What stage of its life is the Xbox 360 in?

[Kenryoku_Maxis]

Darth Tigris said:

Kenryoku_Maxis said:
If you were looking at the 360 just at face value, based on its price, the exclusives its gotten, its 'hype' meter and its age, you could easily say its past its halfway mark or even past its prime. But considering this 'gen' is anything but ordinary and both MS and Sony have stated they wanted their consoles to last as long as possible (even rumoring into 2014 if possible), then these views might just be from looking at past gens as a limited measuring stick.

I'm . . .  I'm just so proud of you.

Heh, don't praise my comment too much.  I half supported claims that it is a viable system for the future...and half stated it might be past its prime.

Frankly, my personal opinion is its all based on the standards of any consoles life cycle.  Will it get more good games and will the majority of its installed and future fanabse still be interested in it in 1-3 years?  And that remains to be seen, especially since many games that were once 'exclusives' for the system are going to the PS3 and it is trying VERY hard to double up as the 'ultimate hardcore' and 'we also do casual games' machine.

The future for the 360 is anything but solid.  If anything, the future for Microsofts consoles is on another rocky road from here on out.  They had it EASY the last few years due to Sony messing up a lot and Nintendo practically ignoring their market.  Now Sony is catching up...and they (as in Microsoft with the 360) are trying to actively compete directly with companies like Nintendo and Apple for the 'casual' and 'general' audience.  This is when Microsofts fight actually begins.  And its going to take more than just throwing money at it.