Post: PS3 and Xbox to combine? ex-Sony games boss thinks so.
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11-18-2010, 10:24 PM
#1
Howdoh
NextGenHoward.
Well last year David Reeves retired from his joint position as deputy president of SCE worldwide and president of SCEE two positions i am not sure what they cover exactly.The current Capcom coo seem to think that the rising cost of the development cost he may have may simple force employers to join with Microsoft within the next 15 years.. But in 15 years time will both companies still be producing there 'Nextgen consoles'? with tough competition between the two consoles already can we not see one dropping out of the race to be the best as they have fallen behind?
If these two consoles and services combined would we see a great improvement in what they provided or would the one horse race be a lost cause and instead of the merger succeeding would we see great mistakes? As it is seen Microsoft provided a better online service so to speak yet Sony prefer to fill there consoles with all the technology they can so surely if they combined we could finally get the best of both worlds?
Reece say:
Originally posted by another user
"When you're on the first-party side, you realise how really, really expensive it is to develop a platform. Whether it's PS3, or Xbox 360 or even Wii, they cost millions - maybe not billions, but absolutely millions. You don't know when to put that stake in the ground of technology and move on. You know, say 'that's enough'.Eventually, it may just become so expensive to develop that Microsoft and Sony say, 'Okay, let's get together.' I'd say it's between 10 and 15 years away. That's how long I think it will take. I don't think it will be the next console cycle, but probably the next cycle after that, where you might have something platform-agnostic"
So what do you think to what he has said? baring in mind he had 15 years experience within Sony so he knows their workings and the already high development cost?
I could see the advantages of the two services combining, i mean i know a few people on PS3 who would love the services XBOX get with there live.. But also people who have an XBOX but see the PS3 as a superior console. But i think both consoles have different things to offer both bad and good. Whats not to like about a combined services even if it is due to the development costs.
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11-20-2010, 12:02 AM
#11
ResistTheSun
In Flames Much?
For some things they are..
Well some servers are used for PC and PS3 like stat servers.
MS run all the Xbox stuff so that does not happen but they are not that far apart. Couple server roomz down.......
Last time i checked.
In theory it could happen however your need to get over sony japan thinking they are always right and being a bit slow.
And MS just not being radical and allowing more creative things.
Sony very good for supporting stuff and coming up with creative stuff.
MS very good at doing a service as xbox live proves.
If they do i hope we get all the stuff PC users have , in game admins and server lists etc.
Less cheating on PC due to the fact it harder to get away with.
May happen business all about cutting costs
Well some servers are used for PC and PS3 like stat servers.
MS run all the Xbox stuff so that does not happen but they are not that far apart. Couple server roomz down.......
Last time i checked.
In theory it could happen however your need to get over sony japan thinking they are always right and being a bit slow.
And MS just not being radical and allowing more creative things.
Sony very good for supporting stuff and coming up with creative stuff.
MS very good at doing a service as xbox live proves.
If they do i hope we get all the stuff PC users have , in game admins and server lists etc.
Less cheating on PC due to the fact it harder to get away with.
May happen business all about cutting costs
11-20-2010, 12:08 AM
#14
Harlem Shake
Banned
This would be a great addition to the gaming consoles categories. PlayStation 3 and xBox 360 are the two main consoles that have huge debates between them in the current condition. (No offense to Nintendo users 
) If Sony and Microsoft combined their talents and made a new console that had both of the aspects of each console in it, it would be great and there would be no more debating over which console is better or not.
I apologize to Nintendo users, if this was somewhat offensive. Though in my opinion, Nintendo = :FU:
) If Sony and Microsoft combined their talents and made a new console that had both of the aspects of each console in it, it would be great and there would be no more debating over which console is better or not.I apologize to Nintendo users, if this was somewhat offensive. Though in my opinion, Nintendo = :FU:
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11-29-2010, 09:05 PM
#18
IDontbreak
Cake is a lie
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