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binary solo on 03 January 2016
zorg1000 said:
binary solo said:
25 million apple TVs only, when PS4 has sold significantly more in just over 2 years. Not entirely sure these TV streaming boxes are all that big of a market worth getting into.

In May 2013 it was reported at 13 million with half in the past 12 months, in January 2015 that number was 25 million, so about 19 were sold in roughly 3 years. A new figure will likely be given in the next few months which would likely put it over 30 million. When u factor in Roku, Amazon, Google sales figures, it's well over 50 million and growing.

And Xb one + PS4 is well over 50 million in less time. Seems to me like there is not much demand here with a helluva lot of people watching their streaming via other means with a much lower cost of entry. In particular using multi-function devices they already own.





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Pemalite on 05 January 2016
tiffac said:
Pemalite said:
Ditch the optical drive, ditch the mechanical drive, make the SoC smaller, sell it for $200.
Maybe even go $150 if you don't include any accessories, only a TV remote.

Let it be digital only and still have the capability for emulating your digital Xbox 360 (And hopefully eventually, original xbox games.)

And then watch the sales pickup, especially in low-income nations.

Making it all digital would actually not benefit low income nations since we barely have any decent internet to begin with.

Just because it's digital... Doesn't mean you need the internet.

The box will have USB ports.

Besides. You would be surprised how well some low-income nations perform in regards to internet connectivity rates and speeds, in-fact, there are several that beats my own country, which is "first world".






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tiffac on 08 January 2016
Pemalite said:
tiffac said:
Pemalite said:
Ditch the optical drive, ditch the mechanical drive, make the SoC smaller, sell it for $200.
Maybe even go $150 if you don't include any accessories, only a TV remote.

Let it be digital only and still have the capability for emulating your digital Xbox 360 (And hopefully eventually, original xbox games.)

And then watch the sales pickup, especially in low-income nations.

Making it all digital would actually not benefit low income nations since we barely have any decent internet to begin with.

Just because it's digital... Doesn't mean you need the internet.

The box will have USB ports.

Besides. You would be surprised how well some low-income nations perform in regards to internet connectivity rates and speeds, in-fact, there are several that beats my own country, which is "first world".

I live in a low-income nation. So I know what I'm talking about and you say USB, tell me where do we get the games that needs to go in the USB?



WoodenPints on 08 January 2016
tiffac said:
Pemalite said:
tiffac said:
Pemalite said:
Ditch the optical drive, ditch the mechanical drive, make the SoC smaller, sell it for $200.
Maybe even go $150 if you don't include any accessories, only a TV remote.

Let it be digital only and still have the capability for emulating your digital Xbox 360 (And hopefully eventually, original xbox games.)

And then watch the sales pickup, especially in low-income nations.

Making it all digital would actually not benefit low income nations since we barely have any decent internet to begin with.

Just because it's digital... Doesn't mean you need the internet.

The box will have USB ports.

Besides. You would be surprised how well some low-income nations perform in regards to internet connectivity rates and speeds, in-fact, there are several that beats my own country, which is "first world".

I live in a low-income nation. So I know what I'm talking about and you say USB, tell me where do we get the games that needs to go in the USB?

I supoose you got to a game store or a website and buy the game on USB, Like with how they Shipped Windows 10.





tiffac on 08 January 2016
WoodenPints said:
tiffac said:
Pemalite said:
tiffac said:
Pemalite said:
Ditch the optical drive, ditch the mechanical drive, make the SoC smaller, sell it for $200.
Maybe even go $150 if you don't include any accessories, only a TV remote.

Let it be digital only and still have the capability for emulating your digital Xbox 360 (And hopefully eventually, original xbox games.)

And then watch the sales pickup, especially in low-income nations.

Making it all digital would actually not benefit low income nations since we barely have any decent internet to begin with.

Just because it's digital... Doesn't mean you need the internet.

The box will have USB ports.

Besides. You would be surprised how well some low-income nations perform in regards to internet connectivity rates and speeds, in-fact, there are several that beats my own country, which is "first world".

I live in a low-income nation. So I know what I'm talking about and you say USB, tell me where do we get the games that needs to go in the USB?

I supoose you got to a game store or a website and buy the game on USB, Like with how they Shipped Windows 10.

Don't forget the situation is in low-income countries. Not everyone got that type of treatment. That means the service must be created first.





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zorg1000 on 08 January 2016
binary solo said:
zorg1000 said:
binary solo said:
25 million apple TVs only, when PS4 has sold significantly more in just over 2 years. Not entirely sure these TV streaming boxes are all that big of a market worth getting into.

In May 2013 it was reported at 13 million with half in the past 12 months, in January 2015 that number was 25 million, so about 19 were sold in roughly 3 years. A new figure will likely be given in the next few months which would likely put it over 30 million. When u factor in Roku, Amazon, Google sales figures, it's well over 50 million and growing.

And Xb one + PS4 is well over 50 million in less time. Seems to me like there is not much demand here with a helluva lot of people watching their streaming via other means with a much lower cost of entry. In particular using multi-function devices they already own.

 

In 2014 alone these streaming devices sold 30 million worldwide which is more than PS4+XB1+Wii U did.



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