| Khuutra said: Granted, point conceded. I admit my idea of the scenario was narrow; I assumed we were talking about within the next six or eighteen months, since that would be the worst time. |
By mid 2010 it likely won't matter as much anymore (That was how long the Xbox 1 lasted, oh the irony!) So really the sooner from this date, the greater the shockwaves. With such a large structural change in the market, the biggest winner would be Nintendo and developers who develop for Nintendo as that market would be immune to anything which happened to it.
In the end it would be more a psychological blow to the industry rather than a severe financial one. The PS3 has a 16 million console userbase and like all big things, even if you strike the death blow it takes a while for the thing to actually die, probably over a year before you could actually confirm it as dead. But I think I stated in a wayyy earlier thread which asked pretty much the same thing that the importance of any one player is overstated, its more the emotional attachment or fear of change that makes people think doom and gloom from something like this happening.
Tease.
