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timmah on 07 December 2012
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VGKing said:
Flanneryaug said:
I don't know why people think that Sony's new console will have very up to date specs. Sony is not in the financial position to take a major loss on their hardware. If Sony released a console only slightly more powerful than the Wii U, they could make the Xbox's extra power worthless since developers are not going to just develop for the Xbox, and ignore the other 2 weaker consoles. Doing so would also give them the opportunity to actually make a profit on their hardware. If Sony's next console is overpowered and overpriced just like the PS3 and the Vita, it will be their last console.

No one is. But taking a loss on hardware is a MUST if you want it to last 5+ years. A powerful console is especially important now more than ever. There are tablets coming every year that just keep on getting more and more powerful. The Nintendo strategy only works if you target families, and Sony doesn't have the IP to do that. PS4 will be powerful AND affordable. it will be comparable in power to an Xbox 720.

P.S. Vita isn't overpowerd and overpriced, its just that the 3DS is underpowered and cheap.

The latest dev kit indicates that the PS4 is built around an AMD A10 APU, which is an integrated CPU and GPU, similar idea to the Wii U. I don't see any indication that it's going to be a huge graphical powerhouse. Sony has already said they want to make it affordable, and regardless of saying they 'have to' take a loss (it would be a big loss to make it both powerful and affordable), not having the money to do that makes it impossible to take a big financial hit (they could easily bankrupt the entire company with a repeat of the PS3). My opinion is that by current PC standards, it won't be 'powerful' by any stretch, but it will definitely be more powerful than the PS3 and a bit more powerful than the Wii U. I would assume they'll take a small loss, probably on par with the loss Nintendo is taking. That being said, Microsft may follow suit as well, being marginally more powerful than the PS4, but not blowing anybody away with specs. I think the new consoles from both Sony and MS will focus more on the 'tricks' and efficiency that the new GPUs have up their sleeves to create significantly better looking games without needing as much of a 'power bump' as was traditionally needed for a graphical leap. It's going to be a tough choice as to whether I add a PS4 or 720 in addition to my Wii U. It'll come down to the games for me.