Are you willing to pay $450 or $500 for PS4 or Nextbox? How about $75 for a game for those systems? That is where the next gen systems with mainframe power are headed. If prices are lower, either MS and Sony are putting out lower spec machines than speculated or taking huge losses on hardware. Hell, in two years you can spend $700 and buy a pc that will be future proof and out perform any of the consoles. Just sayin.
@Talavaj We will see about that. Let's see, nobody is buying vita, and smart glass requires you to buy a tablet, and it doesn't do nearly the same thing as the Wii U Gamepad. Let's see you play Halo with a tablet, or Metal Gear using a Vita. Please post a video online for all to see. Peace.
Agree with you too. Folks need to check out the Panoramic demo they showed. That is not an easy thing to accomplish, but it is a great idea, that is not possible without motion control. This idea would be great in may FPS, as it can make it more immersible. Everyone calls these control types gimmicks, but why is everyone copying and trying to incorporate them? If they were no good, no one would use them.
i see your point, however, MS and Sony are making sure to include that "gimmick" with their systems from now on. Not to mention any smart phone or tablet you can find now-a-days also includes that "gimmick". My kids and I play the Wii weekly, hell I play all of my current gen systems weekly, including 3DS. I'm just saying that more people still play Wii, although it is a fad argument to say that no one plays Wii after they buy it.
@rarson You are right, and I believe Nintendo knows that. I think it will be able to support DX11, and I even think that the UE4 engine is a real possibility. We shall see, but I am confident in Nintendo.
@rarson That is a great point, and folks should take heed. A lot of these ppl are assuming that Sony and MS are going to produce consoles that will rival PCs and that ain't happening! Companies make games and consoles to make money. Those type of uber-powerful systems will not make financial since, not to mention the software devs are already struggling to make viable games on today's systems, from a budget standpoint. Nintendo's approach is a strategic one, and I think it is smart. Can you imagine the price of one of those games?! Folks should remember that Sony and MS took losses on each system sold for the first few yrs while selling their systems for more thank Wii U is going to cost.
It is amazing that we are thinking the exact same thing. I think that Sony and MS will actually watch how Wii U does with sales and attach rate. they are going to make stronger systems based upon what they feel is needed to out-perform the Wii U and to not take a loss. IMO folks may be a bit disappointed. Having said that I think Nintendo is smart as Sony and MS will most likely not release their systems until 2014, so Nintendo is going to have real success between launch and then, and possibly the first yr after.
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