Thank you Sony for not ruining the PS4!

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Khuutra said:

jetrii said:

According to this, Sony surveyed developers on the possibility of doing a Wii style PS4 and the feedback was pretty negative. Developers don't want Sony to just marginally bump the specs of the PS3 and call it the PS4, they want another leap as large as the SD -> HD gen. This is a very big relief. Although some like the Wii, I think I would hang myself if Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft all decided to release wimpy consoles. This essentially means that the Playstation 4 and Xbox 720 should be fairly powerful machines. I'm not ashamed to admit it, I'm a graphics whore.

 

There also seems to be a lot of PSP2 talk and more Larrabee rumors. However, that's for another thread...

_{Credit for this find goes to Rangers from B3D.}

I suppose this needs addressing, too.

Nintendo has succeeded exactly by not giving developers what they wanted. Microsoft and Sony have fallen behind by catering to this particular sect of the developer community. Do you think they'll do it again anyway? What guarantee is this that Sony and Microsoft will still push for a huge technological leap?

What's really funny about this is that you are basically arguing that graphics don't matter.  Yet Nintendo was big in the 'graphics' game until they got out-classed by wealthier competitors.  Innovation in this industry has been primarily driven by graphics. 

 

Nintendo has succeeded by having a low priced console initially that gained fad like popularity with certain aspects of it.  If we are looking at console sales at a historical level,  it is the statistical anamoly with the lack of software the Wii has.  The console version of the 'Perfect Storm' if you will. 

 

Sony and Microsoft pushed the HD generation envelope a tad too soon and came with too high of an entry point. The next generation will feature significantly lower development costs for game creation an expanded video game market audience as well as a userbase that will be almost primarily HD-ready.