Soundwave said: Microsoft already nixed the original XBox after 4 years and went to sell plenty of 360s. Nintendo nixed the GBA after 3 years for the DS and sold the most systems in their company history. This whole "you can't possibly change hardware after less than 5 years" is a lame bogeyman story that's been shoved down the throats of this industry. I'm just for a business model in which I'm treated like an ADULT. I make my own money, I'm not a 8-18 year old to whom a new console is a fucking emergency that I can't possibly afford. $400 for something I use for 3-4 years is nothing. That's a whopping $11/month for three years of use. That buys me what? Dinner for two at McDonalds once a month? Oh joy. Just like in the past a "superhero movie" like Deadpool would never be allowed to be made because superheroes are supposed to be "for the kids". Well look at that box office and tell me there isn't an adult audience. In actual fact, I'd be willing to bet a large majority even of comic book buyers today are *adults*. Same for freaking video games. It's about time we were offered a choice. If you don't like choice, then simply buy a competing product. Like every other damn electronic device on the face of the planet Earth. It's only for game consoles that we're sold this sales pitch that we as consumers are all stupid 13 year old little kids that can't handle/understand different hardware models. Like I'm sorry for the 10-year-old who can't afford to play Calladooty 2048484 now in 4K resolution, just like I'm sorry he can't go see Deadpool at the theater, but so what. Give the consumer the choice and let them decide I say. |
I think it will be more likely that those 14-18 year olds will be building their own pc and torrenting most of their games. I've been one of them, friends with older kids than I have have gone that route.
Yet you want MS to build a competitive box for you every few years and sell it to you at a loss. Why would they do that? They can't sell you a new console every few years that can compete with current pc tech for a measly $400. That buys MS what? Nothing indeed.
Even heavily subsidized by 2 year mobile phone contracts, the latest iPhone is still nearly twice as expensive as a console. Will be relevant for far less time, has a vastly bigger user base to sell to, yet somehow MS can provide cutting edge tech every couple years for $400?
Btw still waiting for adult cartoons to be accepted (again) in the west. The wind rises didn't even play in a cinema near me.
Plus deadpool is not for adults, The Dark knight was.