Intrinsic on 28 October 2016
| KBG29 said: I'm too tired to go deep into it right now, but you are absolutly right. Scalable hardware from Mobile x86 PlayStation Phones, to $1000+ Premium PlayStation Home computers are where things are heading. New hardware will be rolling out every year from now on, and it is going to cause incredible competition in the hardware market, and greatly reduce stress on developers as half a dozen or so devices take over, and they can shift their focus completely to these optimized and effecient systems. |
Its not going to ever be every year. That kinda business model only works if you are trying to remain in a specific price point. Eg. $500.
If sony and MS want to sell consoles for no less than $500, then every year they will have to make sure they have $500 worth of console. That used to be by throwing in games and increasing HDD sizes. However, building a larger install base is more important than selling at a higher price of entry. So dropping the price of hardware is more important.
But also, retaining the user base is just as important hence why we are seeing mud gen revisions. So now we get the i introduction of new hardware and also "new old" hardware at a lower price.
Then the cycle to bring prices even lower continues.
