The present condition

The new decade has seen rising interest in the possibility of next generation consoles being developed in keeping with the traditional industry model of a five-year development cycle.

However, in the industry there is believed to be a lack of appetite for another race to produce such a console. Reasons for this include the challenge and massive expense of creating consoles that are graphically superior to the current generation, with Sony and Microsoft still looking to recoup development costs on its current consoles. The focus for new technologies is likely to shift onto motion-based peripherals, such as Microsoft's Kinect and Sony's PlayStation Move.