What's Next for 'The Elder Scrolls'

[MoulinBlu]

Originally Posted by Suntory_Times

I still play my pc games from the early 90's and my old console games as well. I only revisit favourites though. The ps3 has many of those and thus I will have a ps3 for a very long time (I will likely buy a backup when the price goes down a bit more as well). With that being said, the time of the ps3 is over, the focus for both sony and developers is on next gen. This is the last year where the ps3 will have strong support, after which I expect support to quickly decrease (As it did for the ps2 etc).

Oh I understand developers focusing on the new gen. That's how it should be IMO. It's just astonishing how quickly consumer interest seems to have faded, as evidenced by the almost scarcity of posts here - the PS3 forum feels like the Xbox forum suddenly. I'm also surprised at how quickly retailers turned their attention to promoting the new gen, if most of their sells are still being made for PS3/360s. It didn't/doesn't work that way for movies - even today Target and Walmart typically promotes dvd more than BD. But as soon as the new gens came out, before actually, store fliers and other marketing was all about the new gen, as if the PS3/360 no longer mattered or was worth advertising.

[Suntory_Times]

Originally Posted by MoulinBlu

Oh I understand developers focusing on the new gen. That's how it should be IMO. It's just astonishing how quickly consumer interest seems to have faded, as evidenced by the almost scarcity of posts here - the PS3 forum feels like the Xbox forum suddenly. I'm also surprised at how quickly retailers turned their attention to promoting the new gen, if most of their sells are still being made for PS3/360s. It didn't/doesn't work that way for movies - even today Target and Walmart typically promotes dvd more than BD. But as soon as the new gens came out, before actually, store fliers and other marketing was all about the new gen, as if the PS3/360 no longer mattered or was worth advertising.

In terms of sales, last gen was about two years to long and saw the console market slump as the pc market grew rapidly. People where wanting something new and consoles where not providing that. Hence now they are, it is not uprising to see such sales and a change in focus. I really do hope we return to seeing new consoles every five years, with how quickly tech moves any more then that isn't a good option. So no, I can't see why one would be astonished at how quickly people have been moving over.