Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-7146531-20140131090141/@comment-25467429-20150311185906

I don't see how 108.59.17.6 is asking an off-topic question. A major factor for many about whether to skip a title in any series with multiple installments has to do with when the next one comes out, and it's a valid question as to whether or not there is a set or common lull between titles. As this is about sticking to the PS3 or waiting for a PS4 title, mentioning mobile games is a bit misleading. The fact is, from Air Comabt's release on the Playstation to the release of 4 on the PS2, they took two years between console games. It was then 3 years from AC4 to AC5, 2 years from AC5 to Zero, then roughly one year from Zero to 6, four years from 6 to Assault Horizon, which was three years before Infinity's release.

So, yes, it is commonly at least 2 years between console releases for Ace Combat. Only once was it around one year, and only twice was it three or more. It is obvious that absent any information it's all just speculation, and there's nothing wrong with that in my opinion, so long as everyone understands that's all it is absent official information. Given that, it would stand to reason that no information is likely on a console game until the one year anniversary of Infinity passes. More than that, I would say E3 is a better platform where they'd have a chance to make a bit more of a publi splash given no console or other really big titles are expected this year to steal the attention.

As for the multiplatform question that was brought up earlier in this forum, I will remind that Assault Horizon to date is the only multiplatform in the franchise (if you don't count arcade versions), and of the console titles, 6 was the only one not to make it onto the Sony ecosystem. Given all that information, it's not unlikley for some to simply pass on Infinity in hopes that a next installment makes it out, the same way some skipped 6 in hopes that another game would come out for the PS3 back then. It's all a matter of how patient and hopeful the individual is. That Infinity costs nothing to start palying, despite the high cost associated with making real progress, is surely an enticement for some to get into it, but particularly at this point of Infinity's life, there is not a whole lot for newcomers to latch onto, unless they're really just that into the series.