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thismeintiel on 27 January 2017
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Pemalite said:
Insidb said:

Yeah, but our "gaming circles" are the minority.

But add up all the gaming circles. Then you start counting in Millions of gamers/enthusiasts.

Those who understand technology are generally those who help make purchasing decisions for friends and family, so that is the flow-on effect.

Basically, don't underestimate a minority, all those minorities is what helped push the Playstation 4 forward, Sony made all the right decisions at the right time, the gaming circles grabbed it and ran with it, the rest is history.

It's the power of "Word of mouth". It has made some businesses a success and even made some business's go bankrupt.

Exactly.  Look at the PS4 reveal vid.  It went viral for a couple of weeks and has now amassed over 33M views.  With the ever expanding internet, it's not like it was in the 90's or even early 2000's.  Word spreads.  Quickly.  Not to mention that the people who purchase consoles at full price/launch are the ones who are gaming fans.  They have kept up with the gaming news and/or have done their research.  If DF turns out to be true and the Scorpio still uses Jaguar cores and isn't quite as impressive, basically a little more suped up Pro, those gamers are not going to be very excited by it.  Especially with no exclusives to push it.

And if they try that, I could completely see Sony just going ahead and announcing the PS5 at E3 '18 for a launch in mid-late '19.  Then, having the PS4 drop to $149 and the Pro to $249-$279 at some point in 2018.  The Scorpio at $399-$449 would be over at that point.