can the 360 sell 70+ million consoles?

[joeorc]

Mr Puggsly said:

burgerstein said:
A few factors. First, Natal has to be huge, like Wii Fit huge. AND this gen has to last until 2013 or later. If only the first factor, the next Xbox will cannibalise the sale because it will obviously support Natal. If only the second they won't be able to pull off the numbers each year. IT doesn't seem likely to me, but it probably does to an MS fan.

To hit 70 million the 360 just need to maintain the same sales for about 3 or 4 years. MS said they plan to support the 360 until 2015 and there will be price drops. So 70 million should be easy regardless of how the Natal does.

I fully agree, I think Natal is nice and all more thing's for the system for gamer's to have fun with, but I myself think truely the real strength is the online infrastructure that has been greatly expanded this generation's system's not just Microsoft's but by Microsoft pushing Online infrastructure like they have all three system's are also getting that push for better network's online, yes they all have been working on their online network's , though I do think Microsoft since the fiirst xbox has included a strong foundation for it's brand of online structure.

Do I think the other companies took influence from that you bet, An I think that show's that this generation, more than I think anyother as far back as I could remember has been more dynamic, and more overall better capable game system's than ever before, the system's are less static and It just seem's to me this is in my Opinion

that Microsoft an Sony and even to so,e extent Nintendo are going to have a hard time this gen going forward to top this generation and adding something very unique in the next generation of machine's. not to think there will not be any because there will most likely be. The way i see it this generation is going to be the start of little upgrade's along the way in software and hardware because , I think they are getting at a certain point where the new machine's will have less and less new function's that are or could be added to the previous generation's system's.

I think more than anything this is less and less like the game system's of old , and more and more like the Media center and entertainment PC's of today, an going forward I think the lines of going to even blurred to the point of the strictly a  "GAME CONSOLE" n with be like an extinct animal.

I think its already getting to that point now.

people wanted more and more function's to their game system's, yea not everyone but many do and it show's.

by adding these extra function's, I think it will only add to the Idea that this generation system's will be a viable choice to the consumer even when new system get released.

just look at the PS2. I think all three game companies have a system that will still be selling very well even when the new system's getting released

these current system's have too much functionality, over the previous generation system's that sadly people will still be learning what these system's are fully capable of even when the new generation start's.