Turkish said:
disolitude said:
Sony was the king when the console business model involved:
- introducing a new proprietary media format to drive sales
- selling console at a loss and undercutting the competition that can't/won't do the same
- getting 3rd parties to support your console more than the other guys
Sadly none of that can be applied anymore as media format doesn't matter, Microsoft will undercut Sony on price all night long and major 3rd party devs have to sell 1 million + copies of their game to break even so they have to put it on as many consoles as possible.
So yeah, get used to seeing more console flukes happening in the future.
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No they won't. Microsoft will undercut Sony how? Its not a matter of "hey Sony announced they'll launch the ps4 at 400, lets launch nextbox at 350 lol!" I believe we had this discussion before. Do you have a source saying 3rd parties need to ship +1m units to break even? There was just a publisher who said nextgen costs will be around the same levels of current gen.
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Ok if we pretend we have no clue how much AAA games cost and what kind of a financial state Sony and Microsoft are in:
- Microsoft will not undercut Sony on price if necessary.
- 3rd parties will go and develop PS4 exclusives just like they did in the PS2 days because they saw your animated gif in the signature and found it funny.
