Michael-5 said:
I'll have to look into the PSV/PS3 cross platform. It seems odd that they would package a Blu-Ray PS3 disk and a PSV cartridge in one package for these cross platform games. well check with MUGEN for more info and be sure to hit up the vita thread aswell.
I don't think MS will discontinue the 360 in 2012. Especially if it's still generating 5 million or more sales annually. MS cares about profit, and 360 being a successful image not only brings them $$$, but makes the brand look better. After all MS is the only current gen console to offer full backward compatibility on all consoles, Sony killed the PS2 by removing BC in PS3, and Wii is stopping BC to save on cost for future Wii's.
2012! who said anything about 2012? i thought we were talking about 2014. so your saying the furture Wiis or wiiu for example is going to do wht Sony did to PS3 which is cut backwards compatablilty to save cost? i'm going to have to over look that one cause it looks almost like an over looked contradiction.
For 2016 sales, PS2 is a different beast compared to PS3. I agree small developing gaming regions will still be importing PS3's, but it's only because PS4 won't be released there after some delay. and these regions are small in size. the major reason has nothing to do with a delay but price and i know you know that. yea they are different beast but Sony looks at them the same so its the only thing to look forward to when you look at it.
I hate region locking too. There is no purpose for it. I mean SNES game cartidges, although different in shape, were the exact same game underneight. Remove the casing, and it's region free. With disk based gaming, there is no more need to region lock, and NOA is really bad at localizing games. I already told you, the shit Nintendo and NOA have pulled on Wii is reason enough to skip the Wii U. Pikmin 3 was 85% done, and Wii is severly lacking exclusive games, yet it's still a Wii U title. There is also no reason not to localize The Last Story and XenoBlade, I mean MS localized Lost Odyssey, is NOA worse with JRPG's then Microsoft? it would seam MS is better at nowing there market then the ones that have been in the market 4 gens longer.
Ps brand is well known in US, especially the PS2, but the PS3 isn't as big as older PS's used to be. However things can change, what image did Nintendo have last gen (for consoles)? and it shot up to first! NES and SNES leaders. N64 and gamecube. well there were more consoles out but these were the last place consoles that mattered.
Nintendo was looked at as a kids console, the irony is it paidoff bigtime this gen.
For future sales, it doesn't really matter. Just like for cars, every year, every manufacturer see's improvement, and there is always something to look forward to. i'll tell you a breaf story. there i'm done!
now what part of that story mattered? o wait so your telling me there was no story? well let me put more words into it! did that help?
you see wht i did there? if i'm going to tell you something you'd expect me to say something right? well consoles are not cars so you can't compare them.
the improvements are seen in the form of new cars not consoles. for consoles thats a developers standpoint. its also an argument for future consoles not current ones.
future sells for cars only matter every yr when its a newone. PS3 being push'd into more teritories selling and making profit in the future is very important. if it sells takes no loss and makes money then its important cuase if tey didn't expect to make a profit then not one compny in this world would release a product in a contry they couldn't make a profit in.
|
