If you're a veteran gamer, then you're probably familiar with faulty hardware. Whether it was the NES, which required constant blowing of the cartridge. The original Playstation, which often demanded gamers to flip it upside down in order to read the disc. Or maybe your first experience with shoddy hardware was the PS2's disc read error. Whatever the case may be, we as gamers have much experience with crappy hardware. The ironic thing about this is the fact that each of the aforementioned consoles, no matter how defective they were, went on to become the most successful platforms in their respective generations. The one thing these consoles had in common was the fact that there was no substitute for the fun factor these consoles provided when they were up and running. So how in the hell did the 360 survive with a 33% failure rate and the PS3 breathing down its neck?
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Nothing. It's up to the gamers to stop consuming content from companies that they don't agree with.
How do you know if you agree with it or not unless you play it? Which without conventions forces gamers to rely on trailers. Perhaps Demos should be made more frequently. But companies need to do better as well.
But is that not what they have now? Tons of gameplay or are you talking about watching actual gamers play it versus the trailers and streams? The big issue is that some companies pay streamers and influencers and they create content but for me; that is hardly a fair, unbiased, and factual look at a game.
They usually are attached to the money sadly. It would be nice to have gamers in charge but you have so much money invested that business people are needed. Hence the issue; you need people who know business but are also gamers who know have an eye to the community. It sounds simple in theory that if you give gamers quality games that they want to play; money will be made. But that is not always so.
dunno, maybe they are just smart
No one cared about the PS3 during the time RROD first blew up. People wanted the 360s new IP's and online offerings and could care less about PS3. They wanted the 360 for what it offered period. I would say the same thing about Playstation fans jumping ship because of PS2 hardware issues because they wanted what PS2 offered and nothing else mattered. Claiming there is still major issues with new consoles is simply fanboyism.
didn't really understand it either
I don't think they have overcome it, some consumers think its just part of a gaming system, some consumers don't even know about something called a "PS3" because of Sony's lack of marketing skill and the annoying media.
in other words, some kids think it is normal for a console to have these problems, and it's not. My PS2 is still alive, dusty, but still kicking perfectly.
What cant M$/ Xbox360 do??? DONT CALL IT A COME BACK!!!