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HappySqurriel on 17 February 2011
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hikaruchan said:
Omac said:
hikaruchan said:
HappySqurriel said:
Omac said:

I think a majority of people are still satisfied with power of the current systems.


At the moment, when games on the HD consoles are about as graphically impressive as you can get, I'm sure most people are; and similar statements would been made in early 2005, or 1999 prior to the past two generations of systems being demonstrated.

When people see what new systems offer (and I'm not talking about processing power alone) there perspectives on what is 'good enough' and what they're 'satisfied with' often change rapidly ...

a lot of people would have been satisfied in 1989, 1994 as well. I agree the Consoles of the Day is always the most awesome ever in every why till the new one arrives. then it's like why am I stuck with sucky console when I can have the new most awesome Console Ever.    


Very true, but the consoles of the past never really kept adding feature's in the OS and adding more things to do and an online store/movies/games.

Adding features to the OS will not keep the PS3 competitive against a Console of 2-3X the power. if the competition bring out a console of 2-3X the power of the PS3 in the next 2-3 years and SONY dose not respond then it is over SONY has already lost large market share this Gen due to there stupidity.

The Developers/Publishers and consumers would just leave SONY if they Tried to keep the PS3 going though all of GEN 8. The PS3 like the XBOX is still very under powered when in relation to HD.    

I should just point out that, at the end of this year, the XBox 360 will have been on the market for 6 years and it would be entirely possible for someone to release a system that was 8 times as powerful as the XBox 360 and still sell it for $300.

It is also noteworthy that a lot of the changes that come between generations are not strictly processing power, and can include changes to user interface and services which weren't (really) possible on the previous system; and even if they are it may take years to implement and integrate them into the older systems. For example, compared to the DS (or even the PSP) the 3DS' processing power is impressive, but it is the screen that is the primary element that is attracting people to that system; and the system based friend codes, gamer coins, downloadable content, and (probably) several features I have forgotten make it a much more compelling product even at a higher price.

 

 

There is a situation I would call Nintendo's dream, where Nintendo is able to release a system with enough processing power that it will be difficult to release a system with significantly more processing power within several years after its release without increasing the cost dramatically, this system has a user interface improvement which makes it as compelling as the Wii was, the system includes most of the services gamers have come to expect at a reasonable level, and they're given 18 to 24 months to monopolize the market prior to their competition releasing competitive systems.

The reason this is so ideal for Nintendo (or anyone else in this position) is that they will have a cheaper, more popular system, with a more established library, and have a userbase that ensures that most third party games released for their competition will also be released on their system. When a company has been able to achieve this (PS2) it has not ended well for their competition.