On Jan 12, 5:13 pm, "Tom" <no...@nothere.com> wrote:
> "The alMIGHTY N" <natle...@yahoo.com> wrote in messagenews:1c82f85a-86bc-429e-bf77-0e87979dd8e1@x15g2000vbr.googlegroups.com...
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> > On Jan 11, 2:37 pm, Morgan <nos...@nospam.co.uk> wrote:
> >> The alMIGHTY N wrote:
> >> >> MS do seem to be putting a lot of eggs in the Natal basket don' they.
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> >> >> can see it being a nifty little gadget and have some fun games but
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> >> >> not gonna be a successful core to maintain the consol's life span. I
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> >> >> wonder what MS would say id Sony announced a PS4 tomorrow. Don't get
> >> >> me wrong, the 360 is a nice bit of kit, it's just getting very longin
> >> >> the tooth now. I'm glad I've already got money set aside for a new PC
> >> >> when the time is right.
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> >> > Good to know there's *SOMEONE* else here with some good sense.
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> >> I don't see why some people seem so reluctant to acknowledge even the
> >> possibility that this generation is getting well past it's prime. Hell,
> >> assuming Moore's Law still hold true then it's a scientific fact.
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> > Some people just don't want to spend another $400 on a console... :-)
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> I feel the same sentiments really. But, for a nexgen console, it would have
> to have more powerful hardware to produce better graphics, not only in
> visuals, but physics, mappings, etc, otherwise what's the point. It will
> also need (at least IMO) 2gigs RAM if there's any hope to have noticeable
> higher res textures.. At this stage in the game when looking at some of the
> really good looking games already seen on the 360 and the PS3, to make a
> noticeable dent in the looks and performance, I don't know if it would be
> cost effective. I am not saying this because they couldn't do a console like
> this and launch it, more than probably MS (and even Sony) are not really
> into going to go into a next gen losing money on the scale they did rightat
> launch this gen.
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> The economy is a factor as well when concerning the risk taking concerning
> making quicker profits, not going to happen as long as unemployment is the
> way it should be for at least another year or two when sales could possibly
> start off lukewarm at best. They will probably wait until powerful enough
> hardware is economically feasible enough to launch with a better chance at
> creating profits from the hardware, while offering a (hopefully) cheaper
> launch price point than this gen.
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> MS would do itself a favor if it would drop Nadal as well, because, I think
> they're losing focus on console gaming development dropping money into
> something I don't think is going to be any major component in gaming or
> profits.
Agreed across pretty much all of your points. Unfortunately... :-(
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