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Baron on 30 August 2012
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FrancisNobleman said:
pezus said:

Why is everything in italics? Fixed

Underlined: Enlighten us, since I assume you're more than the ignorant fools you speak of and it would be easy for you to tell us how

Bold: Quitting their gaming business is among the last things Sony would do. 400 dollars in 2013/early 2014 will be more than enough though, since Nintendo have to factor in the expensive tablets to their price (and it will most likely launch at $299). Sony don't have to worry about Blu-Ray anymore, or the expensive development of the Cell. If they just stick to their guns and get a powerful CPU+GPU in there that are easy to develop on, they will have their success.

You see, 3rd parties are clearly not moving over to Nintendo, so we have to assume they are waiting for PS4+720 and I'd bet my behind that MS would not want to have Nintendo as the direct competitor. They are in this for Sony.

I thought Italics was an error of my browser...

Underlined: Simple, any company can make a console for like, 1500$ and it will be superior to anything Microsoft and Sony put out at 400$. Even someone with a gaming rig that consists in any modern kepler GPU has no reason to downgrade to a X720 or PS4.

BOLD: Sony had massive losses with the PS3, PSP was left in the dust by third parties some good years ago. I don't need to mention PSVita, I wonder if they will ever recover from that one, and now they will repeat this with PS4?

 

I don't think so. The next most powerful console I dare to say is Microsoft. But like I said, nothing that touches a modern gaming rig.

Between the 2 routes, which one is Sony taking ?? And bear in mind that they might be doing their own take on the Wii U Gamepad, and if so, I'm expecting a console just as the same as the Wii U.


I agree. People seem to be forgetting Sony can't just do another 'PS3' or 'Vita' with the PS4. They've only lost money this gen. Shareholders won't allow a repeat of current events.

Microsoft is in the best position as they've been doing quite well for most of this gen. They've managed to establish quite an installed base with the 360. Whether that installed base will shift to the XBox 8 remains to be seen but in any case, Microsoft could be the only one producing a console that's going to cost more than it makes at launch giving them the performance advantage next gen.

The guy forgot when the PS3 was launched at $600 the GPU based (GeForce 7800) was $350 to $400... only the GPU.

That's the price of the desktop gpu. With costs like shipping and advertising factored in. And a considerable profit margin.
The cost of the RSX was considerably lower as it's a custom chip based on existing hardware and it's the product in a multi-year deal.