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We\u2019re on the cusp of one of those shifts in gaming which only the widespread proliferation of next-gen consoles can bring. A rising tide lifts all boats and the bottom tier of gaming will be given an overhaul with the latest tech. It stands to reason we\u2019ll also benefit on PC from multiplatform titles not having to cater for the PS4 and Xbox One as well, and Electronic Arts sounds as if it\u2019s excited for how the next generation can change our gaming experiences.<\/p>\n
Talking during EA\u2019s Q1 2020 financial results briefing, CFO Blake Jorgensen said \u201cWe\u2019re working hard on moving, building games for next year on Gen 5. I think it\u2019s obvious. I think everybody in the industry is doing that.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cAs has happened in the past, not all games come out on Gen 5 immediately. And obviously, with games like Madden, you\u2019d probably bring the Gen 5 game out when the Gen 5 console ships, not when Madden itself ships, but we\u2019ll be ready on Gen 5. We\u2019re very excited about it and we\u2019ve been working on it for some time.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n EA being EA, they like to assign their own generations which fly in the face of commonly accepted knowledge. The so-called 5th gen will actually be the 9th gen of home consoles and should, all things going well, roll out to store shelves in 2020.<\/p>\n <\/ins><\/p>\n It sounds as if behind the scenes EA has been privy to the PS5 and Xbox Scarlett for some time now. Reading between the lines a little, it would appear the next-gen consoles aren\u2019t going to ship around the time Madden launches. That would mean we\u2019re looking at either an early 2020 or late 2020 launch for the PS5, while Microsoft has already confirmed Xbox Scarlett is inbound for holiday 2020.<\/p>\n The next big question then is what is EA planning to cook up ready for the next crop of consoles. The latest iterations of FIFA, Madden, and NHL are assured. Anthem will probably be a distant memory. But, it\u2019s probably around the time we can expect a new title from DICE. Battlefield: Bad Company 3 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Scarlett anyone?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We\u2019re on the cusp of one of those shifts in gaming which only the widespread…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[219],"tags":[443,444,445,442,189],"class_list":["post-1065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-review","tag-arts","tag-electronic","tag-gen","tag-ready","tag-time"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}