PS4 is way past the time for another price cut

[SammyGiireal]

jlauro said:

JRPGfan said:

Nintendo doesnt follow logic..... their consoles have a habbit of being old tech or behinde the curve compaired to competition.
You could argue they are a gen behinde imo, and some gens have 2 consoles (short cycles x2 vs others 1 long).

You completely misunderstand Nintendo and tech.  The wii was all SSD storage, and Sony and Xbox are only getting around to that next year.  The use of bluetooth and motion controls were also ahead of the curve.  Nothing in the Wii was old tech.  However, the difference with Nintendo is they go after affordable mainstream tech in their designs, and only pick leading edge tech if it's affordable to produce and gives them a unique advantage.  Where as Sony / Microsoft push to the leading edge more on the "specs".  The wii might not of been bleeding edge, but it was by no means old tech even compared to the PS3 and 360, it just wasn't as spec heavy, and thus did not cost as much.

The Wii was an upclocked Game Cube with motion controls. It was the biggest money grab in Nintendo's home console history. It was in fact less powerful than 2001's Xbox. I considered the machine part of that PS3/360 Gen simply because it was released along side the PS3 in 2006, but the guts of the machine were out dated and it showed.