PS4 to launch in JP and US in 2013, and in EU 2014? More powerful than x3ox and with small touchscreen in new controller?

[DanneSandin]

platformmaster918 said:

DanneSandin said:

platformmaster918 said:

oh yes but I would say that Nintendo's strategy lends itself to each installment selling a lot.  Look at main Mario games.  They come out with ONE 3d mario each gen (until this one) and keep it selling throughout the gen.  They keep them full price and on the top shelf and with no successor for the system you have, you buy THAT game if you want 3d Mario for the whole gen.  This mean they only have to develope one Mario/Zelda/2d Mario/Mario Kart/SSB for each console and yet they get monumental returns.  Compare that to Sony who makes 3 games for a franchise each gen a lot of times (Crash, Jak, Ratchet, Uncharted, Resistance, Twisted Metal, etc.) and puts them in the bargain bin fast you can see why they don't sell as much.  I'm not saying Sony has a franchise that could sell as much as Mario if they took the same strategy, but they could have some more 5 million sellers if they did.  They also have shorter, more cinematic games that wouldn't really sustain you for a whole gen (one Uncharted would not keep selling for 5 years) so I guess that they can't really follow that strategy.  I hope they do with a couple games next gen though (GT and PSallstars for instance) because some of their franchises lend themselves to it.

Haha nothing much to agrue with there :D 2 very different strategies, both successful in their own way

YEAH WELL YOU'RE A...wait...are we actually having a civil discussion acknowledging the strengths and weaknesses of both company's first party strategies?  on a gaming forum!?

Well, I always try to do that ^^ but you ruined it by changing the subject!!!