KBG29 said:
The thing is, Microsoft is bringing full Windows functionality to Xbox One. The Xbox One will be the cheapest and most powerful Windows 10 PC on the market this holiday. Sony is doing the same with PS4. The doors are wide open, and these consoles are going to be every bit as versitle as the PC's they replace. They are just a better product for the masses. These devices are not loosing the key console advantage either. They are still on fixed hardware. The only diference is the scalable chips. The cost to the consumers and the developers is not in the negetive at all. Consumers can still buy a new device at their leisure, and devs will only make more money thanks to the increased userbases. As a consumer if you have a PS4, you don't have to go get a PS4K just because it is out. In fact if you are doing that and don't have a 4K TV you are completely and absolutly wasting your money because it is not going to change your experience at all. All having a scaled unit does, is offer people that want it a premium experience to go along with their premium TV and Surrond set up, and off devs an easy way to deliver that enhanced experience. |
I think bringing Windows 10 to Xbox one is awesome and it is another sign of the long term death of consoles as consoles offer less and less to differfentiate themselves. But the key point is as soon as you start regularly updating them the console has lost all benefits and abandoned much of its user base. Why buy a console when your PC can cast to your monitor and you don't have such restrictions on what you can upgrade, Microsoft are certainly positioned well if the push somehow occurs, would certainly be the death of playstation. But it just isn't going to happen, like it or not consumers are price sensitive and the approach of constant upgrades is directly against this as it raises the cost of game development and the cost of owning the console. I don't think we will see Sony do something so idiotic.
