Console Wars are mostly dead...

[DarthMetalliCube]

thismeintiel said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:

You are still arguing against something I didn't say.  Do you know what a straw man is?

Do you?  I'm sure you aware of the definition, but do you actually know how to recognize it?

There is nothing I touched upon that wasn't a direct response to what you have written.  You argued it was more important to launch early.  I gave you a few examples that disproved that.  You gave a whole spiel about how power doesn't really help, and I gave a counterargument as to why that isn't true.  Being much more powerful than the Switch is exactly why someone is going to pick the PS5 over it, the Switch's price and library be damned.  Like I said, it's the same reason the PS4 still sold so well against it.

The jump in power, while still bringing it out at a reasonable price, is exactly why Sony and MS are waiting.  In the end, that will help them, not hurt them. And if you hadn't noticed, the PS4 was the more powerful console this gen, yet it won.  Power never hurts.  The problem in the past is that the most powerful console always just happened to be the most expensive one, by far.  This gen, that changed.  And even if Sony has the more powerful console next gen (it probably won't be by much), it will be the same price as the Scarlett, so power won't hurt.

I think console power is very much overstated. If the Wii didn't already make that abundantly clear I'm not sure what would. Xbox was more powerful than PS2 (as was GameCube) yet both were trounced by PS2. B/c PS2 had an insane library of games.

Ultimately the library is what matters most. People only use the hardware to play the games.

Not saying power hurts but you could easily have the weakest machine out of all the contenders and still run away in the sales race b/c people care about the games first and foremost.

PS4 also has more sales than the Switch currently b/c it was on the market for several years longer than Switch...