no he is not dumb. he is actually saying the smartest thing here. but my opinion is MS should have left the profit spiting between Devs and retailers for used game market. if you want to split profit three way the price will be ridiculously high. The tracking system they have built should be given free for the sake of Consumers wallet.
"Announce a console without actually showing a console? That's one approach."
This is one of the classic comments. MS exec are really frustrated and dissapointed that they did not got a peek at their rivals arsenal.
anyway as a gamer I'm super excited about Next xBox announcement. I want them to amaze people with the latest technology they have under their sleeves.
If MS and SONY fights with ecah other to bring the biggest and baddest gaming gizmos, then it is all win win for us gamers.
Not everyone got the point that Its a Console War and Sony is maintaining a balance of information sharing to maintain the customers curiosity level at the top and in the same time leaving their competitor 'Microsoft' with guess work.
After PS2's Success Sony was arrogant, they did not took Microsoft very seriously, they did not thought that PS2 customer would let them down. Microsoft took them by surprise and the inclusion of Bluray cost them a lot of time and money. but it looks like they have learned a lot from their PS3 Mistakes and they also learned from most recent Nintendo Wii U launch as well (again the same arrogance issue). So they are not releasing everything at once. information they released are just enough to keep people engaged and not too much so that Microsoft can do the last minute tweaking to come up with a better console. its another way they are saying Microsoft 'The ball is on your court now mate'.
Sony was not suppose to reveal the PS4 first, they were waiting for MS to go first,(remember what Kaz Hirai said just month before the PS meeting, not to release PS4 first) but they got some sort of intel about the next Xbox specs that made them confidante to go ahead first. I'm sure Sony is keeping their eyes peeled for the next Xbox announcement. this time they are really serious.
I'm pretty sure they will watch what Microsoft dose with their 'March' or 'E3' Xbox announcement and move accordingly. so be sure that there will be last minute tweak for the console specs. remember that in the x86 PC architecture there is always room for increasing the CPU/GPU clock speed and increasing the amount of RAM so and so forth to make the console look superior in paper. Gaikai may become Sony's trump card but ist too early to tell. Not blocking the Used Games at launch is a good move by Sony. But eventually they will do this down the road, 2 years into the consoles life maybe.
Microsoft is still in the 'To be or not to be' situation with inclusion of Bluray, or go all digital Download and blocking Used Games. But you can bet that they also have some neat tricks under their sleeves as well. So the are not going to sit there and let Sony go with out a fight.
As of Nintento Wii U, it's still early to say if they are going share the same fate of SEGA Dreamcast or not. But they have made some really bad choice this time with Wii U. Their marketing effort is really bad and choosing the name Wii U instead of Wii 2 was a greatest mistake they have ever made. Recent reletionship with EA is also not looking good for Nintendo. With the new controller and system Nintendo is in a situation where their console is not targeted to the Core gamer nor to the Casual gamers. its too early to predict Wii U's future, but surely Nintendo is not in the same war with Sony and Microsoft, that is hardcore gaming market.
Whats going to happen to the Next gen consoles only time will tell But in My opinion the nextgen console war's looking very intense. What do you think?
if they use the Gaika tech or remote play or some kind of tech to stream games/content from my PS3 to PS4, so that I don't have to connect My PS3 to the TV. This way I can access all my PS3 content from PS4 interface and can use the PS4 controller to control everything. and if the same thing can be done From PS Vita , then it will be really cool. What do everyone think.
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