Re: Why would anyone get a desktop anymore
It's not about technology at all, it's about money. That's why Nintendo and Sony (and Microsoft, how many Xbox-only games can you name that aren't on the PC?) keep flogging out game consoles instead of licensing games to "rivals" like the PC, they want people to be fooled to think that their systems are the future, only to release a brand new console two years later and force gamers up upgrade if they want to play the next series of a game.
Namco did this a lot with the Tekken series (as Namco and Sony were butt-buddies since Tekken's inception, with the Tekken 1 arcade machine being not much more than a hacked up PlayStation 1 with the CD-ROM removed, despite Namco having their own arcade system, known as "System 22", which would have easily been up to the task for a fighting game using a basic 3D engine; Ridge Racer was much more "killer app" than Tekken in the 3D department). Tekken Tag Tournament was a PS2 exclusive, but the arcade version was the same as Tekken 3 and retained the PS1-like graphics - Tekken 5 was released on PS2 (and its arcade variants were based on the PS2 as well), but everyone soon wanted the updated "5.1" (arcade release only) or Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection; of course, guess what ended up on the PS3 and PSP to force gamers to buy another expensive console or two?
While this may have worked in the 1980s and 1990s when the PC hadn't fully developed, but the tables have since turned; game consoles are generally weaker as they cannot be upgraded to become more powerful or useful (just like today's tablets in fact, no-one wants a tablet or phone from 2011 because it is already obsolete and "unusable"). It would be like buying a bottom-end PC tomorrow and leaving it as-is in its stock, bargain-basement configuration; don't change out the RAM, don't install a graphics card, just use the onboard graphics, don't change out the hard drive for more disk space, don't install service packs or a later OS, don't replace or overclock or unlock the CPU (the latter for cheap CPUs with cores disabled), the list goes on.
The same can be said about Apple and its anti-jailbreaking stance. They don't want you using "rival" programs that aren't endorsed by Apple themselves, they could be cheaper or even free and Apple would lose profits!
Originally posted by thesloc
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Namco did this a lot with the Tekken series (as Namco and Sony were butt-buddies since Tekken's inception, with the Tekken 1 arcade machine being not much more than a hacked up PlayStation 1 with the CD-ROM removed, despite Namco having their own arcade system, known as "System 22", which would have easily been up to the task for a fighting game using a basic 3D engine; Ridge Racer was much more "killer app" than Tekken in the 3D department). Tekken Tag Tournament was a PS2 exclusive, but the arcade version was the same as Tekken 3 and retained the PS1-like graphics - Tekken 5 was released on PS2 (and its arcade variants were based on the PS2 as well), but everyone soon wanted the updated "5.1" (arcade release only) or Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection; of course, guess what ended up on the PS3 and PSP to force gamers to buy another expensive console or two?
While this may have worked in the 1980s and 1990s when the PC hadn't fully developed, but the tables have since turned; game consoles are generally weaker as they cannot be upgraded to become more powerful or useful (just like today's tablets in fact, no-one wants a tablet or phone from 2011 because it is already obsolete and "unusable"). It would be like buying a bottom-end PC tomorrow and leaving it as-is in its stock, bargain-basement configuration; don't change out the RAM, don't install a graphics card, just use the onboard graphics, don't change out the hard drive for more disk space, don't install service packs or a later OS, don't replace or overclock or unlock the CPU (the latter for cheap CPUs with cores disabled), the list goes on.
The same can be said about Apple and its anti-jailbreaking stance. They don't want you using "rival" programs that aren't endorsed by Apple themselves, they could be cheaper or even free and Apple would lose profits!
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