We've all heard this console generations' lamento:
PS4 and XBOne are just glorified 2013 budget gaming PCs and already way outdated.
Checkmate for the PC gamer Masterreich?
Will we all soon have to worry about what drivers we install, whether running the new benchmark will literally fry our graphics card, and other PC gaming Mastersh!t like that?? =(
Look back at history - SEGA tried it multiple times, Nintendo tried it once, Microsoft tried it once, only Sony held back. But all these attempts at modular expansions failed horribly. People want to play games, not buy even more stuff just to play a game.
But this really looks like the perfect idea for a crowdfunding scam!
It looks like a return to the 90s, when companies would release hardware upgrades to existing machines - think Sega CD32 or N64DD or the N64 Expansion pak.
They didn't do very well then - I think because the enduring appeal of home consoles over, say, a PC, is of a dedicated machine that 'just works' without having to worry about "is the hardware compatible?"
It looks like a return to the 90s, when companies would release hardware upgrades to existing machines - think Sega CD32 or N64DD or the N64 Expansion pak.
However, quoting from that flyer:
>> ■ No “32X Effect”
All games support all 3 hardware levels from the go, offering 3 fixed fidelity levels, matching your gaming budget as well as technological progress.
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That's a significant difference, isn't it? The 32X et al. had exclusive compatibility: no older games would employ them, nor could their dedicated games be played without the add-ons.
The concept here is radically different, in that all games are compatible with all upgrade levels.
And BTW, despite all this, both the Famicom Disk Drive and the N64 Expansion Pak did fairly well. Though demand for upgrades certainly was lower than in today's situation where gamers are flocking to PC gaming precisely for upgradability.
The only way to do it would be to have going into it the knowledge that every two years to play games from then onwards then you had to pay X. (And doing it was as easy as say changing a laptop battery. clip out / put the new one in / clip back in).
Best version of Fifa / Madden on a console like that and it would be successful.
What I want from a console is 60fps / no load times / perfection (Single hardware config).
Only problem I have with the Wii U is the loadtimes. Problem I would have with PS4/Xbone all of them.
PC can have all of them. (By having loads more hardware than should be necessary).
“30fps Is Not a Good Artistic Decision, It's a Failure”
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