setsunatenshi said:
No, actually you didn't say why it was better. I asked before, are you proposing having games made for PS Now that won't play on the normal PS4? Talk about splitting the userbase... if you'd think it would be bad to have a premium version of the console anyone can buy, imagine how it would be to have the 'premium' version behind a paywall only accessible to those with A- excelent internet connection and B- close enough distance to the servers to minimize the lag impact. I'm sorry, I don't see how your idea is either better or more likely |
* hardware revsions split the user base - fact.
* Hardware revisions will cause confusion outside of the hardcore user base.
* In a market sold on uniform hardware, hardware revsions will cause the public to lose trust in Sony.
* To newer PS4 owners, they are going to be really fucked off when they find that even though they just spent £250 on a PS4, had the waited a bit longer they could of had a much more powerful version. This is not expected in the console world, where machines are expected to have a certain life span. With phones its not so bad, because the upgrades are free. With consoles people are going to be pissed off with Sony, and that's not good for them. If Sony decide to going down this path, then I can see a lot of people that use PS4 as their primary machine, jumping ship to Nintendo.
These are the four things that will happen should a more powerful PS4 get released. Your telling me that all of this is better than releasing disc games as normal but including a higher spec version of the game as a streamed version? Either as a cross buy or a pay wall? There is no way on earth that adding a PS Now option is WORSE than going down the new hardware road. Only a total mad man would think otherwise.
