Sony should sit the next generation out!

[Joelcool7]

Gilgamesh said:

OK

Game Prices: I agree with you on this one that there are a lot of old titles that should be dropped down. But old good title usually become Greatest hits and sells for $25, so that's pretty good, you just have to wait a little longer.

Development cost: The development cost for the PS3 and X360 are the same, why would it double for the PS3? For multiplats the X360 and PS3 come out with same game graphically. The average HD game is 15 million.

Porting difficulties: That is a thing of the past, I'm sure every developer is use to the PS3 now (except for Valve which they still complain about the PS3 even though they never even attempted at making a game on the PS3). Back when the PS2 was released developers had the same problem with the PS3, it was really difficult to make games on (even harder then the PS3) now look at all the vaporware on it, it just takes time to know how to work the hardware. The PS3 has been out for 3 years now.

Hardware cost: I have nothing to say about this. I mean the PS3 was at a high price now it's not, obviously the PS3 was going to be affordable at some point.

Classics online: If you lived in Japan you wouldn't be complaining about the lack of PS Classics, last time I checked (about 7 months ago) they had well over 200 PS1 games on there PSN. SCEA said that there going to focus on getting a lot more PS classics on the PSN for America, for a long time we only had about 25 PS Classics on the PSN, in the last few months that went up to about 60+. So in time there will be plenty.

Online network: Sinse the PSN in free the PSN is pratically just as good as Xbox Live. The one thing everyone says that's better on the Xbox live is the fact that they have in game voice chat. And Naughty Dog said that the next PS Firmware will have in game voice chat for the PS3 so?

Blu-Ray: Yeh that was a problem in the past, the PS3 was advertise more to be a Blu-Ray player then a gaming machine. But that was all in the past, Sony is focusing more on Gaming now.

Motion Controller: I doubt much will happen with the PS "Sphere", the people that buy a PS3 don't want to use motion controllers, if they did they'd buy a Wii.

Sony is doing nothing different with the PS3 then what they did with the PS1 and PS2, both consoles lasted about 10 years. What Sony is talking about is that there going to keep supporting the PS3 for atleast 10 years. It's not like there going to only come out with a new conosle in 2016, that wouldn't work out to well. Since we can't predict what nex gen console are going to be like Sony can't risk to hold on to the PS3 and only the PS3 till 2016. There will be a PS4 and it's already in the works. It'll be released when Nintendo and Microsoft comes out with there next machine. Probably 2012 - 2013.

Alright you seem to get my point!

It is 2009 almost 2010 and Sony is only now catching up with the competition and seeing success. Infact last month and likely this month the PS3 actually beat the Wii and 360. This is a huge feat.

So if Sony is only now becoming successful (Seeing hardware and software sales rise) and is only now getting caught up with Voice Chat and other online features (PSOne classics). Only now getting a motion controller and only now seeing BluRay success. Would it make sense for them to start all over with PS4 in 2011?

Nintendo will launch their next platform in 2011. I can pretty much gaurantee it. It will have been five years since Wii launched and sales of the Wii are beginning to wane. Nintendo's poor graphics and lower priced competition is going to drive their market share down. We also know from interviews with Miyamoto that the next console will be HD.

Why will Microsoft launch their new platform next fall or at latest in 2011. Same as Nintendo. Microsoft's hardware sales are beginning to faulter. Sure Microsoft is still second place but Sony is beginning to catch up. Microsoft has publically said they have a four year life cycle and now it will have been five years (2010). With Natal getting ready Microsoft is likely going to launch a new platform next fall.

Sony, unlike the competition is not seeing hardware sales wane. Instead they are seeing increases in hardware and software sales. Their hardware is selling better and better. Sony is only now seeing the BluRay success they had hoped for and this holiday will see a major market share boost. It makes no sense for them to start back at square one in 2011! Unless for some reason their sales begin to faulter again next year!