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Re: Valve: Why the PC is the future
Skimmed the article and didn't see this addressed.
Another reason consoles aren't the future: Sony and Microsoft cannot continue to absorb huge losses just to push their game machines into people's homes. If they charged enough to break even, no one would buy them.
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randomuser83
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| said by footballdude  :Skimmed the article and didn't see this addressed. Another reason consoles aren't the future: Sony and Microsoft cannot continue to absorb huge losses just to push their game machines into people's homes. If they charged enough to break even, no one would buy them. QFT and also, the PC gaming industry does not require these new systems everytime the technology comes out. This last wave of consoles was a bit early and that hurt all three big names. Shoot, Sony STILL is reporting losses on the PS3 and should barely start seeing that change now due to the BluRay/HDDVD battle finally being won. I also think that PC has a big advantage because little things like improvements in graphics or play can be made by an upgrade of a single component in your system. You will probably never see that in the console world. |
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said by footballdude :Skimmed the article and didn't see this addressed. Another reason consoles aren't the future: Sony and Microsoft cannot continue to absorb huge losses just to push their game machines into people's homes. If they charged enough to break even, no one would buy them. Agree.
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said by randomuser83 :said by footballdude :Skimmed the article and didn't see this addressed. Another reason consoles aren't the future: Sony and Microsoft cannot continue to absorb huge losses just to push their game machines into people's homes. If they charged enough to break even, no one would buy them. QFT and also, the PC gaming industry does not require these new systems everytime the technology comes out. This last wave of consoles was a bit early and that hurt all three big names. Shoot, Sony STILL is reporting losses on the PS3 and should barely start seeing that change now due to the BluRay/HDDVD battle finally being won. I also think that PC has a big advantage because little things like improvements in graphics or play can be made by an upgrade of a single component in your system. You will probably never see that in the console world. Not entirely correct. Nintendo, unlike Sony and Microsoft, is actually making a profit off of the hardware. This makes Nintendo the clear winner for this generation, considering how popular the Wii still is. |
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| said by Mchart :said by randomuser83 :said by footballdude :Skimmed the article and didn't see this addressed. Another reason consoles aren't the future: Sony and Microsoft cannot continue to absorb huge losses just to push their game machines into people's homes. If they charged enough to break even, no one would buy them. QFT and also, the PC gaming industry does not require these new systems everytime the technology comes out. This last wave of consoles was a bit early and that hurt all three big names. Shoot, Sony STILL is reporting losses on the PS3 and should barely start seeing that change now due to the BluRay/HDDVD battle finally being won. I also think that PC has a big advantage because little things like improvements in graphics or play can be made by an upgrade of a single component in your system. You will probably never see that in the console world. Not entirely correct. Nintendo, unlike Sony and Microsoft, is actually making a profit off of the hardware. This makes Nintendo the clear winner for this generation, considering how popular the Wii still is. Nintendo was also making tons of money off the Gamecube, despite selling the least out of the PS2 and Xbox... For at least the first 3 years, Nintendo was constantly pulling Quarterly Profits on Console sales while Sony and MS were losing on hardware sales.
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