Microsoft's method is pro-consumer, but Sony's method is pro-gamer.
As a hardcore gamer, I certainly am excited for new gaming experiences.
Edit: I will have to add that MS being pro-consumer is the narrative pushed for nextgen, we did not hear any narrative like this in 2013
gonna have to disagree hard on it being pro-consumer. it's as anti-consumer as you can get.
MS being "pro-consumer" is a bullshit narrative.
New consoles always had exclusives at launch, it was never a problem until now... I mean, it still isn't, it's just fanboys running wild with that because of console wars.
This. so much.
It is NOT pro-consumer to sell a next gen console while offering gamers zero next gen games. We dont expect third parties to invest in consoles with small userbases, but thats where first parties come in. The entire point of first party studios is to get games that showcase your platform and utilize the hardware to the fullest. All those studio acquisitions and they are making cross gen games? This defeats the entire purpose of it all.
It is NOT pro-consumer to sell a cheaper and weaker version of a console at an affordable price point. What would be pro-consumer is what sony did with the PS1 and PS2 where they took the loss themselves, more than $100 per box, to sell it at a mass market $299 price. They did not downgrade the specs. They did not offer a shittier product to the people who couldn't afford a more expensive console. They decided that this billion dollar company of theirs could afford to take a $100 loss so that the consumer can afford a cheaper console. THAT is pro-consumer. Lockhart by definition is anti-consumer because instead of taking a loss they are passing it to the consumer to penetrate a market and saturate it with a weaker and shittier console. Every consumer who buys that console thinking its a next gen console is going to be getting a watered down experience. How is that pro-consumer?
I remember getting banned for criticizing MS's crossplay stance on old-gaf. Sure it's pro-consumer to have all players play together regardless of their platform of choice, but MS forces you to get Xbox Live Gold subs just to play F2P games like Fortnite, Apex and Cod Warzone. Meanwhile on the ps4, f2p games dont require a ps+ sub. So who is more pro-consumer here? Sony or MS?
Imagine dating an average looking girl when you were poor. 7 years later, you get a new job, maybe you win a lottery or become a doctor and now you can upgrade. You go out and get yourself a perfect 10 model. Hot, blonde, tall, 12 tflops. But you cant play with her. All that money wasted on taking this model to dinner, and you have to come home to your plain jane who now looks slightly better with some makeup on, maybe even runs at 60 fps and native 4k. But shes still doesn't look anywhere near as good as that perfect 10 model. I am sure you love her the same because you arent a shallow bastard, but then wtf was the point of buying this other console.