Squilliam on 11 May 2009
| nintendo_fanboy said: Interesting statement, and I think it could be true. First of all, you should all stop to say stupid things like "Sony has a track record of supporting their consoles into the next generation". That is nothing about Sony, but about A SUCCESSFUL CONSOLE. If you look at past generations, all winning consoles have been supported longer than their competitors, the NES, the SNES, the PS1, the PS2 and the Gameboy/GBA. When you have huge install bases and are making money, there's no reason at all to discontinue a console, but if you are losing ground every month, you better start something new. The special thing this generation is that there might be more than one successful competitor at the end, for example Nintendo and Microsoft. This could end up in a long gen because Sony probably won't be able to force the beginning of a new gen either because they can't spent too much money on R&D as long as the PS3 keeps posting losses. However, if either Nintendo or Microsoft think that it's time to make a step, Sony is going to struggle. If Microsoft would be the first one out of the gate again, they'd still have a very strong competitor in Nintendo and Microsoft would be eating into their share of next-gen already. In that case, it could really be that the retail stops selling PS3's due to a lack of interest and shelf space. The question would be then if Sony can afford to release a new console. If Nintendo would be the first one out of the gates, things would look a little better for Sony, since, as Squirrel has said, the HD-twin thing would ensure software support. Still, if Sony is trailing behind the 360 at that point in time and the Wii still a success while the Super Wii is already out, shelf space would get rare for Sony... Of course this is all without the possibility of a huge PS3 comeback, since this just isn't going to happen. |
Interesting points. 
Tease.
