| colonelstubbs said: Ps3 will outlive the 360 unless its very unlucky, so technically it will finish 2nd i think |
No offense but I don't understand predictions like that. Not the "finish 2nd" part, but the "PS3 will outlive 360" part. Is there any reason to believe that?
The possible reasons I can see are:
- The "10 year plan"... a meaningless marketing gimmick which ignores the way the market works. The market decides the lifetime of the console, not Sony or Nintendo or whoever. All these companies can do is decide whether to support the market's decision, by continuing to support the platform as the market allows.
- Microsoft discontinuing the 360 early... Some people predict this due to what happened with the Xbox, ignoring the very special circumstances which led to it being discontinued (NVIDIA's fight with MS which prevented the GPUs from being produced). This is simply not gonna happen as long as the 360 is a profitable platform.
- PS3's supposed technical superiority... Assuming that's true (which is not certain at all), this would mean the PS3 would be the first console to have a long lifetime due to technical factors. Technical superiority never mattered much in terms of defining a console's lifetime.
Any other possible reasons I forgot?
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