PS4/XB1 the next gen App machines...

[vivster]

Landguy said:

vivster said:
I would be surprised if the general consumer even knew that the consoles have anything else but AAA games.

I thought that at one time too.

 

But I was thinking back to the PS3.  Most people I knew that had 1 the first 2 years or so after it launched had bought it as a bluray player and didn't have hardly any games.  A few years later, when the games were flowing really well, a number of people I know used theirs for Netflix too.  That is kind of just understood that the gaming consoles can now do that stuff.

Now, with the lack of good games or even a quantity of games for wither the PS4 or XB1, it seems that people will find a lot of these app ports in PS store and XBL.  You wonder how long people will see value in the consoles when they have so much of that stuff in the stores?

You really haven't paid attention. This is the most AAA games rich launch year ever. Next year is gonna get even better. So good that a lot of people will forget about indies and apps.