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Originally Posted by mgkdragn /forum/post/20798405
I don't see any compelling reason why Sony should release a new console .. there is no major capability that is lacking in the PS3 .. most of what we "want" would be software related ..
I'm not evangelizing for a new console. I agree that there's really no need. I'm simply pointing out that in the past, these changes to software would have sneaked in alongside faster, newer hardware. There would have been no outcry because nothing would have seemed like it was being "taken away." It would just have been the new console, plain and simple. But because this console is lasting so long without a replacement in sight, substantial revisions (to the network, the OS, and so on) are bound to happen as the goals and profits of the industry change. Not only is this one of the longest console cycles we've ever had, but it's also one of the most revolutionary. Many, many things have changed in the past six years.
IMO, instead of a Sony-bashing OP, it would have been interesting to see a comprehensive chart of the losses
as well as additions to the network, store, and OS since launch.
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as well, in 2006, when the PS3 hit North America, streaming as we know it may have been in it's infancy, but it was not unknown ..
Didn't say the tech was unknown, just that no one (especially Sony) expected streaming to be so profitable and so successful on game consoles. Sony's big mistake with the original hardware was that they assumed the big leaps would be in hardware (blu-ray, bluetooth, SACD, etc), not in network offerings (streaming media) and content delivery (digital downloads). And to some degree, they still think this is the case (3D, for example).
EDIT: For example, it seems ludicrous now that Sony included so many different connections for portable memory. But they really thought they were "future proofing" the console by doing so. Instead, they made it an expensive relic; which is why they ditched those things IMO. And as much as I hate that they got rid of PS2 BC, that was also something of a relic.