| disolitude said: I was on vacation with no internet access for a week and am watching these e3 conferences and their fallout for the first time today, so forgive me with chiming in a bit late. In terms of the e3 presentations and what was shown: What has Sony added to the new console aside beefing up the specs? Sony's console strategy is seriously starting to lag at this point and time. For 3 generations now they keep doing the same things console after console.. just beef up the specs and provide a current staus quo and boom, they’re done. Whilst Microsoft has been the trailblazer, taking risks and bringing new things to the console market. This forces Sony to have to patch things on the go in order to compete and always remain a step behind(or several steps). When Microsoft introduced standardized multiplayer gaming on consoles and started charging for Xbox Live Gold, people criticized it, claiming it will fail. But now Sony is going by the same route and charging money for PSN+ in order for multiplayer. How are gamers and media not bitching about this btw? Then again when Microsoft Introduced Xbox live arcade and XNA for indie developers, people said it will fail... but now Sony is grabbing Indie developers any way they can. Consistently Sony incompetence and lack of foresight means they have to always play catch up and are behind. We are again seeing something new on home consoles from Microsoft...cloud computing, digital gaming library, digital game sharing, HDMI passthrough and possibly many more features to come...which everyone on the internetz is claiming will fail. All while the greatest strengths for the competition are all based on the current gaming standards. Hmm... They say that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over while expecting a different outcome. |
Well if hoping for the same outcome for the PS3/PS4 as with the PS1/PS2 (record breaking sales for each gen) makes Sony insane then call them so. Who the fuck doesn't like success. Sony doesn't want a different outcome than the PS1/PS2 era's, they were reaching sales never even heard of, but they are insane? Kay, bud.
It's not only the tech that flows the industry, its also the software that comes with it. Sony went out of their way to branch out to other studios with ideas and impressions of what the PS4/Dualshock 4 should be like while making it affordable right away. Higher power isn't the only way to bring new ideas to video games but it does help alot when you have all this extra power to harness than you did before. Games will be easier play, more compatible, will have cloud integration (just like One), Gaikai service in 2014, 4K support for movies, as well as easier to develop for than PS3. Insanity I tell you.
But overall you bring up some really good points about MS and it is clear that MS knew what they wanted to do and I was all for it because everything that they have done for the gaming industry has turned out great. MS is a smart company and has views for the future but that's not to say that the competition is lagging. Sony has the biggest part of gaming for two generations in a row, absolute market domination. MS is going to have a alot of trouble if they have the #1 spot in the back of their mind.
