CGI-Quality said:
Fireforgey said:
CGI-Quality said:
Fireforgey said:
I'm talking about an overpowered console that wll cost Sony billions at a time that it can hardly afford it. It might not lose as much money as the PS3 because it doesn't have that same Blu-Ray problem, but it will still be insanly expensive and it will be highly subsized at the same time which will sink Sony back into the red. So yes, it has plenty in common.
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Perhaps people are jumping the gun, then, on what Sony can/cannot afford, and/or what is "overpowered". This wasn't just a system they created in a vacuum, unlike the PS3. They reached out to the very people who are going to be working with the harware, and from all accounts, have been successful in courting them. Where things go from here is uncertain, but this is definitely not going to be a repeat of last gen and the PlayStation 3.
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One of my favorite quotes is "History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes", I think this applies here. It's not the EXACT same situation but it is very simmilar. The thing is, does it matter if Sony is reaching out to third parties? What last gen did wasn't that it got rid of games from the PS. No. What it did, was it gave the 360 all of the multi-plats that it needed to survive and thrive. Now that Sony is reaching out again doesn't mean that FF, GTA and Metal Gear will become exclusives again. It just means that the multi-plat ports will be very good, thats about it. The 360 already made a name for itself and is now a major competitor. Now Sony tried to fix some of mistakes and that's a great thing, but that ship already sailed and in the end it is spending money it can hardly afford on another arms race.
Now just to make this clear, I am a Nintendo fan, but if I could choose which console would stay and which would leave I'd much the PS stay and the Xbox leave. At this rate Microsft will murder Sony. Nintendo has taken over Japan, Microsoft has America and they both have a good footing in Europe. This was the chance for Sony to show that it is proactive and stoping problems that haven't even happened yet. However, they are just fixing problems we've known for 7 years and added a "share button". Things aint looking too good for PlayStation and maybe even Sony as a whole.
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Only time will tell, but right now, they're opening far better than they did with the PS3, and ultimately, that's what counts.
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I'll admit they're doing much much better. I just doubt that it will be enough, I can't presume to say what would have been enough, I guess it all depends on whether people consider Sony to be leaving the PS3 on a high note. One saving grace of the PS3 was that everyone thought the PS2 was the bee's knees. If people get that perception again this gen of the PS3 it has a hope, and to be honest it has left probably the best taste in people's mouthes of the big three coming into the new Gen. I'm just underwhelmed at what they are doing "new".
