ZywyPL
Banned
As the title says. I just got a thought about Lockhart, except in the opposite direction - instead of cheaper console that's aiming for lower resolution, for people who don't mind lesser performance, what if Sony/MS offered a more expensive option, that aims for higher performance (framerate), for those who do care about it?
With many games, especially 3rd party titles, targeting 30FPS, and it's safe to say waaay more of them are coming, not just at launch but throughout the entire generation, the next 6-7 years, would you mind spending some extra for a console with beefier GPU that would allow to push the games to 60/120FPS? For instance 60FPS Ratchet&Clank, Horizon, or 120FPS CoD/Doom.
Let's say the base consoles will cost 499$, so with a bigger GPU and cooling the "high performance" models would cost 649-699$, would you go for it? Sort of like a Pro version, but available on day one instead of somewhere in the middle of the generation.
Now, I know some will say that consoles are suppose to be as accessible (cheap) as possible, and that's true, I fully agree with that, however I think there is an untapped market to be reached, I mean, we already see people saying "PC it is then", while to get the desired level of performance, those PCs will cost thousands of dollars, literally. Which again, PC market clearly demonstrates that while most average Joes opt for parts that cost 100/150/200 bucks, there is quite a large group of enthusiast that are willing to spend 600-1200$ on a single component. So why not attract those people onto consoles, even if it would've been 800-1000$ for entire package, instead of just a single part? I would have to be a limited supply obviously, like every 1 on 10 shipped consoles, but I think many people would opt for it. I know I would. How about you?
With many games, especially 3rd party titles, targeting 30FPS, and it's safe to say waaay more of them are coming, not just at launch but throughout the entire generation, the next 6-7 years, would you mind spending some extra for a console with beefier GPU that would allow to push the games to 60/120FPS? For instance 60FPS Ratchet&Clank, Horizon, or 120FPS CoD/Doom.
Let's say the base consoles will cost 499$, so with a bigger GPU and cooling the "high performance" models would cost 649-699$, would you go for it? Sort of like a Pro version, but available on day one instead of somewhere in the middle of the generation.
Now, I know some will say that consoles are suppose to be as accessible (cheap) as possible, and that's true, I fully agree with that, however I think there is an untapped market to be reached, I mean, we already see people saying "PC it is then", while to get the desired level of performance, those PCs will cost thousands of dollars, literally. Which again, PC market clearly demonstrates that while most average Joes opt for parts that cost 100/150/200 bucks, there is quite a large group of enthusiast that are willing to spend 600-1200$ on a single component. So why not attract those people onto consoles, even if it would've been 800-1000$ for entire package, instead of just a single part? I would have to be a limited supply obviously, like every 1 on 10 shipped consoles, but I think many people would opt for it. I know I would. How about you?
