PS3 holds all the aces up its sleeve.

[Stefan.De.Machtige]

uber said:

Squilliam said:

nightsurge said:

That is definitely correct, but the 360 is still going to be around longer.  And he didn't contradict himself, MS just updated their plan.

 

Theres no point in withdrawing the Xbox 360 from the market if the PS3 is still in the game. Hell, as soon as the first next gen console arrives both the PS3 and Xbox 360 are going to look equally obsolete.

 

 

and this is just a wrong statement.  the ps2 was still selling strong well into the next gen of consoles.  we all know we can't say the same for the original xbox.  sony has vowed to do the same thing with the ps3, and microsoft has given us no reason to believe they won't.   that is another reason i justified buying the more expensive console.  if you compare the cost with the systems lifecycle, the ps3 will assuredly end up being cheaper per year than its counterpart.  this is even more obvious when the cost of xbox live is factored into it.

Livecyclus is formost connected with the installbase. Big installbase means a good opportunity for 3 party developers to make money with an last gen console. the ps2 has a huge installbase and thus still interesting for sales. The ps3 will be dropped as a brick like the GC, when the next gen arrives. Why spend some 30 million on a small installbase? Why take the risk? You're not going to make a profit. The wii will be like PS2 now and will be selling games a couple years in the next gen. The winner takes all. Sorry PS3.