| Untamoi said: Sounds bad idea to me. You said it would be Rolls Royce of the consoles and it probably would sells as much or less. If it would be $600 or even $500 and people would know there would be better console coming in couple of years then very few would buy it. Consumers are suprisingly patient and can easily wait couple of years. Even those wanting best equipment would just skip the console for next generation console (this has happened before). They can't even mention forward compability in their marketing because that would reveal that a better next generation console is coming soon. And that would kill sales totally. Mandatory installs, loading times etc are not the reason why PS3 and 360 haven't sold better and they are a non-issue for majority. Most people don't have a big problem with loading times. And because all games are on cheaper consoles there in no reason to buy overpriced consoles to play the same games. |
I agree those are all points that should be carefully scrutinized and developed further.
To start however, I must admit that I did not think everything through completely because such a thing would take hours to examine every possible flaw and correct them without any input from anyone else, so having you guys tell me what's bad about it is a microcosm of what happens at board meetings and such. My point is, if an idea like this were to be brought up at an MS or sony board meeting, this would be the likely flow of events, and the fact that each of these obstacles are surmountable is a strong case for the argument.
The way this console would be marketed would be as an "Elite" version similar to the already in place xbox, so it is not readily apparent to the public that this is actually a different console, but just an "elite" version of the existing one. However the architecture would be one that supports future game development of the next-gen console. In short: Nobody would know that this system had Forward compatibility, until shortly after the ps4 came out.
And no, mandatory installs, loading times etc aren't the reason the haven't sold better. But those things aren't exactly indicative of "next-gen" either. I believe that people are willing to buy the "better" system whichis indicated by new SKU ps3 sales such as gunmetal and the new 160GB one. I do not support your view though that there is no reason to buy overpriced consoles to play the same games because of support for things like "multi-tiered" SKU's.
To get back to the point, it is a very rough idea at the moment. However, could a sooner-than-you-think nextnext-gen system arrive? I think you should all think about some positives for a moment and really see what possibilities there are, because the barriers you are all proposing are not too difficult.
For example, what would the competition do, if after release, news was "leaked" that ps3.5 was Forward Compatible. Would this force another company to try to out do the specifications? Would knowing that another even better system was coming out soon force a hand?
EDIT: @Rol- actually your point was "This thread is stupid". Get back under the bridge.
