Gilgamesh said:
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- Yes
Can the industry survive developers dropping like flies? What happens when too many shut down?
- The Wii U is the same amount of power of PS360 if not a little bit better, why would we want a console that puts out the same looking games that we been playing for the last 6 years? We expect the PS4/720 to be more power then the PS360 atleast 3 - 4 times like it has been every gen. Nintendoes loss is because of the tablet controller, and I'm expecting a $399 - $499 price for both PS4 and X720, which is acceptable these days.
I wasn't saying the EXACT same graphics as this gen, but not so powerful to the point that developers can't keep up (like this gen). I was thinking a more marginal jump, but a jump nonetheless. The type of jump that people on here describe would make it expensive. Also is $499 really an acceptable price these days? Sony and MS don't their next consoles to end up like the Vita and Wii U right now.
- Clearly the gamepad is costing a lot of money since the PS360 has similar specs and are profiting at $199 - $250.
The GamePad isn't that much. MS is running a promotion for a $99 Xbox 360 right now (abeit with 2 years of XBL), and the PS3 has Blu-Ray, which still piles onto the cost of the system.
- 8th gen? No very doubtful, I don't think anyone is expecting this?
Some people in this thread expected it, but not much anymore
- That's the name of the game, happens every generation, the only thing about the 7th genration is the big recession hit hard on a lot of companies. Cost won't triple, they may double at the most. Also there is cheaper alternatives to making games like the mini games on Xbox live and PSN like Journey, Flower, Limbo etc. Smaller gaming companies can start there if they're successful then they can make bigger games
The recession peaked a few years ago, but developers are still closing. The Indie Platform on XBL and PSN Minis are good alternates, but with the industry going the way it is now, all we'll have are those games and big budget COD/Madden/Assassin's Creed games. No middle ground.
- You don't know that.
Given the amount of developers closing now, who's to say more won't close in the future?
- Companies are preparing for this, do you really think they don't know that things get bigger and better every gen? A lot of companies now are complaining how the 7th gen is going on so long and they want the 8th gen to start, if they were all so scared of the new generation why would they want it to come so bad?
You could say similar things heading into this gen, and if companies were prepared for it, they would have fared better, and not as many developers would have closed. This gen snuck up on them and we got the result. If Next Gen sneaks up on them, the results may be worse, because of rising costs. They want the new gen because they have done all they can with the current consoles.
