Console Hardware Cycles Lengthen as Development Budgets Escalate
Triple-A game studios extend production cycles to five-plus years, forcing hardware vendors to prolong current generation hardware lifecycles.
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Triple-A game studios extend production cycles to five-plus years, forcing hardware vendors to prolong current generation hardware lifecycles.
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