I'm cross posting the predictions I made for Borys, to share with the rest of you. Tonight I shall be as one of the prophets, or crucified!
Many a tears will be shed tonight by butthurt Ninfags after seeing real-time PS4 demos and studios on board......... I hope they stocked up on Luigi-branded handkerchiefs!
Here's a genuine prediction Borys, from me to you, because I love you
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- Underwhelming sections caused by Sony having to PR manage the last 6 years, give the PSVita some attention, and to explain the add-ons to the new controller.
- Initial widespread praise and excitement for good looking titles.
- Sony's drones - who have experienced 6 years of brutal market adjustment and abuse at the hands of Microsoft and Nintendo fans - will try and claim some kind of pyrrhic victory. It will probably make forums around the Internet quite obnoxious; the equivalent to talking with children who have their fingers in their ears.
- At this conference, or at E3 -- we will learn that Backwards compatibility comes at a cost. More Sony online services will come at a cost than ever before.
- At this conference, or at E3 -- the price will be announced. It is unlikely to be mass-market low.
- Following this conference, and at E3 -- the competition will roll out their real guns.
- As the days and months roll on, the passage of time will begin to erode knee-jerk excitement. The implications of cost and the competition will be more closely considered by all sane gamers.
- By November, sites will be doing Digital-Foundry-esque comparison pieces (for hits) that point out where PS4 games fall short against PC games, or against Durango games. Services will be compared bang-for-buck too.
- At some point, a niggle or problem, or an unsatisfactory experience will be encountered that causes all these months of hype to backfire. Gakai stuff might be a key area here.
- In the long-term, Sony will continue to be a bit-part player, not an innovator. They will continue to have a reasonable, rather than exceptional, piece of the pie. Their fans will be as nothing, directionless, with nothing special to gloat about, until - as in 2010/11 - Nintendo and Microsoft start diverting resources to successor systems.
Search your feelings. You know this is how it plays out.
The days of PlayStation being a giant in gaming are over. [/troll]
