If Sony keeps the 10 year plan for the PS3 will it reach the 150 million?

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slimeattack said:

crumas2 said:

Obliterator1700 said:

crumas2 said:


I REALLY hope there's something much more compelling than the PS3 long before then.

 

Tell me do you think something new in the market will be replacing Blue-Ray anytime soon?

 

 

No, I believe Blu-ray is either the next physical media standard or DVD will ultimately reign.  I don't see a new competitor anytime soon.

However, last time I checked, the PS3 wasn't just a Blu-ray player... it is also a game machine.  It's entirely possible that a future gen gaming console will be released in the next 2-5 years that be generation ahead of the PS3, and which will use Blu-ray for media.  Considering Sony doesn't control Blu-ray (they can't refuse licensing to 3rd parties), it's entirely possible that the PS3 will not be the most powerful console in a few years.

 

But it's also possible that developers will start squeezing out more from the PS3, which will give comparable graphics to the Wii 2and perhaps also the Xbox 720.

 

Isn't it like expecting developers to start squeezing out more from the Wii or the PS2, which will give comparable graphics to the 360 and perhaps also the PS3?

Sure, the PS3's high end games will probably be close to next gen's low end graphics games (unless Midway releases another cruisin' on the Wii2 ) but it will look as dated to the hardcore graphic whores as the Wii is to them today. It will then be a last gen console with weak processing power. The Wii has the advantage of never have been defined in terms of processing powers, which makes it obsolescence-resistant, but hte PS3 is already obsolete now (compared to PC's) and will be increasingly so.

As I do expect this gen to last longer for all three platforms (360 is doing better than Xbox and Ms has a chance of making money on it as it owns the design for all parts; PS3 is hurting Sony financially and Sony is in no hurry to replace it and restart the haemorraging anew and Wii is the winner and is obsolescence-resistant thus can last as long or longer than the more powerful HD consoles, like the PS2 did) it only means that the graphical and processing gap between the PS3 and next gen wil be even bigger which will make the PS3 even more obsolete. It will thus have a longer life this gen (due to the longer gen wanted by all parties) but next to no life after the next gen launches.