Insomniac's Brian Hastings speaks out on the PS3

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jman8 said: I just wanted to refute the whole "Brian Hastings is biased; there's no point in listening to him" opinion. I'm not gonna say he's not biased at all, but Sony doesn't own his company. Insomniac's effectively a second party developer, and a damn good one at that. If Sony were to fail, Insomniac would probably not suffer all that much because they have the flexibility to develop for whatever system they want. As for the console war being over after 18 months, that is the most ridiculous statement on this thread. This generation of consoles will probably be the longest lived generation ever. With development costs sky high, this industry would collapse if a new generation appears in 5 years. Just look at all the studios that were closed down as a result of this generation's changeover. If there were a new generation in five years, so many more would be shut down. Therefore, the PS3 and 360 are gonna be around for a long time. Considering the PS2 lasted 7 years, these systems are gonna last at least 8.

The last generation was effectively decided before the XBox and Gamecube launched because the PS2 had sold more than 5 Million units in every region and secured a ton of exclusive games for the following couple of years. Hypothetically speaking it is possible that the Wii could be sitting at 24-30 Million units sold worldwide after 18 months and the PS3 could be under 12; with that much of a lead the generation could be over ... Anyways ... I wasn't saying the war would be over in 18 months but was essentially saying that even if his assumption of the Wii being a fad is true the Wii could still win because it dominated sales for long enough ...