| Bryank75 said: I've heard a lot of people say over the last week or so that "if there is a PS4.5, that they are out of console gaming". My question is: Why is that so bad? You'll get to keep your games and have them enhanced each time a new iteration is released and all the peripherals e.g. controllers, VR, racing wheels etc. will no doubt be compatible. It will lead to companies focusing on making new games and not wasting resources on HD / remasters and give people a long window to upgrade. It also rewards people who already had the previous model through scrapage or trade-in value. I think it is pretty exciting to possibly have more power available to give a better experience an a higher end option for PS enthusiasts. |
Because in reality it rewards no one.
Because in reality developers will always develop in the most affordable way possible - for the lowest common demoninator, which means either the PS4 or the PS4.5 do no get the attention they actually deserve without driving up development costs, and you cant possibly expect developers to spend more money when there is little to no chance that extra effort will lead to more sales. Developers will also suddenly have to program online play to account for the hardware differences. Which means 99% if ganes will probably not take advantage of the additional performance for anything other than things like load times.
Because in reality it means that everyone that bought a PS4 expecting developers to give that console their best efforts for the next 5-7 years suddenly cannot count on that any more.
Because in reality developers might choose to make games exclusive for the PS4.5 which means that new games that consumers thought would come to their console actually might not come at all. If this happens this effectively means that their console might quickly become redundant a lot sooner than expected.
Because in reality this segments the userbase. Period. Nobody wins.
Don't believe me? Just look at the New Nintendo 3DS. There is ONE game that actually puts the extra performance to good use. That game was developed and published by Nintendo and is not backwards compatible with the 3DS. Also, you want to play new Super Nintendo games on your 3DS? Ohh too bad. They're only available on the New 3DS. The fact is, from this point on, any gameor feature or service Nintendo announces for the 3DS its fanbase has to wonder if that means all 3DSs or just New 3DS exclusive. Is that a question you want to ask yourself as a PS4 owner?
Because I don't. And I don't think any other PS4 owner that doesn't have a PS4.5 wants to ask themselves.
