Originally Posted by 1UP
Another industry veteran has chimed in with support for the so-called one console future. David Reeves, former president of SCEE and current Capcom COO, believes it could happen within two console cycles, according to an interview with CVG. "When you're on the first-party side, you realize how really, really expensive it is to develop a platform," he said. "Whether it's PS3, or Xbox 360, or even Wii, they cost millions - maybe not billions, but absolutely millions. You don't know when to put that stake in the ground of technology and move on. You know, say 'that's enough.'"
"Eventually, it may just become so expensive to develop that Microsoft and Sony say, 'Okay, let's get together,'" he continued. "I'd say it's between 10 and 15 years away. That's how long I think it will take. I don't think it will be the next console cycle, but probably the next cycle after that, where you might have something platform-agnostic."
But Reeves cautions that the names involved in such a venture might just be new to the gaming industry. "It might be different players, of course. It might be Google getting together with, dare I say, Microsoft, or Google with somebody else."
Denis Dyack must be very amused by all of this. When he started talking about this possibility years ago (including on our 1UP Yours podcast), he was widely derided for it. He stuck to his guns and suggested that developers would lead the way, tired of being beholden to console licenses. Since then, we've heard support from EA, God of War creator David Jaffe, and Metal Gear mastermind Hideo Kojima. Now we can add a current Capcom executive to that list. Maybe the idea isn't so crazy after all.
