sethnintendo said:
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That would defeat the entire purpose of consoles to begin with. If we could upgrade parts of a console, video game developers would not be able to optimize for a single architecture specification per platform that allows them to get more out of hardware than they otherwise would. Not only that, but making a console in such a way that it was upgradable would increase the cost of the console dramatically. No more CPUs/GPU/RAM soldered directly to a board, instead they'd have to be socketed. No only would these extra peices add to the cost of the unit, the hardware would have to be less compact as these pieces take up more space, the case itself would be more expensive to design, manufacture and assemble, as these parts would have to be accessable without voiding the warranty. They would also obviously weigh more and cost more to ship. There is no way something like the PS4 could release at $399 if it were made to be upgradable, and even if some manufacturer was dumb enough to do so, theres no way third parties would be willing to eat the added cost of developing for more than one spec per platform.
PC master race people appear to not have a clue why consoles are the way they are, and don't understand why they're not PCs in every way.
