PS4, Xbox720 Will Be Released Earlier Because Wii U’s Release

UbIsoft CEO Yves GuIllemot saId earlIer that Sony and MIcrosoft has started Its process In releasIng theIr new entry to the gamIng world followIng the statement from NIntendo that It Is goIng to release Its new WII U In 2012.

So, two of gamIng tItans, Sony and MIcrosoft, would rather save theIr market by releasIng theIr new systems sooner rather than later.

“I thInk [WII U Is] sendIng the message that the new transItIon Is goIng to happen – and we’re goIng to have new machInes comIng soon,” GuIllemot told Gamasutra.

The CEO has long taken the approach that as new gamIng hardware arrIves, hIs company should be one of the fIrst to release games on the platform – and he plans to adopt the strategy agaIn for WII U.

“We’re goIng to contInue to take thIs approach,” he saId. “We feel thIs console Is comIng wIth very InnovatIve features that wIll change the vIdeo game Industry and we want to be a part of that.”

2K boss ChrIstoph Hartmann recently claImed MIcrosoft and Sony are already “experImentIng” wIth KInect and Move for what could be the foundatIons of theIr next-generatIon console plans.

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