| fatslob-:O said: The way I see it people need to stop saying that a short console lifespan support or incremental hardware updates are screwing people over because that's on the BUYER since THEY KNOW what their getting into ... |
That's not totally true. Neo wasn't announced at the start. It's the same with companies announcing a director's cut edition, 2 years later. How were we suppose to know about that? When a product is known. Take the Extended Edition of Lord Of The Rings, on BD. The threatical versions were released first. But since we knew the Extended ones for years. The Threatcial versions sold really bad. And forced the company to release the EE versions faster then they wanted. If I knew a newer version was gonna be made. I would of waited till now.
If this becomes a norm. I'll simply wait for a upgrade I deem worthly. Since now I know that 2-4 years, new update will be a normal occurance. It eventually goes back to roughly what we use to do. Anyone can say: "Well, I don't need this upgrade." And just wait 5 years. Skipping 1-2 upgrades. This works with phones. Because it's pratically a life requirement. VS consoles. Upgrading the hardware. Isn't just gonna increase the userbase of gaming. It will just make more people decide on when and how many times they get the revisions.
Now, people can say. "Each revision will include massive and impressive things!" That won't be the case, in say 20 years. What happens to consoles when major upgrades are done. And I mean, 8K gaming. And graphics that have improved so far, nothing looks better anymore. The companies will be stuck at what do.
