| JEMC said: The problem is that it doesn't matter if it is true or not because most of the people and the general media wil think that Sony did it first. The people who will learn about the next xbox through the general media won't read/hear "MSoft's console has 8GB of GDDR5 memory", they will read/hear "...like the PS4, MSoft's console will also have 8GB of GDDR5" or "..the new Xbox also has 8GB of GDDR5, matching what Sony has done with the PS4" and things like that. We, who are in a forum and talk and discuss about it will know the true, but what most of the illiterate consumers will get is that Sony did it first and MSoft did it later. That's what happens when you are so secretive, your oponents may announce something before you and catch you on your pants. If this is rumor is true, then that is what happened. They had the advantage but because they didn't want to reveal anything, Sony did it first and "won" the idea that they did it first. But as I said it won't matter because for the vast majority of consumers it won't affect the decision of purchasing the console or not. |
well, i think that wouldn't change anything for the end consumer. reading "microsoft uses the same tech like sony" won't sell less consoles as "sony uses the same tech as microsoft". if both consoles release almost at the same time, the consumer will think both companies were first with the tech.
i don't even think that a reveal in february or only may will change anything. the only reason why i think companies should reveal the console before e3 is to have enough time at e3 to show more of everything. if they would first reveal the console at e3, the conference would take 3 hours which would be probably too long.
important are the weeks before release like the ad campaigns and the release itself and what the console has to offer.
i edited my last post which you probably didn't see. i already said there that only the final product really matters and not the dev kit stuff.
