| Ka-pi96 said: 1. As far as I remember the PS1 lasted pretty well. Original Xbox, PSP and Vita all seem to as well. No real problems with Xbox One or PS4 (other than the controller) yet either. So that point doesn't really work. It isn't guaranteed that theirs will and their competitors won't. 2. They also keep resisting innovation and are stuck in some old fashioned practices, which is also one of the reasons people want them to go 3rd party ironically enough. 3. The fact that they are forcing you to buy their own hardware in order to play their software kind of goes against this point... 4. Sony and Microsoft have only not had backwards compatibility once... I expect it will have been the last time they've not had it as well... 5. Impossible to prove, partly because we wouldn't know unless they actually tried and also partly because it would be purely subjective. |
1. The PS1 is hit and miss. It's a reasonable system but had some issues with the lid not closing and the lazers and spinners crapping out. They are all over the place at farmers markets and the like for parts, to find one that works perfectly is rare. The PS2 and 3 both have their issues with lasting, same goes for the 360. Both the X1 and PS4 have heat issues so they are unlikely to be long lasting at this point.
2. How are they resisting innovation? They are late to the party with some stuff (online), but I wouldn't say resisting innovation by any means.
3. That's the point. Would you buy a PS for a naughty dog game? How about Xbox for Halo? It's the same, just for the most case they are of lower quality over all, not saying that both don't have some very good offerings. Just get a Nintendo system, you'll like it lol.
4. The PS2 and original PS3 both had backwards compatability, so Sony is at 2 and MS is at 1. Many people seem to ignore the greatness of backwards compatability when this generation really shows why they should have it. All the new systems had dry first years and with backwards compatability it wouldn't have been that way because you will still have something to play. Of course for those that keep their old consoles might not have as much of an issue, but many do trade them up. I wonder how well TLOU would have sold on the PS4 if there was backwards compatability, or any of the within a year remakes for that matter.
5. moot.
Gotta figure out how to set these up lol.
