Five reasons why the 360 will probably have a longer lifespan than the PS3

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Squilliam said:

forevercloud3000 said:
1. 360 being out longer more likely means it will make a sooner exit for it will become more stale then PS3 sooner. The hardware is already inferior to the PS3's and lacks the tech to stand the test of time.(SideNote: this is still not a sure thing because XBOX exited first and came out last, but Sony wont have that problem.)

2. BluRay is slowly being adopted by consumers. Every year BD sales are rising to the declining DVD sales. BD's marketshare is also rising. BD can and will be a deciding factor just as DVD was at the inception of the PS2 era. When PS2 became cheap enough many would buy multiple ones instead of an actual DVD player because they were about the same price but PS2 had more functionality. BD also insures the PS3 won't be outdated.

3. Consumers are also slow to adapting with the PS3. This is bad for PS3's immediate sales but good for it's life span. The slower the pace the longer it lasts. PS3 is nowhere near done with selling. THe price is still really high, too high for most who want one. As the price slowly trickles down over the years more people will be getting one.

4. RROD and E74 killed any inclination that the 360 can last as long as PS3 for many(definitely Me). 360 has the largest failure rate seen in years for any console (PS2's was much smaller in comparison). That has/and is turning a lot of people off to the system. Many are jumping ship(from my perspective) like my friends who in the last few months all got PS3's due to 360 failure.

5. In a few years when all 3rd party developers create nothing but Multiplat games, Sony's 1st party will tie them over. Sony has the more 1st party studios than MS and Nin combined, as well as more IPs to choose from while creating new ones everyday.

6.PS2 did/is doing it. This is not to say the PS3 is in anyway the PS2. Yet this speaks more on the fact that Sony is willing to stick to their lifeplan for the system. Sony may have many screw ups this gen, but making their system's stand the test of time is one thing we know they know how to do. They are not completly clueless about what they are doing.

1. Not really a difference the layman can readily spot, and the Wii may very well outlast them both and its far inferior to both in terms of specifications.

I dont count on the Wii lasting longer then the PS3 OR 360. This is still speculated opinion on both our parts.

2. Not really, people don't buy PS2s to play DVDs when it doesn't come with a remote and standalones are less than half the price.

They actually do, Ive watched as countless people come in to gamestop looking for a PS2 as a DVD/Gaming system. I am not saying it is as big a selling point as Price and Games, but one nevertheless. THe remote doesn't matter, you can use the controller. The PS3 is even better at this because Sony actually advertised it as a BluRay player.

3. Not really, they are slow to adopt the PS3 but they are adopting the Xbox 360 and Wii at a faster rate. Theres a limited pool of readily willing consumers and its slowly dwindling.

Like I said, the slower, the longer. Everyone knows sales greatly increase after a price cut. PS3 has MANY price cuts ahead of them before it even gets close to mainstream. The fact that the PS3 is at such a high price point and still selling relatively close to it's HD counterpart shows true staying power.

4. Not really, once the Xbox 360 slim is released people will forget the reliability issues as they did for the PS2.

No proof of a Slim even in the work and is complete Speculation. PS3 is more likely to get a slim seeing as everysingle one of their systems has got one. That would still extend the PS3's lifespan longer then 360's.

5. Not really, once Sony releases the PS4 1st party support will be pulled. Precedent? The PS2 and that had a far larger userbase.

Not if the whole Idea is to extend the lifespan of the PS3 to as long as possible. If Sony wants that to happen(and 3rd party wont) then they would have to support it. I highly doubt we will get the overlapping of console generations next gen because of the uprise of MP games this gen, so this wont even be a problem. Sony wont release the PS4 until the very last legs of the PS3's life.

6. Not really, its not something Sony arbitrarily decides. Its a market decision. Being 3rd/Tied for 2nd doesn't give a console a long time on the market it never has and it never will. The SNES had a long lifespan but it didn't help the N64s lifespan did it?

I am saying they are skilled in the art of making their system appealing for prolong amounts of time.