Whipped this up in a couple of minutes...
Apparently (though a million miles from MY ears) there has been rumours circulating these bunch of wires and 'series of tubes' known as the internet that Gears of War 3 would only be released on the next generation of gaming, the Xbox 720 as the whole idiot population assumes it will be called (yes, DOUBLING 360 makes sense, because doubling the previous number is what ALL consoles do, PS1, PS2, PS4, PS8). My reaction apart from 'damn, that'll be ages away' was really disgust. Next generation? So we can't have more than two in a series in one generation anymore?
I understand the reason for EPIC's President's claim that it would be next-gen would be that it would likely be on the Unreal 4 Engine which is still in development. But has it really come to the point that a) you can't have one part of the dev company working on the engine and the other on the actual product b) technology for games is now so complex we have to wait a lifetime for every sequel. If any of you played the Army Men games on PS1, you might remember they churned out completely original and fun (despite being horrible graphically) games every couple of months. Yes, it is going to be different in this generation, but 2 years should be a maximum. If better graphics and better engines really take that long, the ends aren't justifying the means.
Keep in the mind the next Xbox is going to be bloody miles away. We're talking at least 4 years away. 4 years for a sequel? That is simply a joke. It is turned out that way they'd probably try to keep the fans happy with some spin-off in the meantime, and we all know what spin-offs turn out like... 'Oh you get to play as Anya, pressing buttons and telling the squad where to go. It's a squad-based RTS'. Can you imagine?
I don't care if the storyline turns into a mess, or if the whole squad die by tripping up on their laces, just finish it, EPIC. There's no sense making it this long if Gears 1 came out in 2006, and Gears 2 in late 2008.
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