Tretton: "we are in the first 25% to 30% of this generation"

[joeorc]

kowenicki said:
@joerc

Companies do not operate in a bubble... and "gens" are measured by console launches not the ongoing technical viabilty of a current gen console.

MS and Ninty know that Sony will want this gen to last as long as possible... so it will suit both MS and Ninty to lauch another console.

This will then be a consumer must have... which means Sony will have to retaliate.

It is just how it is.

yes they do not live in a bubble, that's very true.

"and "gens" are measured by console launches not the ongoing technical viabilty of a current gen console."

well have you stopped to think maybe that has indeed changed!, when was the last time a "game console" in previous generation's had the capabilities as these machine's do.?

that answer is never!

there is no such thing as just a "a game console" anymore, it does not exist, it has not since the xbox and the dreamcast, and PS2 now Nintendo has followed suit.

It's like trying to compare the previous generation with the convergance level of devices from 10 year's ago to the one's now there is just no contest.

the machine's from yesteryear are very outdated.

it may suit them, but also the very fact that Microsoft lost 1.8 billion plus, for hardware "lets be nice and call it over run's" Microsoft want's that back

they are still adding on to that 1.8 billion, though it's no where near the level it was with the new cost's but still, that's quite a bit of money.