Why PS4 won't be cutting edge, and neither will Xbox3 - or Why Nintendo might win next gen

[sales2099]

DanneSandin said:

sales2099 said:
Your right about MS and Nintendo, but Sony has been making the high end specs for a while and with Vita going that route, I doubt PS4 will be any different

They have made ONE high specs home console, out of three. But yes, Vita and PSP is/was more powerful than the competition - but it didn't really help Sony at all. The PSP got them into handhelds, but they blew it with the Vita. Considering their financial state and the state of the yen they can't afford to make a monster console (as stated it the OP). I hope for their sake that they find another way to promote PS4 instead of more specs... No matter what they do MS will be able to blow them out of the waters anyways...

 

(PS it seems like this topic gets an occasional bump every now and then :P)

Not saying its gonna be another $599 console, but it will certainly boast the highest specs of the 3. And regardless whether Sony "should" go back to the PS1 and PS2 roots, they seem pretty committed to the high spec business model now, for better or for worse.