kingofwale said:
I say about 2 million console sold, They will launch the console at a ridiculous $699 dollars with very little third-party support. They will get named "Product of the year" by Time Magazine but never really establish themselves as a true competitor
wait a minute... all this seems pretty familiar. :P |
It's sort of ridiculous to presume any EA console would fail like the 3DO. Do you not assume they would have learned their lesson, not only from themselves but from the backlash of consumers towards the PS3? You also don't seem to recall the market back in those early to mid nineties. There was a flood of consoles trying to vie for market share and many got picked off either because of bad design or bad management. I actually can recall the two market leaders SEGA and Nintendo sharing in those failures with the SEGA CD/32 X and the Virtual Boy. It is a more conservative market nowadays and only those with large pockets will enter this console race. EA does not have those pockets, so if this comes to fruitation, expect a major partner taking the majority brunt of the expenses while EA plays lead developer.
