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happydolphin on 19 April 2012
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RolStoppable said:
happydolphin said:

"You can disregard technology all you want but the market says otherwise."

I don't know what you mean by this, because time and time again the market has clearly shown that it disregards technology and supports the systems that get the most games with substance. Nothing has changed in regards to that. Every video game system will eventually stagnate and decline, because it stops to offer something new and the wave of sequels start to feel to samey. This is why the console cycle would exist even if there was only one single manufacturer of hardware.

Here I'm not talking about inter-console competition (like N64 to PSX), I'm talking about inter-generational competition (like say GB to GBA). People need new hardware, and I think the PSP example is a good one.

We are mostly on the same page with the other things, so I cut them out.

In the other part that relates to this quote you said that I need to disprove the PS2. What exactly do you mean by that?

I don't disagree that people need new hardware eventually, I said as much above (see bolded). But since people all have their individual value metrics, some (like technophiles) wish to move on sooner while most others are still happy for another couple of years and are perfectly content with waiting until the price of new hardware comes down or until games that really justify to purchase the new system come out. Simply because the current system continues to enjoy good support and thus sees steady releases.

Here, what I'm trying to say is that technology is costing more and more to up generationally, so people, expecting more power from their console, need to pay much more of a premium than when the jumps were happening in the previous gens. The cost of a jump nowadays is much higher to offer the same wow factor.

About technophiles, the thing about them is that they are willing to pay for more, but there are just so many technophiles. After a while, the mainstream needs to drive your sales, and at 250$ it seems the market said they weren't willing. That's kind of how I see it.