RenderMonk said:
My favorite reply so far. Thank you. Some actual thought relayed with reason. Good point, about why it will be October (If I were being honest, that's the month I see it coming, but I'm still being optimistically logical about August/September) August is probably too soon, onyl reason it would happen, would be to get as many people to buy next-gen while it's the only one on the market. But most likely Sony won't have enough units manufactured by that time, so Aug is probably out. :( Now September on the other hand, still very viable. They have plenty of first party that they could throw at it, with some of the 3rd party games that are said to only be PS3/360, but could be next-gen as well. Then whilst Sony finished more 1st party software, the big 3rd party hitters can step in and pick up the "Software slack" so the PS4 doesn't see a game-lul like the Wii U is seeing now. And, let's not forget Sony's push for Indie. What's to say they don't have a slew of Indie games to release during those first few months, stuff to keep us busy with the few 1st party that will be out until that all important 3rd party November month. Releasing in Sept. would also allow them 2-3 months to get fresh inventory on the shelves for the holiday. Lastly, to further adhere to my initial logic, of Sony trying to break the mold a little, and shake things up, who's to say they don't do something no console has ever done, release in Aug/Sept. |
Well there's no way to predict a "break from the mold" so I'll leave that alone. If you have a gut feeling great but there are a lot of gut feelings for every month from August-November from a lot of people so I can't discourage or encourage it. I think early October would be best because they wouldn't miss the release of most of the big 3rd party releases (COD releases Nov 5 so if MS released after that it and Sony before it would really hurt MS I think). Earlier is always better but I just don't think they would be ready by August. Perhaps September just because of a PC architecture and no new drives or CPUs that could have production issues. They do have custom chips and the whole GDDR5 for the whole system thing to worry about though. I agree they should push indies as gap fillers and of course all the indies that would normally just come to PS3 could release simultaneaously.
What I think is the best feasable strategy for Sony is this
-release in October before most AAA releases
-release at $400 (Eye, headset, 3 months of +, 500gb HDD) and $500 (KZ Shadowfall, Eye, headset, 3 months of +, 1tb HDD)
-don't release Infamous or Driveclub during the holidays. Let KZ shine as your big exclusive draw building its audience with the launch of your new platform. Let Driveclub avoid GT6 because it WILL be compared no matter how unfair that is. Infamous isn't a big enough franchise to be noticed alongside the releases of COD, AC, KZ, Watch Dogs, and such. Let it come out in Feb-May along with Driveclub. These 2 will get much more of a spotlight and keep your platform from having a WiiU or Vita like drought after launch. I love Infamous and it's actually the title I'm most excited about. I would buy it at launch but I just think it's better for them to release in their own window.
