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The DeanBeat: What will be the last generation's last hurrah?

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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As we await new game consoles from Sony and Microsoft this fall, publishers still have plenty of time to make money selling games for the last generation of game consoles.

Grand Theft Auto VThe Xbox One and PlayStation 4 are expected to arrive by November, and so game publishers are rushing out their last remaining Xbox 360-only or PlayStation 3-only games. The obvious big game coming is Grand Theft Auto V, which debuts on Sept. 17 on the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. Analysts expect it to sell so well that it might very well dampen enthusiasm for the next-generation consoles.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.