| man-bear-pig said: Is Sony releasing details about its next-gen console before MS a good thing or a bad thing for them? Positives: - They'll have a huge amount of hype as they're the first to announce it and the media has gone/will go crazy...so it's alot of free promo basically Negatives: - Even though they won't release a specific price, MS will have a rough idea of the price it'll be from the specs so they can try and undercut it - MS will know the specs and so they may try to outdo them, and it'll be too late for Sony to retaliate
Overall I think it's bad to break cover first, but they way in which Sony has done it is very clever so I'm not too sure whether it'll be a good or bad thing in the long-run. Time will tell I guess... Thoughts? |
i don't think your pro/cons make sense. your pro will apply to both MS and sony regardless of announcement order. your negatives aren't true. price will be based on each console maker's cost to manufature. specs are too late to change. as i see it announcing first means..
Pro: if MS's console has many of the same features the MS's excitement will be dulled as we "saw that already"
Con: if MS has something truly unique from sony than sony's hype could be cut short.
..in the end the announcement order won't be very impactful. it will really come down to who's product is more enticing.
