Forbes - It seems likely that both Microsoft and Sony will have fresh games consoles on the market ready in time for the holiday spending extravaganza. But it is very probable that these devices – Microsoft’s is widely expected to be called the Xbox 720, while we know Sony’s will be the PlayStation 4 – will have a much tougher time penetrating the market than their predecessors did.
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Almost unbelievably, Days Gone has just turned 5 years old after launching on April 26th, 2019. What's changed in that time?
This is exactly why I try to be fair to all Console makers,
because the market keeps predicting console gaming's demise to Tablets and Smartphones.
I feel that if one company fails, at this point in time, it will make it harder for the rest.
Anyway, most of the concerns the writer makes, I agree with a little and a lot.
Time and careful analyst will reveal "All" (Most).
Who know what new conditions will be in the World Market a year from now?
The more Multiplats that come out the more the consoles suffer as PC mods on multiplats are offering more for Less
Microsoft doesn't even care about exclusives and makes money selling services and licensing fees. And really hammers Sony with timed exclusives and advertisement of certain games that just sell batter on xbox
Sony needs to create a better Exclusive gaming eco system to get more casuals who find the timed exclusives from MS appealing. I think this time around Sony will do that.
Either way all 3 consoles need to do something that says "Hey you can only get this type of gameplay on our machine"
The Wiiu will eventually do it with the remote controller and Mario Zelda Metroid
X720 will be selling all types of stuff, time exclusives, and cable subscriptions
Sony with cross platform play and Game Exclusives.
I understand what this guy is saying but his product life cycle analysis is some what shambolic and speculates without any real trend analysis.
Yes there are more handhelds out there and cheaper games for 'casual players'. You could argue tablets and smartphones have opened the door for this market to mature in taste and choice (somewhat complimentary to the gaming industry). The opportunity for both Sony, and MS was both clear to them as they tried with such things with Kinect and Move and not to mention the huge success of the Wii.
The cost of consoles has yet to be announced and remains to be seen if the price point remains high. The technology is less specialised in Sony's case keeping the cost of components down. Also the potential market is much larger than it was when the 360 and PS3 first launched- as said in the article 75 million consoles are out there providing a large opportunity to convert these potential buyers at the right price point.
It is clear one of Sony's strategy will heavily focus on the social media slant to capitalise on the casual. This time going further than before. Sony have already given us a slight taste of what to expect. Nintendo are trying to diversify with a tablet which makes sense but why not just buy a tablet that plays Nintendo games? It'll be interesting to see how this pans out.
Is it any coincidence Sony are supporting Indie developers? I wouldn't be surprised to see cheaper and smaller games in the future. Also free to play games will play a huge part in next gen- especially with the proposed minimal download waiting times. We have yet to see MS hand aswell!
How far can mobile games go? They are limited by sound quality, full multi-player features such as voice, screen size, new artistic direction, improved animation (both debatable), battery-life, touch of controller, etc. Mobile gaming is what is for its convenience. Console gaming on the other hand, is a widely accepted form of entertainment and if you think the next COD came out on next gen only how many people would convert to next gen?