| Dmick90 said: I think the Xbox 360 and PS3 still have plenty of life left in them and I wouldn't expect new consoles until late 2014 at the soonest. I think the Xbox 720 should ditch the disc drive for the next gen, that will cut shipping costs and games will be cheaper and easier to develop. DLCs are the future. Xbox should revise the controller to make it sleeker, and more comfortable and eliminate the battery pack that's in the back. The PS4 needs to have better specs. They need to ditch the cell processor for a more mainstream IBM processor and make it easier to develop for and cheaper. Sony needs to update their controller, they've had the same controller since the 90s! |
No... that would doom the Nextbox before it even launches. If you think the world is ready for a console that doesn't use any sort of physical media, you're sadly mistaken.
- A huge chunk of the world doesn't have the kind of bandwidth quality and speed required for an all-digital console. Even here in America,a lot of ISPs have caps that cut consumers' speed in half when they reach a certain threshold every month. But think of all the people without broadband connections that will be flat out abandoned.
- Think of how many people depend on the used games market to sell games for more cash, and buy some games cheaper. I rarely sell my games, but I'd never buy a console that didn't give me a choice. And I can't afford to buy every single game brand new. If you think Microsoft and publishers are going to grossly slash the price of AAA software just because they cut out shipping and manufacturing costs, especially knowing the already astronomical costs of development will rise again, you're once again sadly mistaken.
- Why would companies like Gamestop support a console that kills their business? Gamestop would probably cut all ties with Microsoft if it went this route, because Gamestop is so dependent of the used gamed market. Without the support of Gamestop, the largest video game retailer in the world, the Nextbox would lose craploads of marketing and exposure.
