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What would be a Deal breaker that would keep you from getting a new console?

Lack of backwards compatibility 2 2.41%
 
loss of digital content t... 7 8.43%
 
Anti Used game measures 25 30.12%
 
Hardware or controller gimmick 4 4.82%
 
Lack of games and future potential 28 33.73%
 
Forced online subscription 16 19.28%
 
poor sales 1 1.20%
 
Total:83

With the Wii U now out and the Orbis and Durango looking to release this year or next, many gamers are having concerns about the future of gaming. Every consumer has different values and things they find important for a console. What do you find important for a console to be a worthwhile purchase? What move or actions would cause you to forgo such a purchase? Are there any actions that would cause you to lose complete faith in the company?

 

I was looking up on NeoGaf about how Orbis and Durango are looking to no longer support used games. I am still hoping that these are untrue rumors, but I was suprised to see that most members of Gaf were perfectly fine with anti used game measures. I was also suprised to find that to them the real Dealbreaker would be if they lost their XBLA and PSN+ content and purchases. Even more strange that despite digital content being fairly similar to retail content, few gamers were concerned about retail backwords compatibilty. 

 

So what would be a dealbreaker for you? To me anti used game measures are a pretty huge deal breaker. I often can't afford new games and consoles. Often I arrive towards the middle or end of a gen before I get a console.



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a 30% failure rate, anti used games and pay to play online. thats pretty much it for me



It all about the games if a counsel has enough good games I will get it eventually.



At the end, for me, it goes down to the number of games I'm really interested to play compared to the console price and to the price of games.



mainly paying for online. I simply refuse to go xbox because of it.



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I would never buy a console that does not have a Halo game on it.



Imagine not having GamePass on your console...

Games games games... that's what it always comes down to. I don't particularly care too much about exclusives these days, so If the console doesn't have most of the big multiplatform games on it, or is lacking some of the features that the same games on other consoles have, then I steer clear of it.

Anti-used game measures I really don't care about. If it means the average price of new games actually DROPS for the first time in over a decade, then I'm all for it. If they don't, then no biggie, because I never buy games at full price anyways so I'll just keep waiting till a month or so after release to pick them up.

Backwards compatibility is now a moot point with the advent of digital re-releases. No hardware company is going to bother making their console b/c with games from 2 or more generations ago when they can just re-release those games digitally and make even more money.

Paying for "online" doesn't bother me either, because of the three consoles out there, the one that charges for things like online multiplayer and video streaming etc. just so happens to have the best all around online network, and they do it for roughly half the price of an annual Netflix subscription.



On 2/24/13, MB1025 said:
You know I was always wondering why no one ever used the dollar sign for $ony, but then I realized they have no money so it would be pointless.

If it doesn't come with a free bunny, then I won't get it.
backwards compatibility is also in high consideration.



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Loss of purchased games would be a deal breaker, loss of backwards compatibility would be a strike against a system, elimination of used game sales would depend on how it was implmented (could be a deal breaker), a "controller gimick" would depend on what it was (I wouldn't buy a kinect based system), lack of games or potential is not a likely problem from any of the big 3, if I couldn't opt out of an online subscription that would be a deal breaker, and I have bought a system that sold poorly before but wouldn't buy one at a premium price (if cheap enough I would though).



Lack of games I suppose. PS3 was huge for me in exclusives. About half my library is exclusives and more than that if you count HD collections. I still own Infamous collection, LBP2, Uncharted 1-3, Ratchet HD collection and all 3 futures, Jak HD collection, Sly HD collection, Okami HD, Heavy Rain, God of War Saga, PSallstars, Killzone collection, and all my PS1 and 2 classics (which I would hope would transfer over) I can't get anywhere else. Even if PS3 was $200 more still I'd still buy it instead of Xbox because it just offers so many more games that I love.




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