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kitler53 on 07 January 2014
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osed125 said:
kitler53 said:
osed125 said:

In that case I will just a buy a tablet to play PS games.

For me is ok really because I'm not that interested in Sony games, but Sony fans should be crying because this would mean Sony will technically be a 3rd party company by next gen, this of course assuming that I can play PS4, PS5 or whatever games on a tablet or PC. But I'm probably getting ahead of myself.

third party?  not really.  they'd be more like steam,. a service platform owner instead of a hardware platform owner.  xbox will go this route too i'm sure of it, in a lot of ways MS is further along than sony already.

Yes 3rd party was the wrong word to choose. I didn't thought about it but you are right, it will basically be like Steam. Good for people who like Sony software, but not that great for those who like their hardware.


think of it like this...

..you know how MS has been bragging that their "cloud" lets you play from anyone's xbone as if it was yours (just download the game).   well, this could allow me to go to my mother-in-laws house and play my games.  she doesn't have a ps4 (or any playstation product) but she has a smart TV and a sony bluray player.  so now i'm a gamer anywhere i go not just the couple of friends i have with a playstation.

..when you can break the hardware dependance then (like on PC) there is no "generation".   that means no more worring about forward/backward compatibility.  no more having sony's userbase reset to 0 every generation.  no more waiting 7 years for an upgrade to technical capabilities.

..hardware that is cheap.   it's like a chromecast vs. windows laptop mentality.   you can build a device that connects to the internet for less than $50.   waaaay cheaper than the $400 for a cutting edge games device.

..more focus on innovative inputs (maybe,. this is a bit of a leap).   but if the "console" is super cheap you have more budet for other thing.  imagine if xbox one was $200 with kinect 2.0 ($150 for kinect, $50 bucks for the online streaming box).   "next gen" could be nothing more than a cool peripherial.

 

obviously there are downsides as well but i really think this is the way sony/MS is going and i really thing customers will follow them into this vision.