runqvist said:
Is that a fact or something you chant when you are feeling sad i.e your opinion? Oh, you answered it in the first quoted line. Sorry to bother you. |
I honestly think Superchunk may be "more correct" than many people who are highly critical of the Wii U's processing power ...
Consider that the PS2 and PS3 were launched when $1 USD was worth between 100 and 120 yen, and today a dollar is worth closer to 70 yen. If the PS4 duplicated the PS3 strategy and launched today, Sony would (probably) need to sell the PS4 at close to $900. When you factor in Sony's poor financial position it is unlikely that they can afford to continue on the same path with the PS4 that they took with the PS3.
While Nintendo is a conservative company they're not incompetent, and I think that if Nintendo was willing to take similar losses to Sony or Microsoft about the best that could be done is increasing processing power by 50% while keeping the price of the Wii U at its current level. If they were willing to drop the Wii U tablet and use a convention controller they could probably increase processing power by an additiona 50% while maintaining their current cost structure; and if they were willing to add an additional $50 to $100 they may be able to get an additional 50% to 100% processing power increase. Pushing processing power beyond this would likely result in very rapid increases in the sale price of the console; and some of what people are expecting would require a $600+ console.
