| ssj12 said: claude we are not talking jsut 2 years. With the PS3 having 10+ years on its life, see PS2's life, it is possible if the price can drop enough. I expect the PS2 to have another 4 - 5 years like I said, the PS3 will have at least another 14 years. The PS4 will be released when the PS3 is 10 giving it another 6 years till it reaches its life's end. |
That's odd. I keep looking at your post but your avatar isn't from Kim Possible at all. Are you actually being serious??? Half the internet is running around screaming at how ludicrous a 10 year life cycle is for the PS3 and you are talking about it going on for "at least another 14 years"?!?!?
How can you possibly believe that?
It's almost guaranteed that within 5-6 years if not sooner MS will launch another console more powerful than the PS3. If the PS3 can't hook the casual mainstream since the Wii has cornered that market, what will happen after MS launches a graphical powerhouse to take the core gamers? Sure, Sony could theoretically keep the PS3 in production for another 15 years. But that doesn't mean it'll have decent software support or any kind of substantial sales.
If Sony truly waits till 2016 or so to launch PS4 they will have conceded tremendous marketshare in the next generation to the other competitors. It's taking them long enough to overcome the 360's 1 year, 5million+ sales lead. If they actually give MS and Nintendo 3 years or so then they might as well wait out the next generation and try later as it'll be futile to try to come back from a much bigger lead.
And unless the PS3 goes absolutely crazy and has at least 40% marketshare before PS4 is released it will quietly die off instead of living on for years like the PS2. The 10 year life cycle is pushing it but your 14 year+ life cycle is just ridiculous.
