Soundwave said:
How do you know what "most gamers" want? The fact of the matter of the four major hardware makers 3 of the 4 have enjoyed their best selling hardware after short previous cycles. Sega replaced the Master System with the Genesis after three years (this is their best selling system). Nintendo replaced the GBA with the DS after three years (this is their best selling system). Microsoft replaced the XBox with the XBox 360 after 4 years (this is their best selling system). Game consoles are sold like toys still. EVERY other electronic device offers choice but game consoles. That's why I bring up kids. It's not the end of the world if someone does something different, if you don't like it hey stick to a PS4. No one is forcing you to do anything. This isn't going to lead to fragementation in the way you think most likely anyway. What will happen is the same thing that happens with PCs ... people will lower end hardware can still play the games they just have to accept lower effects and resolution and what not. And that's fine. I'm sorry if little 10-year-old Johnny has to play COD 029394 in "only" 900p instead of 2K resolution or something or "broke college age Johnny" can only afford the lower spec version. So what? Honestly these segments don't contribute that much to the business. Partially because they are freaking *broke*. The adults with real money are the ones that likely drive this business today. It's high time this audience had a hardware offering more suited to us. I don't want to build a PC. I keep my PC in my basement, it's not something I'm going to hook up in my home electronics freaking center. My fiance would take one look at that and say "hell no, get that out of the living room". |
Game consoles aren't sold like toys. If they did there would newer shinier model every 3-6 months. That's how they sell toys. What are you getting on with?
Can you name another electronic device where if you want to make top-quality media for it, it'll cost you millions of dollars and a lengthy certification process. If I want to make a CD, do I need to put together a team of 20-30 people, take a few years, and buy 20-30 $2000-$3000 dev kits? No? How about Blu-rays? Ohh right. No I don't. PC games? Nope. All I need is a regular PC, and a license to a game engine if I don't want to make my own. It seems that console video games are actually a pretty special electronic device. Are you forgetting that developers would have to reinvest in these consoles every-3-4 years as well, and learn the new hardware every-3-4 years. Buy new dev kits every 3-4 years, but when making a game, still QA the old console as well, actually making video games more expensive to make. Screw them.
Is MS treating EA like children by not giving them the option to spend tens of millions of dollars investing in a new platform every 3-4 years, and not forcing them to spend even more to develop games on their platforms? HOW DARE THEY!
Don't want to put your a PC in your living room? Think it belongs in your basement? I thought you were an ADULT! Your PC has every right to sit in your entertainment center, if your fiance doesn't like it, tell her to act like an ADULT! Why don't you use your adult money and buy a PC that will look nice in your living room? Or how about you use your adult money and buy an entertainment center with doors on it?"
"Don't stop me from buying a new console every 3-4 years, I'm an ADULT! I'm tired of Microsoft treating me like a child!"
"There's a platform that suits all of my needs, but i don't want it because it's UGLY, and HARD and I don't wanna put my PC under my TV! My fiance will get MAD, and I don't to get in trouble! I'm totally not acting like a child"
You're a riot.
