Halo Anniversary Developer Thinks Current Generation Consoles Are Too Limiting

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No matter how much you love your Xbox 360 or PS3, it’s pretty clear that we’re heading toward the end of this console generation. The current generation has a couple of years left – at most – before the next consoles are announced, and they may not even have that long. After all, it wouldn’t be out of the realm of possibility to be hearing announcements concerning the next Xbox or the next PlayStation as early as next year.

Whatever Microsoft and Sony‘s plans are for the next console generation, there’s more than a few people out there that are growing tired of the current one. In a new op-ed on CVG, Matthew Karch, CEO of Saber Interactive (the studio currently working with 343 Industries on Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary), explained why he thinks it’s time for the next generation:

The next-generation of consoles will do great things. We’re limited in what we can do right now in terms of games and that comes primarily from the power of the processors. The best way to put it is it’s kind of like being given a Lego set with 100 blocks and a set with 1000 – you can do a lot more with the second set. You have more wiggle room and more blocks to make something big and great.

If you can generate real dynamic crowds doing real things, you can’t do that on the current generation of consoles. If you can have liquid simulations and better cloth simulations, and instead of rigid body animations have soft body dynamics, flexible joints… think about the type of gameplay that could be created with technology as an enabler.

The lead up to a new generation of consoles is always an exciting time, but Sony and Microsoft have to be careful here – with the state of the world economy, I doubt there will be many people out there willing to shell out $600 for the next PlayStation. Of course, speculation about the next generation and its consoles is kind of pointless at the moment, especially considering that none of us know how far away the next generation actually is.

What’s your take? Are you ready for the next generation of consoles, or are you happy with your Xbox 360 and PS3? Do you think that Microsoft and Sony will announce their next consoles next year now that we know the Wii U is on the way, or will they hold out until 2013 or 2014 to make their announcements? Head down to the comments section and tell us what you think!