| zero129 said: For me i believe devs should leave lastgen behind as soon as nextgen starts but then that might be a bit short sighted on my behalf but the userbase needs to move forword and upgrade and imo this would make them do so at a faster rate. What do you guys and girls think??. |
You are seeing this only from an early adopter pov. Some people simply weren't capable of affording a PS360 until recently, that's why they need support. If a company forgets these users, they will forget the company. And with time, they can move from late to early adopter status. I myself bought a PS1 some months before the PS3 was released (late adopter), but got my PS3 a few years ago and a Vita at more than a year (early). Everyone now wants a PS4 or X1, but if it isn't viable they will be content with a PS360 and upgrade when they can. If you remove the option, they simply won't buy because they can't do it.
From the big 3, Sony actually is the one that does it right. Their long support for consoles results in an interesting pattern where 25% to 33% of the sales of their consoles happen after the sucessor is out. This is the market they need to reach. It's always the same, they release a final batch of blockbusters and exclusives before cutting support (GOW 2 for PS2, GT6 for PS3). This gen is actually similar to the ones before, we are in a transition time where we have some big next gen titles skipping the old gen and transition titles that comes to both. Next year, probably we will only have next gen games, except by JRPGs and yearly games on PS360. As usual, expect Fifa to keep coming until PS5 or X"whatevernext". And that's how you do it, since late adopters are more interested on Halo 4, GoW 3, Uncharted and other games they missed.
