Debunking Myths Around Here: PS4 vs. Xbox One

[Machiavellian]

BeElite said:

Machiavellian said:

BeElite said:

riecsou said:
Competition has a good and a bad side. The good side: we had a super powerfull $400 PS4 compare to the fiasco of the $600 PS3,: PS plus free games,:Titanfall Bundle,: Kinectless Xbox One,: DRM reversal for Xbox One.
Now the bad side:"parity clause which limit multiplat games", new microtransaction that makes a game ending costing people more than $100.

Except you could have got the 499 PS3 but wehh wehh 600 guess fits your argument better.  PS3 was a hell of alot more tech packed and powerfull comapraed to PCs of that time then the PS4 is now,  PS3 was a much better value for the consumer then PS4 is.

500 or 600 does it really matter, both prices were outside what gamers were willing to pay besides a select few.  Also think about things that Sony stated this gen about learning from their mistakes from last gen.  Nothing make you learn harder and smarter then competition.  No competition then the mistakes are minor because gamers have no choice so you do not go into the red for the majority of that era.

Yes it does and over all the price was far from the biggest issue.  Their biggest fault last get was the late release which took a gen to undo and pain in the ass programing.  

All those are points on top of a high price.  No exclusives that really showed why you should pay either price over a 400 dollar 360.  360 multiplats performing better than the more expensive system.  It matter not if its 500 or 600, it was still more expensive then the competition.  You had the Wii at 300 hundred with the innovative mind share at the time and you had the 360 pop out games that played better at less money (exactly what we see today but opposite).

 

The key is that as it is today, unless the tech made games look and run better, gamers really did not care if it was using a Blu-ray drive, had 4 USB ports, PS2 backward compat and other crap.  The perceived value is the same as what we see with the X1.  Gamers do not care how much other crap you throw within a console as long as the end result is better games.

If there was any true leason Sony learned from the PS3 is that start with the hardware that make games look and perfrom great on your system first, then worry about that other stuff later.  For first adopters and momentum, games are still the motivation factor in purchases and a solid price.