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Avinash_Tyagi on 27 January 2009
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frybread said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
frybread said:

Hard to say. Historically, I've found that lifespans aren't determined by "winning the generation" or by technical prowess. They seem to be linked close to a company's inability to produce a worthy successor.

Longest lifespan ever:

Atari 2600

Second longest ever:

Neo Geo

Third:

Sega Genesis

 

All three consoles were followed by relative failures, so fans stuck to the original.

 

The console with the longest lifespan this gen is likely to be from the company that releases the worst console next gen.

 

 NES had a 20 year lifespan (in japan), and no one will say that the SNES wasn't a worthy successor

You must be using a different definition of lifespan.  I'm going by the last licensed game released.

 

 

 Oh, I go by how long the hardware is still being produced and purchased



 

Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)