| WC4Life said: I've been saying this is the future in the console space for a long time because IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE. Why, Why are people saying they don't want to buy a new console so soon? Even if PS4.5 released this year, it doesn't mean you HAVE TO BUY it or your PS4 would stop working. Seriously, think about it. Game development is so expensive today that the only realistical scenario is where most if not all the games released in the next 4-5 years will work on both PS4 and hypothetical PS4.5. So anyone who has bought PS4 does NOT NEED to buy PS4.5 to play the newest games released in the next coming years. The old console generation model will disappear because the userbase split is way too extreme for todays game development costs. Upgrading hardware model will keep the userbase more controllable and thus decreasing game development investment risks. |
Tell me the incentive for third party developers to put in the extra time, money and effort to develop for more advanced hardware when there is zero indication it will lead to increased sales. If games aren't coming out that take advantage of the new hardware, you end up in "New Nintendo 3DS land", a console that has additional processing power over its predecessor that all but one game have ever taken advantage of - because there's literally no point in putting in the extra effort. None.
