can the 360 sell 70+ million consoles?

[Mr Puggsly]

EdStation3 said:

Mr Puggsly said:

EdStation3 said:
They could barely fit Assassin's Creed on a DVD 2 years ago...2 years later they can only fit games on a DVD because they're using insane amounts of compression. In 2 years it will be impossible to produce any games on the 360. It's using PS2 technology from the year 2000. It is at 40million right now, so unless it can sell 30 million consoles in 2 years then it won't hit 70 million.

And logic like that is why people thought the Wii will fail.

The Wii isn't HD and doesn't need all that space....  Im not sure if you were trying to refute my original point though.

 

It's like buying a two seat sports car and you're planing on having kids in the next few years...it's not going to last long enough.  When HD games require over 15GB of space in a few years the 360 will be out of comission....and the PS3 will have outsold it giving the 3rd party little reason to support games under the 7GB mark.  In my opinion the 360 has 2 years at best.  There is no way the 360 will sell 30 million in 2 years.

You seem to assume all HD games will require 15GB of data. Only a few games a year really push the consoles and data to the limit.

As time goes on we'll probably see more games using multiple discs but I doubt, "In 2 years it will be impossible to produce any games on the 360."

Don't forget the 360 does a fantastic job moving software. As long as it keeps doing that, developers will keep finding ways to fit their games on DVDs. Even if it requires multiple disc. Just like developers have done in past generations.