I don’t think 2012 will be a year of slim pickings there are still a lot of high profile games being released and more yet to be announced at the likes of E3 etc. we got the likes of:
The Last Guardian
Halo 4
Mass Effect 3
Bioshock Infinite
MGS HD Collection
Tomb Raider
Resident Evil Revelations
And let’s not forget the Playstation Vita and Wii U.
So there is definitely going to be plenty of choice.
The next gen is getting closer and a lot of developers will soon commence work of games and tech demos etc, but I can’t see them abandoning current consoles just yet. Other that the Wii U I can’t see the new Playstation or Xbox being released until the end of 2013, early 2014, so there are still plenty of games to play before we have to worry about that.
I’d also say that if Sony make their next system as complicated to develop for as they did the PS3, then the earlier they can send dev kits out then the better, because then we might not have to wait 2 years into the life cycle until we actually start seeing the proper potential of the console.

