In an interview with the BBC, Electronic Art's Head of International Publishing, Gerhard Florin, says that a shift from multiple platforms to one universal console would benefit us all.

"We want an open, standard platform which is much easier than having five which are not compatible," he told the website. EA currently develop games across 14 different platforms, which means they incur huge development costs making it increasingly difficult to get a high return on their investments

"You don't need an Xbox 360, PS3 or Wii - the consumer won't even realise the platform it is being played on," he continued.

A number of analysts have already predicted that the time will come where only one platform will exist and Florin believes that we may see that day in the 'next generation'."I am not sure how long we will have dedicated consoles - but we could be talking up to 15 years," Florin predicts.

Can you really see Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo agreeing on one unified console?

Source :: BBC