| Paul_Warren said: So Microsoft knows that they have a bonafide seller in the next Gears game and they will use that to move their next console. And they will need it do so as the next Microsoft console with all of the tech it will have under the hood wll probably cost at least $500.00 at launch. |
I doubt it. They would probably wait a year to get to 400$. But you can't plan the running times of the consoles. If the sales of a given plattform drop under a certain point it is dead, or if it can not be sold with an acceptable price.
In my opinion the ps2 has a pretty good chance to survive the PS-3!It is difficult and even dangerous to connect a plattform with certain games. If necessary Epic would release Gears 3 on the Xbox360. There are a lot of factors, when to release a new plattform. I think they are planning their console now, but they will only really move if Sony moves too. Sony has the major disadvantage that they have to switch the plattform, while for Microsoft everything speaks for an upgrade. This makes everything easier.
In the current situation it wouzld be totally ridiculous to really plan a new plattform. Credits are too expensive. But you are at the perfect planning stage. Currently even AMD or Intel might be ready to deliver processor technologies.
