Millennium said:
Microsoft's rush to release didn't hurt it; in fact, it may have helped against the PS3. Sure, it didn't save them against the Wii juggernaut, but Wii won because of a fundamentally different philosophy on game development; no amount of delaying on Microsoft's part would have changed that. I honestly thought MS would have released their new console in 2010, due to their love of short upgrade cycles, but they'd have announced it by now if that were the case. Maybe 2011, then. I very much doubt that the 360 has more than two years left in it: Microsoft won't wait much longer than that. The one I'm really not sure on is the PS3. Sony must know by now that the 10-year plan is a failure, but it is extremely likely that they got cocky and didn't bother to start the successor as soon as the new console was ready for market (as the industry has done since at least the days of the SNES). They figured they had time, and they were wrong, and now they're the ones playing catch-up. They have little choice but to rush, at least to some degree, but how much will they be willing to do that? This will determine where in the lineup it launches. Wii in 2011? Don't make me laugh. 2013 at the earliest. Nintendo will keep on working that thing as long as it continues to sell in ludicrous numbers, and given that Nintendo hasn't had to pull a single demand-spiker trick yet -no price drops, no colors, no form factors, no new bundles, and nothing else- the Wii has a lot of life left. |
i dont think their 10 year plans a failure...the ps3 still has a reasonable price...unlike the 360 which doesnt have much life left in it coz the price is really low...yes i do agree that sony rushed in to the ps3..if u ask me they should have waited 1.5 or 2 years after the 360's release,n yes nintendo will most probably release their next console in 2012 or 2013..if sony can keep the software sales up n psn succesful i think they can acheive longevity for the ps3..although not maybe 10 years
