Q & A with Denis Dyack, president of Silicon Knights

[seismologist]

I agree with him about general consumers. But Most people here aren't general consumers. We're the people who card about those missing fx or 10fps difference between versions of the same game.

So hardware still does matter.

 

[gurgi]

but as long as console cost £300+

You honestly think the same business model would exist if it weren't for competition? Machines would be less powerful and/or more money.

If only PS3 were coming out, and Sony charged £1000 for it, it wouldn't sell - not in any numbers anyway. At £500 it wouldn't sell. They'd have to drop the price to something people were willing to spend. Might be say £200, where it'd be £100-150 with competition, but prices would drop to what people were willing to spend. How can it be otherwise?

"We Sony. We makee gleat console. We selly console for thousand pounds. We only sell 50 console. We could sell 50 million if we sell console for £200, and we makey more money from licensees, but we sell for thousand pounds - it is velly good money for work of art that is PlayStation most beautiful."

I think not

People have been known to spend $1k for a PC. How much was a dual 6800 SLI setup at launch for just the graphics cards alone?

 

[Shifty Geezer]

Not many though. For a company to make software on licensing fees for games produced, they're gonna want pervasive hardware.

 

[PC-Engine]

For a single consoles standard, you'd need to setup a console standards setting body and have all the the hardware AND software gaming companies become members. Then you'd need to propose a standard architecture and go from there. Problem is I do not see SONY or Nintendo joining this consortium. SONY usually goes with their own proprietary technlogy even when very few people uses it. I don't know about Nintendo, since they don't seem like the kind to join a standards setting body. SONY OTOH have joined many standards setting bodies same with MS.

 

[Shifty Geezer]

Or you have a bloody console war until there's only one left standing

 

[jvd]

a single standard would kill the industry . Price s will stay high , tech will take a long time to roll over . I don't really want that . I want to see 2 hardware players equaly matched at the least