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disolitude on 20 June 2013
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bananaking21 said:
disolitude said:
That's like saying sky is blue dude...

I predict this gen Microsoft will turn "always on" and DRM back on because there will be no "next gen". I also predict you will be able to assemble your own Xbox One within 5 years on Dell.com and choose from 5 different hardware models at Best buy.

Don't want bluray drive and want better bigger hard drive?...no problem. Xbox One and PS4 are essentially software running on a x86 Pc architecture.


microsoft will only say that their current generation platform is the last one once they get that console in everybodies house. if the X1 sells as many units as the 360 you can bet they will make a new gen after it so they can reach more households. they want it to be in the center of the living room and they want to control it. 

also, you wont be able to assemble your X1 from 3rd party publishers, at that point the hardwar will be cheap and even much more cheaper to make. the profit margins will be huge and they wont give that up


Profit margins on gaming hardware? Whaaa? Where? When did this happen? I thought it was common knowledge that hardware gets sold at cost, or under cost and then games make the money back.

Only way these consoles will survive is if they spread their seed and get their software on as many devices as possible. They need to penetrate the livingroom any way they can... There are like 10 different android based machines that do TV and gaming, Apple TV gets redesigned every year and has a massive amount of games available for cheap that are really good, Rokku is doing great things with TV, steamboxes are coming and they will cost from 200-2000 bucks...all shapes and sizes

Google has really changed the industry with Android and smartphones, tablets and even laptops. Windows 8 is following the same model. You will not see Windows 9 any time soon, but instead you will see yearly update software cycles and yearly hardware revision.  Hardware doesn't matter anymore...it lives and then it dies when something better comes along. Software and everything you purchase thoughr lives on (since its digital and transferrable). 

Hence why digital > physical in this day and age.  Hence why this "digital online DRM is the devil" thread is so messed up...