There are games that are releasing this year that, to me, would feel a lot bigger if the last gen versions would just not exist. They can also finally end last gen due to how big they are. Dying Light and Mortal Kombat have canceled the last gen versions, so we're off to a good start.  Japan also needs to stop putting shit on the ps3.

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

 - It's on the PS4, the Xbox One, the PS3 and the 360.

 - The 360 version will sell at most 100,000 copies

 - The PS3 sales can be turned into more PS4 sales if they just canceled the PS3 version

 - Would sell a lot of next gen systems if they just canceled the last gen versions

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3

 - Last gen versions haven't been announced yet but a lot of people seem to think they will have it on last gen

 - This would be the biggest system seller yet. There is currently 150,000 people playing multiplayer on the PS3 and 30,000 on zombies on Black Ops 2. That's 180,000 people playing Black Ops 2 just on the PS3, add the 360 version and that's well over 300,000 people playing Black Ops 2.

 - Many of those players will upgrade to either the PS4 or Xbox One (or possibly the Wii U) if they just keep it off last gen

Games like The Last Guardian, Persona 5, Project Cars, MLB: The Show, Forza and Gears of War and all of these other games can contribute to helping the PS4 and Xbox One grow by being exclusive to next gen.

Discuss

It needs to be supported for a while yet. Still a ton of people on PS3 and 360, why leave them with no new content (as long as they make profits)

Everybody is not like us trying to be on the latest and greatest

no, it really, really doesn't.

microsoft has done so much to try and get people off the 360, sony, in my opinion, will cut the price down to $299 this year to get pretty much everyone off the PS3. it's time the ps3 and 360 end, because it's also hurting development for certain games too.

From the developer's standpoint, they can make more money when making it cross gen. Sure it will boost sales for the PS4/XOne, but not everyone will upgrade and therefore potentially lower sales

Your point? Million of people are still on PS3s and 360 accross the world. The U.S. does not equal the world you know. Also no way will the XBOne get to 299$ this year without MS taking a HUGE loss. There is no feasible way for them to cut the price of the hardware yet. The PS4s price will drop because Sony buying so much GDDR5 ram is causing the price to drop. MS has no such luxury

yeah, so the industry has to do what it has to do to get everyone OFF of the ps3 and 360. that is literally the enitre point of this thread.

That is not going to happen, that is like saying people should not drive cars more than 5 years old.

In a lot of places PS4/XBOne is not feasible at all for people to get. PS3 and 360 (especially PS3) is not going anywhere for a while yet

But when will next gen begin?

not a very good analogy, simply because cars and video game systems are completely different things. a car can drive, and that's all you need a car for. a video game system can't handle a certain video game when the detail, resolution, and fps standards raise. development time is increased, businesses will lose money, and performance and playability will be nerfed just so a couple hundred thousand at best can play your game versus millions of people who play on the new gen.

I agree, but that's only because I don't own a PS3. All those JRPGs I'm missing out...