MoHasanie said:
But don't you think 4 years is too short? Paying $400 for a new console but then only using it for 4 years seems like a waste of money to me. |
2013-2018 = 5 years. (WiiU even longer)
But tbh I would never ever pay 60 bucks for a PS3 or Xbox360 game because the dev mentality on those 2 systems was "better visuals! who cares about framerate etc". GTA5's framerate was a joke even the first mission was an insult to gamers because of the framerate (at least the PS3 version) The Last of Us had shitty framerate. BeyondTwoSouls had (but that was unimportant because its a slow paced game) Castlevania on 360 had what? 12fps? etc..
Id rather buy a new $400 console every 5 years then paying 60 bucks for the 10th game that uses the same engine because there was no need for a better one etc. or for a game that has completely unplayable framerate. And dont forget all the people that throw 600 bucks out of the window for the next redundant version of their apple phone each year. Dont buy patches (FIFA etc) for 60 bucks but wait for a price drop and the next hardwre is practically for free.
Long generations have way less advantages than they have disadvantages because making a game that looks like the best PS3 game is easier to make on PS4 than on PS3. (EDIT: oops I had it "PS3 than on PS4" before which would not make sense) On PS3 you have to waste alot of money to make it look good on PS4 you just waste processing power without optimizing the game and it will still look better almost for free. (The games have higher res etc. assets anyway devs just compress them so they run on the target hardware)
