Next-Gen Consoles (Coming 2020-ish)

Revelator · Post by **Revelator** » Thu September 17, 2020 6:42 pm

I'm a Playstation guy, but I'll hand it to Microsoft for at least announcing a day and time and (so far) sticking to it. Understand it may not be Sony's fault if retailers jumped the gun but I doubt we'll see this happen with the Series X pre-orders go live. Sony promised we'd know when pre-orders went live but yesterday's announcement of orders 'going live as soon as tomorrow' was horseshit. Everything felt unorganized and chaotic. It's an inexcusable mess. yeah I'm pretty butt hurt right now too

tree_ · Post by **tree_** » Thu September 17, 2020 6:42 pm

What percentage of software goes to retailers? Again, I would assume not much. Accessories, I can see that.

Monkey_Driven · Post by **Monkey_Driven** » Thu September 17, 2020 6:43 pm

Revelator wrote:I'm a Playstation guy, but I'll hand it to Microsoft for at least announcing a day and time and (so far) sticking to it. Understand it may not be Sony's fault if retailers jumped the gun but I doubt we'll see this happen with the Series X pre-orders go live. Sony promised we'd know when pre-orders went live but yesterday's announcement of orders 'going live as soon as tomorrow' was horseshit. Everything felt unorganized and chaotic. It's an inexcusable mess. yeah I'm pretty butt hurt right now too

Yeah, it sucks.

Monkey_Driven · Post by **Monkey_Driven** » Thu September 17, 2020 6:46 pm

tree_ wrote:What percentage of software goes to retailers? Again, I would assume not much. Accessories, I can see that.

Depends on the price, but full price games can have up to a 30 percent profit margin.

CopperTom · Post by **CopperTom** » Thu September 17, 2020 6:49 pm

Monkey_Driven wrote:
Revelator wrote:I'm a Playstation guy, but I'll hand it to Microsoft for at least announcing a day and time and (so far) sticking to it. Understand it may not be Sony's fault if retailers jumped the gun but I doubt we'll see this happen with the Series X pre-orders go live. Sony promised we'd know when pre-orders went live but yesterday's announcement of orders 'going live as soon as tomorrow' was horseshit. Everything felt unorganized and chaotic. It's an inexcusable mess. yeah I'm pretty butt hurt right now too
Yeah, it sucks.

The worst part is that Sony made a point of emphasis saying "they won't just go on sale" and that's exactly what happened.

Also every retailer's notification system failed except for Best Buy. That pissed me off.

tree_ · Post by **tree_** » Thu September 17, 2020 6:51 pm

Monkey_Driven wrote:
tree_ wrote:What percentage of software goes to retailers? Again, I would assume not much. Accessories, I can see that.
Depends on the price, but full price games can have up to a 30 percent profit margin.

Wow. Why then, in this day and age, don't software companies just sell directly to consumers?

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Thu September 17, 2020 6:52 pm

1. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
2. Mario Kart (Wii)
3. Half-Life 2 (PC)
4. Twisted Metal 2 (PS1)
5. NHL 95 (Sega Genesis)
6. The Oregon Trail (graphical version, 1985, Apple II)
7. Metroid: Zero Mission (GBA)
8. Missile Command (Arcade)
9. Rocket League (PS4)
10. Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father (PC)

CopperTom · Post by **CopperTom** » Thu September 17, 2020 6:53 pm

tree_ wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
tree_ wrote:What percentage of software goes to retailers? Again, I would assume not much. Accessories, I can see that.
Depends on the price, but full price games can have up to a 30 percent profit margin.
Wow. Why then, in this day and age, don't software companies just sell directly to consumers?

Probably part of the terms and conditions of being liscensed with a certain gaming company.

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Thu September 17, 2020 9:29 pm

1. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
2. Mario Kart (Wii)
3. Half-Life 2 (PC)
4. Twisted Metal 2 (PS1)
5. NHL 95 (Sega Genesis)
6. The Oregon Trail (graphical version, 1985, Apple II)
7. Metroid: Zero Mission (GBA)
8. Missile Command (Arcade)
9. Rocket League (PS4)
10. Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father (PC)

CopperTom · Post by **CopperTom** » Thu September 17, 2020 11:04 pm

11 AM for Xbox preorders. Ugghhh

Monkey_Driven · Fri September 18, 2020 12:46 am

Will bots buying consoles be more prevalent with a known pre-order time and date?

CopperTom · Post by **CopperTom** » Fri September 18, 2020 2:36 pm

Are retail bots a thing?

Monkey_Driven · Post by **Monkey_Driven** » Fri September 18, 2020 2:40 pm

CopperTom wrote:Are retail bots a thing?

Absolutely.

CopperTom · Post by **CopperTom** » Fri September 18, 2020 3:56 pm

Monkey_Driven wrote:
CopperTom wrote:Are retail bots a thing?
Absolutely.

What are the buying? Sneakers?

Monkey_Driven · Post by **Monkey_Driven** » Fri September 18, 2020 3:57 pm

CopperTom wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
CopperTom wrote:Are retail bots a thing?
Absolutely.
What are the buying? Sneakers?

Sure

CopperTom · Post by **CopperTom** » Fri September 18, 2020 4:01 pm

Monkey_Driven wrote:
CopperTom wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
CopperTom wrote:Are retail bots a thing?
Absolutely.
What are the buying? Sneakers?
Sure

I was being serious. Other than Nike drops, what would necessitate a bot?

Orpheus · Post by **Orpheus** » Fri September 18, 2020 4:09 pm

I'm finally in a position to cop one of these day 1 but I think I will wait because I'm not particularly enthused with any of the launch stuff. But maybe that will change.

tree_ · Post by **tree_** » Fri September 18, 2020 4:36 pm

Orpheus wrote:I'm finally in a position to cop one of these day 1 but I think I will wait because I'm not particularly enthused with any of the launch stuff. But maybe that will change.

Can I cop your cop then?

JuanHamm · Post by **JuanHamm** » Fri September 18, 2020 4:41 pm

Are any of you planning on switching platform?

I'm a ps4 user, but I'm very jealous of gamepass, plus my ps4 kinda sucks for streaming. I'm on the fence

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Fri September 18, 2020 4:42 pm

1. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
2. Mario Kart (Wii)
3. Half-Life 2 (PC)
4. Twisted Metal 2 (PS1)
5. NHL 95 (Sega Genesis)
6. The Oregon Trail (graphical version, 1985, Apple II)
7. Metroid: Zero Mission (GBA)
8. Missile Command (Arcade)
9. Rocket League (PS4)
10. Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father (PC)

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