[HEADING=2]You are all CHEAPSKATES![/HEADING]
Games cost from $20 - $60, and will last from 12 to 100+ hours with multiple play-throughs. And you're complaining? Do any of you know the financial set backs Sony & Microsoft has seen since both of their consoles came out? Do any of you care?
"No worldfest!" You all shout. "Give us games!"
Microsoft and Sony [http://www.vg247.com/2013/01/07/xbox-360-and-ps3-losses-total-8-billion-ex-sony-employee-paints-grim-future/comment-page-1/]have lost 8 BILLION dollars since they came out with the PS3 and Xbox360. They are struggling to expand their market, and keep costs down.
It's human nature to get comfortable with the status quote --
we're creatures of habbit; but
Welcome to the new wave of security: an industry not only working toward your protection, but also for developers and industries.
You, the hardcore gamer, are not as important as the soft/casual consumers.
[HEADING=3]You point to the Wii U[/HEADING]
"They do good, sound business!" You say. "Look! They're so successful with casual gaming that they're trying to get the Hardcore culture."
Well, so much for trying. Crysis 3 is a no show for the Wii U [http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/08/crysis-3-is-not-coming-to-the-wii-u-for-real-this-time/]. And now Castlevania is off the boat, too [http://www.geek.com/articles/games/konami-decides-against-castlevania-release-on-wii-u-2013018/] Neither is the upcoming Tomb Raider [http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/06/07/correction-tomb-raider-not-targeting-wii-u.aspx]. And no Bioshock Infinite [http://www.gamespot.com/news/bioshock-infinite-skipping-wii-u-6401345]. Not to mention the lagging mess of their Online Store [http://kotaku.com/5973939/when-it-comes-to-the-wii-us-online-store-nintendo-is-dropping-the-ball].
There's no clarity of their future; but we're all counting on some measure of Genius to pull them through. I don't think it's going to happen.
[HEADING=3]Sony and Microsoft need to consolidate costs.[/HEADING]
This is why the future will be online downloads and purchases. It's logical. If you can sell directly, why not? If you can keep said product from being resold; why not? Enough of this silly Anti-wall street shtick. It's time to grow up, and realize that the world's changing faster than you are; and that the more adaptable you become, the more successful you will be.
EX: Netflix ruined Blockbuster and every tangible building competitor. We don't rent movies anymore. We stream. It isn't Netflix's fault that Blockbuster is in decline; Blockbuster should have seen this coming.
Change hurts, but we get used to it.
Just think how silly you'll feel when your children laugh at these aged concepts of used games.