Square Enix wants next-gen consoles now  Posted by Mark Raby
Publishing giant Square Enix thinks it is wrong for Sony and
Microsoft to extend their console life cycles.  For the first
time in the history of video game consoles, we are seeing
companies that have managed to keep a system interesting and
relevant for more than half a decade.  It had been a very well
established cycle that a console would be released, then about
three or four years later its successor would be announced, and
then there would be a transition period where both the old and
new consoles would be supported, until eventually the new
console would take precedence, and then the whole cycle started
over again.  That isn't happening this time around, in large
part because the PS3 and Xbox 360 have obligatory Internet
connectivity that have allowed them to roll out updates, both
software-related and hardware-related.  But Square Enix
worldwide technology director Julien Merceron, who always wants
to be on the bleeding edge of the industry,