| zorg1000 said: i know this might seem like a crazy idea but could sony not release the ps4 until 2016 and be alright? Some people may say its reaching market saturation but i think it has alot of room for improvement in NA as Wii/360 are at roughly 40 million while PS3 isnt even at 25 million plus once it gets a cut to $200 it could see sales increase and another drop to $150 in 2015 could keep it a low cost alternative to wii u and nextbox. Another reason is that its close to the power as wii u and could get multiplat titles with it while the nextbox has to settle for 3rd party games that dont take advantage of the hardware except for exclusives. this would also allow sony to get a heads up on the comp for the following gen by releasing in 2016 while wii u and nextbox successors likely wont release until 2018 at the earliest. i doubt this scenario will happen but i think it would be interesting. |
I've been thinking exactly the same for some time now. It would effectively be giving the Nextbox next gen but would it matter? If Sony are brave enough to wait two years into the lifecycle of the Nextbox then they could release a console that is a generation after the Nextbox, which in turn would put Microsoft in a problematic position. Do they wait 5 years to release a console or release a console earlier to compete with Sony's 'next' gen machine? It would be a bold move by Sony but with the PSP, Vita and PS3 still on the market, they'd have plenty of scope for their 1st party studios, and familiarity with the hardware would give developers a good way of recouping any losses they make off of Wiiu games.
Any sooner and the gap would be pointless. Any later and Microsoft could release their next machine a year afterwards. So 2016 would be the perfect date.
I still think that Vita will be fine and consider the position it's in to be a good one. I'm not talking sales here, I'm talking 'handheld' space. It's effectively occupying a space that Nintendo would want to move into at some point in the future because it's at least a generation ahead of the 3DS.
