| archbrix said: Unfortunately, probably not quite that much. However Sony will surely keep the PS3 on the market until they are content with its performance and as proven with the last two Playstations, they certainly have a long life in them. The PS3 in particular is very future-proofed with its features and cell processor, so its kind of dependent on whether or not the competition decides to make the next big horsepower leap. Not likely from Nintendo; they're doing just fine with the Wii, and Microsoft has lost so much money with their Xbox projects (Xbox 1 lost over a billion a year for the company), they'd be wise to keep the 360 going as long as they can without releasing a whole new console. If Sony can sustain a ten year life span as planned, then with price cuts and lots of killer exclusives it is much more likely. |
Oh stop with the future proof crap. There is no such thing. The Cell wont get more powerful. The RSX wont gain power. The PS3 wont all of a sudden grow another 512MB of RAM. The PS3 and the 360 power is nearly equal. PS3 may have more raw power if developers want to spend the extra $ can time to bother (and most wont), yet the difference between the PS3 and the 360 is smaller than the difference between the PS2 and the Xbox.
Will the PS3 have a 10 year life. Sure why not. Sony needs to sell the PS3 for a profit at some point. The PS1 sold that long and so has the PS2, but the PS2 also had the PS3 get released just about 1/2 way through its life. The PS4 will release maybe a year or 2 later in the life of the PS3 and have a bigger impact. Not because of the PS4 capabilities, but because the PS3 just wasnt as dominant as the PS2 was. In fact the PS3 wasnt dominant at all.
Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.
