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Forums - Microsoft Discussion - Prediction made in February: Microsofts NextBox is a region locked media box with few games... *Revisited*

DanneSandin on 26 February 2013
RolStoppable said:
DanneSandin said:

maybe not, but I could see MS entering panic mode later on... It all kind of depends really. Some times you just gotta admit that a company has made some very smart moves, and this is exactly what Sony has done now. I really wish I had more insight into MS and Nintendo, but they elude me, so I can't really give them as much credit for being smart. And we all know how stupid Nintendo was with the launch of Wii U...

Sony has increased the cost of their system. What exactly was smart about that?

I guess you think it was smart because developers are now praising Sony, but it's not like these developers weren't going to develop for the PS4 anyway. Therefore there's no gain for Sony, but the price of the PS4 increased which will have an impact on their profitability. On the other side of the fence, developers aren't going to stop making Nextbox games because of the PS4's bigger than expected RAM. So there's no gain for Sony either.

It's smart because they're getting certain parts for cheap... It won't cost as much as you think it will.

I predict that PS4 will get good 3rd party exclusive support. Better than the 720, because of deals made (and not the deal talked about above). Sony is willing to go far to make the PS4 a success.



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DanneSandin on 26 February 2013
RolStoppable said:
DanneSandin said:

It's smart because they're getting certain parts for cheap... It won't cost as much as you think it will.

I predict that PS4 will get good 3rd party exclusive support. Better than the 720, because of deals made (and not the deal talked about above). Sony is willing to go far to make the PS4 a success.

You already had to concede that it won't cost as little as you thought it will in your Sony thread.

Your source would have to have to good contacts within Microsoft in order to know that MS isn't bothering much with securing exclusive third party content. Contacts that your source doesn't seem to have.

I've been told they're aiming to sell PS4 at $349 - unless they up the specs again - and would only lose $100...

I can't tell you if MS is trying to secure exclusives or not, because that's nothing my source knows anything about. BUT, it's the way Sony is gathering this 3rd party support that makes me think they'll have more than MS. But I could of course be wrong on this, but it's my hunch they'll end up with more 3rd party exclusives. UNLESS I have misunderstood my source and these 3rd party studios will become 1st parties... I guess that is a possibility.



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Sal.Paradise on 01 March 2013
DanneSandin said:
Sal.Paradise said:

Since when does a third party developer have insider information on all three player's secret reveals anyway? On one company's I can believe, two is a stretch, but three?

So far his 'proof' was him telling you the PS4 will be more powerful than expected, which materialised in the RAM announcement, but there was a rumour before the conference of Sony looking to double the RAM anyway. He also told you about PS4 game streaming to Vita, but honestly that's not very hard to guess at all. Those are some very weak-sauce rumours to be basing his, and now your, credibility on.

he was very specific with what about the specs were better and other features...

But they only gave us very general specs in the PS4 presentation. Namely, 8GB GDDR5 RAM and it having an x86 processor, both rumoured and not difficult to guess. 



endimion on 04 March 2013

well PS3 had not much for themselves at launch and a lot of us claimed it was doomed look at it today in terms of marketshare it did a good job....

what PS fan miss to see is that even if PS4 blasts everybody out of the water at launch if Sony as whole doesn't climb back it won't make it to the 10 year mark of the next gen.... so even if it's a better box be careful with whome you invest your money.... cause a failing company is the last thing that attracts developers.... whether the product is good or not.....

and looking at MS ambition asa whole I'm more excited by anything MS has to offer..... within 15 years you'll have cross integration of almost anything running on electricity in your house... something that neither Sony nor Nintendo will ever achieve alone..... heck I could see a merging of Sony MS happen.... to fight off company like Samsung apple and Google.....



DanneSandin on 29 May 2013

Holy shit! Who made these very accurate predictions a few months ago?! Oh wait... that would be me.

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UnitSmiley on 29 May 2013
DanneSandin said:
Holy shit! Who made these very accurate predictions a few months ago?! Oh wait... that would be me.

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._. *applause*

but, I thought Microsoft was boasting of their 15 exclusives? Any word on that?



DanneSandin on 29 May 2013
UnitSmiley said:
DanneSandin said:
Holy shit! Who made these very accurate predictions a few months ago?! Oh wait... that would be me.

Bump


._. *applause*

but, I thought Microsoft was boasting of their 15 exclusives? Any word on that?

Nope none... I'm no longer allowed to share things =/ But I haven't heard anything about those exclusives



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UnitSmiley on 29 May 2013
DanneSandin said:
UnitSmiley said:
DanneSandin said:
Holy shit! Who made these very accurate predictions a few months ago?! Oh wait... that would be me.

Bump


._. *applause*

but, I thought Microsoft was boasting of their 15 exclusives? Any word on that?

Nope none... I'm no longer allowed to share things =/ But I haven't heard anything about those exclusives

Whatcha mean no longer allowed?



DanneSandin on 29 May 2013
UnitSmiley said:
DanneSandin said:
UnitSmiley said:
DanneSandin said:
Holy shit! Who made these very accurate predictions a few months ago?! Oh wait... that would be me.

Bump


._. *applause*

but, I thought Microsoft was boasting of their 15 exclusives? Any word on that?

Nope none... I'm no longer allowed to share things =/ But I haven't heard anything about those exclusives

Whatcha mean no longer allowed?

I'm not allowed to share things I know/hear. I could share it, but then I wouldn't hear anything at all after that :P



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crissindahouse on 29 May 2013

what exactly is so good with this prediction?

e3 will show few games and concentrate on media? i believe you will be wrong with that.

few games at launch? compared to other launches in the past maybe also wrong.