misterd on 30 July 2008
| Rock_on_2008 said: 4 years time the new Nintendo console could be launched. A new console from the three companies could all launch in the same year, 2012. |
I doubt that. MS benefitted a great deal by launching a year early, allowing it to overcome its hardware issue. Essentially the extra year gave it 3 years of better holiday sales - 1st year no competition, 2nd year free of supply constraints, 3rd year vastly superior and (at the time) exclusive library. Had the 360 launched WITH the PS3, odds are it would be in a much weaker position now, and they know it.
Nintendo is also unlikely to wait a full six years to launch a new Wii. At the very least an upgraded Wii model (if not a full blown new console) will appear before then.
