thismeintiel said:
What a ridiculous notion. Of course with new consoles, there will come more power. That's the point of new consoles. Sony and MS aren't going to just release a PS3/360 with new casings, and some gimmick smacked on, and expect them to sell for the next 6 years. The only time this has not been the case is with the launch of the Wii and the Wii U. Nintendo was fotunate that the Wii mote enticed as many people as it did. The same strategy doesn't seem to be working twice, though. Still, even Nintendo handhelds hold this principle. Are Nintendo handhelds going to die, now, because they have more power each gen? What we have here are Nintendo fans who are scared to death that the gap between the PS4/NeXbox and the Wii U is going to be so significant that Nintendo will lose most major 3rd party SW. So, instead of just accepting it, they'd rather to either stay in denial ("PS4/NeXbox won't be that much of a leap over the Wii U") or just bash the new tech ("more powerful consoles will destroy the industry, for some reason"). As years go on, tech always gets cheaper to make, so these systems will bring profit to Sony and MS, not kill them. And dev costs are not going to increase greatly, as these consoles are going to be closer to PCs, techwise, so most developers will know how to develop on them already. The only thing that kills publishers/developers is the lack of quality in their games and/or the lack of time/resource management within the company. |
Yikes, guess I pushed a button there.
I love how with the success of Wii, it's always "Oh well Nintendo was just lucky, just fortunate they stumbled upon the right thing," like they didn't know what they were doing. Wii U's strategy is nothing like Wii's. The point of Wii was that it was very user friendly, that easy to use Wiimote, combined with games that were easy to jump right into. Wii U on the other hand has this massive intimidating gamepad, and most of its focus has shifted back to Gamecube style niche games. Hell I've been gaming for over 20 years, and even I was hesitant to pick up that monstrosity of a controller they call the gamepad. But I digress..
More power is fine, until it reaches the point where the majority of developers can no longer sustain themselves because of increasing costs, which I see us heading towards next gen, especially with the economy the way it is. This is preciesly WHY the Wii was created in the first place. It was meant to weather the storm of a tough economy with its low costs and mass appeal. But now all three companies, yes even Nintendo, seem to be retreating back to the upper tier of gamers, which is going to limit their appeal and thus their sales. This, combined with skyrocketing development costs, cannot be a good thing. I'm only using logic here. There is going to likely be further consolidation and companies going bankrupt, and perhaps even collapse if costs get too high. But hey, at least Sony and MS fans can boast about their better graphics!
Why would Nintendo fans be scared of the power gap? They certainly weren't during the Wii years, and that looks to be a far bigger gap than this generation. Because of third parties? Nintendo hasn't gotten third party support since the SNES days. We're used to this by now. Because of sales? If you look at your history, not only does the most powerful console never win, but actually the least powerful console is usually the one to become the most successful.
