Quote Originally Posted by Wolf Kanno View Post
So the argument here is that Squenix feels Sony and Microsoft have let their high tech consoles outstay their welcome and now developers are jumping ship to browser based games and iOS products because those platforms have finally had time to grow into something comparable to the console. They go on to predict that many of these developers will probably stay on these easier business models instead of jumping into the next console generation. So Squenix feels that Sony and Microsoft should release the X-Box 720 and PS4 ASAP.
I don't know how the shift to more mobile platforms worked in Japan, but I like that they seem to have no understanding of how the rise of the more casual gaming platforms even happened in the West. And I mean literally no clue. Companies making games for consoles did not suddenly abandon consoles to make iPhone or Facebook games. Indie's and startup's were the ones who really drove those markets, then bigger companies tried to get a piece of the pie in addition to the console market.

I also enjoy the irony of Square wanting a new console generation humorous since they've been so bad at getting their FF titles out with the current technology. If they got their wish and had new consoles this year or next, I could only hope they've finally got their trout together enough to cope because spending five years in development just to have a repeat of FFXIII wouldn't be acceptable.