| Mr Puggsly said: The real tail end of N64 was arguably 2000/2001. In 2001 the N64 had very few games (kinda like 2015 in 7th gen) and 2002 was a Tony Hawk 3 port, it was basically dead after 2000. While the N64 expansion pack came in 1998 it wasn't a common device until Nintendo started bundling it with games. Coincidently that when support became more common. Bottom line, X1 and PS4 could get signficiant hardware upgrades without a price hike. That appeals to me versus another 8 years of the same hardware. Maybe it would just take longer for the hardware to hit $249. Anyway, lets just wait and see what happens. |
It released in the second year, then Nintendo had to bundle it with games that only work with it to make it sell.
Does that sound appealing for a X1.5/ps4.5. Exclusives bundled with the upgraded console that don't work on the old one?
Why do you think it will be another 8 years? An 11 year console cycle?
They could get a hardware upgrade by resetting profit margins back to zero and spending extra R&D, marketing, storage for different sku's etc. That will slow down this generation and will lead to a longer generation rather than a real upgrade in 2019 or 2020. Instead of getting new graphics engines etc in 4 years, you'll still be getting games tailored to the base model with the extra hardware mostly unused.
