Why i buy Physical games.

[Ruler]

Mummelmann said:

Ruler said:

You can still buy Sega Megadrives for 20-30€ on Amazon and how many consoles were sold of them? 30-40 million?

These new consoles in fact will be way cheaper to buy later on.

-You wont need to look for specific video cables because they use now all HDMI which by the way gives you the best picture quality unlike older consoles standard composite cables.

- no memorycards because they allready have hardrives which again are using sata standard.

- and most of them have no external powersupply anymore.

I think you'll find that the complexity of modern electronics and overall life expectancy of modern consoles has changed a fair bit since the Mega Drive days, it simply cannot be compared.

Like old cars; the reason old muscle cars still work today and are easy to keep on working is their rudimentary and coarse build style and lack of sensitive technology, the same can be said for modern consumer electronics. Even washing machines and fridges have a lot shorter life cycles today due to added features and tech, there is a crossing point in convenience and advanced tech overtaking the desire to build something long-lasting and/or the ability to make increased functionality and tech working, consumer habbits have also changed, which is reflected in the longevity of the products themselves.

A PS4, Xbox One and Wii U can't really be compared to a NES, Mega Drive, Amiga 500 and 1200 etc. Modern mobile phones are also a great example of decreased life cycles in consumer electronics, and you'll find a similar trend across almost all areas of electronics; within consumer electronics they also account for the increased tendency to shop for newer and more popular models and upgrades, leading manufacturers with less of a need to build lasting components and products.

Like I said; huge difference, early 90's versus today cannot be compared directly like this and a PS4, One or Wii U will likely be a thing of immense obscurity in 20 years.

I disagree, look at PC hardware. My old celeron laptop from 12 years ago is still working, same with an original xbox which i have bought used. Both of these consoles have now x86 architecture which is very reliable, probably one of the most longliving cpu architectures. And having gpu and cpu melted together ellimitaes another huge risk. Just look how simple a ps4 motherboard looks like on the internet. With the xbox one current model there might will be problems in the future because it has a lot more components on its motherboard.