What would happen in the console war if the PS3 got discontinued?

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Khuutra said:
It would never become clear as to how this would affect Wii sales, as the Wii would still be selling out. It may look as if nothing happened, unless Nintendo dropped a bomb and started pumping out three million units a month. I don't think they would.

The idea of it causing a crash is interesting. How would that happen?

A crash in the games industry is a possibility IMO. It could cause cancelled projects and a lot of lost revenue from cancelled PS3 ports. Then again, it's possible games would still sell in the existing PS3 userbase, who knows?

One thing's for sure, it would cause some panic among the third parties who are relying on the PS3+360 combination. I don't think a discontinued platform can remain a valid one for long (unless it has a really big and dedicated userbase). It's just not clear what the end result would be for those third parties.