ganoncrotch said:
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yepthat experiment failed big time. psgo could be thesystem of the future.
ganoncrotch said:
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yepthat experiment failed big time. psgo could be thesystem of the future.
I doubt it would happen, but if it did not much would happen except people will probably reminisce about how great it was as a portable, about 10 years later (just like how great Dreamcast was).
It would only bother me if it got discontinued, if i had one.
Xbox One, PS4 and Switch (+ Many Retro Consoles)
'When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called the people's stick'- Mikhail Bakunin
Prediction: Switch will sell better than Wii U Lifetime Sales by Jan 1st 2018
KHlover said:
Yeah, New Zealand will reach this goal. Most countries in Europe could reach it as well. But I don't see the US coming anywhere close to this in the next years if they don't change things there massively. It's a mess. Or take Canada, where most of the flatrates are capped at 10GB or something like that (search for canadians in the WiiU launch threads for references). What I want to say: Internet in the biggest of the three markets isn't nearly advanced enough for Gaikai. Also, even IF 70% of the population will have internet fast enough for gaikai (which I doubt) by 2018, Gaikai still wouldn't be avaible to the other 30%. Those people would be absolutely PISSED, I don't think Sony would risk that. In conclusion: While I think gaikai IS an extremely valuable investment for Sony, it won't benefit from it with the PS4. Too many people who couldn't access it. However, I think by the time the PS5 arrives the stage for gaikai will be set. And it will be...AWESOME^^ |
There is a strong correlation between people who want fast internet access and a desire to play games. Your market for games is also the same market whom will want to get fast broadband to access said games. It doesn't matter so much that entire markets won't be able to access Gaikai as long as enough people are able to access it to make it worthwhile and that number is growing rapidly. It doesn't need to replace the PS4 but it can certainly complement it and one thing Sony needs to do is move beyond being limited to selling games only to people who bought their console. It won't matter so much in 2012 that they own Gaikai now but by the middle of next gen (2016) it could be the equivalent of more than 10M consoles.
Tease.
the2real4mafol said: I doubt it would happen, but if it did not much would happen except people will probably reminisce about how great it was as a portable, about 10 years later (just like how great Dreamcast was). It would only bother me if it got discontinued, if i had one. |
lmao I'm one of those dreamcast people. I loved that thing XD haha Sonic Adventures 2 was amazing. It didn't have much games though :(
JayWood2010 said:
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The games it did have, were amazing. The Dreamcast probably had the best first 2 years of any consoles life ever, shame it smashed by PS2. I loved Metropolis street racing, that was fun
Xbox One, PS4 and Switch (+ Many Retro Consoles)
'When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called the people's stick'- Mikhail Bakunin
Prediction: Switch will sell better than Wii U Lifetime Sales by Jan 1st 2018
Well, I think the more important question is HOW they do it...
If they do it slowly, giving it less support, producing less units, over a longer period (lets say 2 years), people will not react at all, they will just assume that Sony is gettin ready for another generation and that this time they want to come out earlier than Nintendo, the Vita would have been in the market for almost 4 years in Japan and not many people will feel ripped off.
If they do it abruptly, that can be a problem, the consumers will feel betrayed, the 3rd party developers will still have projects in their pipeline and will either cancel them or move them to another console very fast, and they will think twice before giving full support to another Sony handheld and even consoles.