Soundwave said:
There's plenty of people who even are "thinking" of PS5/XB2 who won't be buying one for years yet. Lots of people who might want to play 1 or 2 next-gen titles in the mean time, and Google or xCloud can take advantage of that. The "early adopter" crowd is a minority, not the majority, most people don't buy their console in the 1st year, many don't buy in the first 2 years. |
Oh for sure most consumers aren't early adopters. My criticism of library strength (especially with exclusives) still stands though. Unless they greatly scale up their library to match the competition, it won't just be early adopters who pass on the Stadia. Right now, I'm getting flashbacks of the Wii U, games that have been out on the other systems for a good while, and even then, that's a pitiful list. Even the Switch right now has a fairly impressive catalogue, and it's not all multi plats either.
When I say "players already committed to PS5 or Xbox One 2," I'm included those that may not get one for years but are still planning to. Plenty of gamers plan their console purchases or pc upgrades in advance. Barring anything groudbreaking next week or during the PS5 reveal, I don't plan on buying a system next year, or possibly even the year after, but I'll still be contemplating which I will get when the time comes. And just like in the last paragraph, this is before even mentioning the possibility of Switch sales staying strong (though I admit, there's a decent chance they plummet like past Nintendo home console sales).
