| BlueFalcon said: ... |
Sorry but I just don't see it that way, the dedicated gaming platform will always be around even if it has a reduced combined userbase in future, to people online platform holders seem to be making strange moves because the industry has shifted into a direction they're not familiar with so they make assuptions, I still remember a while back when people were saying web games on Facebook were a threat. What's happened in gaming is that it has developed multiple branches, gaming in general is the trunk while F2P, casual market, traditional market, IOS and so on are all branches coming off it with the broad approach being the one that attepts to grab fruit of the most branches, people right now don't understand this because it's a new form gaming overall has taken but will be how it plays out from now on in future.
PCs and TVs can already interact a lot of my friends are PC gamers and use TVs and streaming to them is not going harm consoles as much as you think much like Rayman Legends has about as much impact on Nintendo in the long run as a Kitten scratching a tank, the only exclusives that matter on Nintendo's platforms are the first party it's the main reason anyone gets their platforms and tbh with them they'll be fine for many gens despite the consistent calls of doom, doesn't matter about which developer moans here and there because 4 years from now many of them will be back tracking on statements or say they were misquoted same goes for complaints about the X3.
The so called hardcores can get fed up all they like because as MS realized catering to them still left them with huge financial hits that only Live and the casual market regained. It's time for people to accept the broad approach is here to stay as it rakes in the money and keeps platform holders going, the moves platform holders are doing may upset them but it's of minimal impact to the broad market with only the second hand block being an issue and tbh I don't see that taking off as here in Europe no matter what your terms and conditions the consumer has a right to sell what they've bought trust me it's air tight, the's no way MS will allow one region second hand game and block others as that's legal nightmare waiting to happen they'll just drop the whole second hand block and carry on as normal.
