Stefan.De.Machtige said:
Smashchu2 said:
Stefan.De.Machtige said:
That's the wrong question. This is the real one: What will the two others players do with graphics or hardware? Will they follow Nintendo? The answer is probably yes. Nintendo's new strategy works without a shadow of a doubt, so the others are forced to act in a similar way.
It seems clear that graphics have reached a certain point where megaleaps of hardware increases shows less and less difference than before. The differences between this generation and the last were smaller than the one between PS1 to PS2 and those were smaller than the ones between snes to PS1. Isn't that the reason that Nintendo came with the focus on fun and not graphics? That wouldn't have worked well before the wii. There was a staleness creeping in the gaming bussiness. Nintendo saw it, acted after its feeling and struck gold.
Neither company's will not throw much money down a hole when it's not needed. None of the three. The funny thing is that Nintendo doesn't depends on graphics but on color and style. So it possesses a clear advantage over its rivals. The next generation could be very interesting.
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They can't lower their graphical power. When they do, the core uses will see them going "casual" and demand they change back. The new market probably wont take to well as Nintendo is dominate in the new market. So, they will be forced to retreat upstream. This is why Sony is doomed becuase their system is too powerful. Some have suggested that Sony could make the PS4 only slightly better, but core users will want Sony to make it even stronger. Sony will have to make the system stronger and stronger to keep up with users demand for powerful consoles. The Playstation line wont last much longer afterwards.
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Who's talking about lowering graphics? it's about not upgrading so fast to push the price down. Nintendo upgraded but not so much as their competitors.
The problem for Sony is that they are a hardware pusher. They make hardware platforms in the first place. That's their nature like you said. If they want to live within the new market, they will be forced to have a real gaming division. Not a mere pusher of formats or anything else. Pushing Blu-Ray pretty much sunk the PS3. And that's something they also could do with the PS4. It will be intersting to see how Sony will act. Perhaps they might seperate the gamedivision from the rest, unlike they are doing now. But i doubt it. They couldn't understand the market this generation. It looks unlikely, that they will do so with the next one.
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Well, let us not forget that many people were upset and joked about the Wii's power. Matt at IGN bitched endlessly about it. Another speaker at a conference (GDC I think it was) called the Wii two Gamecubes tapped together. It would definatly matter to the core users if the system only shows a small upgrade. These users demand huge upgrades to justify the price.
Otherwise, I agree.
