Jens Uwe when asked by Eurogamer on his assessment of the current console offerings.

"360 certainly will be around for quite some time. As will the PS3. The PS3 with the price drop should hopefully get some acceleration for the Christmas business. The Wii U is certainly a platform we like and will support going forward."

Sony recently stated that there's no need for a PS4 at the moment, while Microsoft has been rumored to be prepping a new for next year. Nintendo on the other hand is all busy putting the finishing touches on the Wii U.

"All I can say is we do see healthy sales of hardware," Intat said on the next generation issue. "We do see healthy sales of software into those existing hardware platforms. It's the first-parties you have to discuss with when a, they think they can afford to come out with a new platform, but even more important, b, when they think a new platform will really offer something meaningful to the consumer.

"The existing generation of consoles is actually technologically very advanced. They're still very capable machines. It's their call."

FFS, these consoles are way too far behind the technical standard.

Granted I couldn't afford a new console if it came out anytime soon, but still