How soon should we expect Wii2?

[LordTheNightKnight]

puffy said:

LordTheNightKnight said:

puffy said:
Well they referenced the PS2 still selling where the XBOX and GameCube are not. You be the judge :P

You misread that as well. Did they state whether they wanted the PS3 to sell for 10 years or wait 10 years for the new system?

The PS3 is designed to be a product with a 10-year life cycle, while other companies’ products tend to disappear in four, five years (after launch).

The PS2 has sold more than 130 million units in nine years and is still going strong. Where is Xbox now, or GameCube?

The problem I see is that the 10-year lifespan doesn’t mean the PS3 is going to be the leading format for that long, with Sony sure to release a new console well before the 10 years is up, in the same way it released the PS3 well ahead of the time the PS2 is expected to die a death.

Sony, and Hirai may not see the current sales trend as a problem, but unless last month’s figures carry on, and help build a momentum, it could be that the PS3 universally fails to get anywhere close to the sort of success Sony had with the PS2. And that would spell disaster for a console which needs to sell in large numbers for the company to see any kind of profit.

 

What did I misread exactly? Here they reference the PS2, meaning that the are thinking along the same lines with the PS3.

The whole thing. Did their comments mean the 10 years is merely how long they plan to sell the PS3, or wait 10 years for the PS4, regardless of how long the PS3 sells?

Is it the former or the latter?