the main is done ofcourse. the coding is done. and it works. but that still leaves open for updates on the hardware until short for release.
thats why the launch title's are never taking out a 100% of the system.
they are not making these games on these specs. they make them below it. so their sure the machine can handle it. and to keep room for improvements.
Launch titles never take 100% out of a system because developers take years to figure out how to do that. That's why Majora's Mask has improvements over Ocarina of Time, and both were made by the manufacturer itself.
Hell, compare early PS3 games to PS3 games coming out now. They're looking and playing better as a whole.
Besides, I'm not sure we're on the same page here. A large part of the hardware specs aren't just done, they're already confirmed, out there, announced by Sony.
they are now on every game site and they will be again whit the next wave of info. it's part of marketing.
That's arguable. They showed the controller and revealed the specs
have you followed apple the last few years a little? or the mobile market as a whole?
these "convenience" can be used in the promotion. and attract just those few more people.
Sony isn't Apple. And this isn't the "mobile market". That's not a general rule. Apple captivates people through their marketing and mystique, not because they're offering more features (and they really aren't).
Giving people extra crap and charging more, when you haven't even built confidence in your product - and the PS4 is brand-new - is bad for business.
Being affordable is central to a new console's sales. Look at the 3DS for instance, and how it was tanking up until Nintendo slashed the price. In fact, Nintendo was selling the Wii U
at a loss when it launched, just to get people to buy it, and break even when they purchased a game.
the price of a disc drive in those amounts really isn't that much.
It's not just a disk drive though, is it? Because it's still blu-ray. It's the entire architecture, as was clarified in an earlier post. In my understanding that's almost like fitting another console in there.
why do you think the price on release is always above the 1000 and drop to 700/800 then 500 and end on 200/300?
I have no idea what you're talking about, because none of the consoles in this generation were ever sold "above the 1000" (unless there's some ultra-high end PS3 with 5TB storage I never heard of), and the reason why they get cheaper is very simple: they become simpler to manufacture as they become technologically surpassed.
Competitive pricing is paramount when talking about a new console's sales. Look at how much cheaper the Wii was than its competitors. People don't just buy new **** because it's new all the time; again, not every company is Apple.
and this can keep those that might consider to go to xbox next gen to stay. whitout it, it doesn't matter wich one to choose.
It's absolutely untrue to say "it doesn't matter". If you're a PS3 fan, you're more likely to go with the PS4 already, because you're already used to PSN and not paying for it, as well as attached to the exclusives that Sony has to offer. You're not going to switch just like that.
(And in my honest opinion you're making the right choice, because the PS3 is clearly the superior console and **** Microsoft.)
