| Squilliam said: It's a supplement argument!
What basis do you have for people to actually become alienated in a real sense as opposed to loud mouth internet whiners just making a bunch of noise? Noone is forced to buy a new revision of an Apple device for instance so why would people feel compelled to buy a new revision of a console unless it actually offered them something they wanted which the current console they had didn't? I didn't even say that they would offer yearly revisions, just that they could offer them as frequently as that. Most likely every two years or every three years would be the right frequency. |
I totally agree about evolving the box in the way that has happened with the 360, new stuff but never at the expense of the user. But I don't think bringing a new hardware revision that can alienate old revisions will be a success, not with the sales Microsoft have seen so far. Either developers will simply ignore the added benefits from the revision (so they don't alienate potential users) or users who realize that they can't play games they want to play on their hardware will buy a competing product where they can play games without fearing that their hardware will become obsolete every other year.
If they're going to do biyearly revisions (or whenever) that add to the power and functionality of the system, they might as well go all out and make it a PC box. A Windows box! It's all coming together now!
