I changed my mind. Earlier I thought that consoles should only launch around christmas season but here is what I am thinking now.

The good about launching in quarter 1

-If the console succeeds in quarter 1 then you can build that momentum throughout the holidays with more games

-If the console is a flop in quarter 1 you have until christmas to come out with some good games to increase demand

-If the console flops in quarter 1 you could lower the price by christmas to increase quantity demanded

-early adopters will buy the system no matter what time of the year it is

-the casual gaming market buys during the holidays so you want your product as good as possible by the first holiday

-If the console has a bad first holiday that USUALLY spells doom for that console so you want to get that right

-time to improve ui before casuals swoop in the market

Some bad things about quarter 1

-If your console totally flops you risk not having enough early adopters to help more games come to the system but that shouldnt be a problem with the big 3

-You will not launch alongside some big third party games

What do you guys think? I think some companies are better off launching in spring and others in the winter. Depends on your confidence in the system and what trade offs and opprotunity costs associated with launching at a particular time.

Edit: I'm trying to act calm for you guys I want a serious discussion!

Personally, I don't think it matters. A console with a good library will sell irrespective of the month of release.

However, if you launch in Q4, you essentially have over a whole year to come up with a good backlog for next holidays in the next year as the system will sell no matter what in the release quarter.

Eh... this Geralt thread is actually somewhat logical???

This is probably the best thread you made..............

But its hard to say. I would still say November because for ME! I would use my Christmas present on it. And I would have lots of time to spend playing it with no uni work to worry about. But that is just me

A surprisingly presidential thread

Who hacked geralt account? Call a mod quick!

If only the real Donald Trump can have smart/good moments.

Ka-pi96 said: As a European I can't help but disagree with this. A Q1 release in Europe has historically meant that the rest of the world has been playing said console for 3-6 months already by the time you get it

Well, consider yourselves honorary peoples, we had to go through the chore of testing the console out and endure playing games for hours to make sure that it was up to snuff for you Europeans!

Who are you and what have you done with Geralt? In all seriousness, you make a good point.

Thanks to the trendy flip-flops.