Mandalore76 on 10 May 2017
| h2ohno said: I wonder if it isn't the other way around, and we no longer see new dedicated home consoles that have to be hooked up to a large screen and constantly plugged in while on. We've already been talking about console generations being a thing of the past once this generation reaches its conclusion. What if the market decides that the version of Skyrim they can take on the go is preferable to the version with the highest graphics settings, or the mid-settings since the PC will always have the best graphics. Regular consoles might be stuck in an awkward place, not able to match the tech of PCs while lacking the go-anywhere appeal of a true HD handheld. It's all speculation at this point, as the PS4 is still doing fantastic. But the relative failure of the pro and the way people are already comparing the Switch favorably to the Scorpio makes me wonder. Playstation in particular might just be a strong enough brand to overcome the issue. But I doubt XBox is. |
Jim Sterling pointed out that in Sony's and Microsoft's quest to make their consoles more like PC, they have been primarily embracing what were previously disadvantages to PC gaming (expensive hardware, downloading physical media), and creating their own disadvantages to boot (paid online), all the while giving up the things that made it advantageous to owning a console in the first place.
