Sony's Next GEN plan

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Smashchu2 said:

dirkd2323 said:
Sorry guys, This gen will be sticking around for a while longer, with all this new technology MS and Sony have brought to the table, They will want to make some money, Both MS and Sony could benifit from More sales and cash for next gen, it really will not get much better until Ultra HD comes anyway, then they will put money out there for a new console, this will happen amis to the end of 2013. Watch and see

Sorry, but the market decides when this generation will end, not technology. The market is swaying towards a fast generation as the only thing keeping the systems afloat is price cuts. The PS3 is only $100 more expensive then the Wii and had to cut it's price 50% since Dec. 2006. This shows the PS3 is definatly not in high demand and not healthy. They are also out of Software aces.

Sony had two major peaks outside of the holiday season. The recent one was due to the slim, and I'm guessing the other was the first price cut (it was on Sept 5th). Contrast this with the Wii, which has many jumps all coming from software, and you'll see the HD Twins are not hot items. The longevity of the systems will depend on how successful Move and Natal will be. If they are a success, then this generation will play out longer and will probably last from anywhere between 2012 to 2014 for all three. If not, Sony and Microsoft will have new systems out before the end of 2012 and Nintendo could go as long as 2016, with a system out no sooner then 2014.

they do have one ace left as far as I can see Gran Turismo 5, I think people underestimate how big this franchise is but it's impact has been lessened by GT5 prologue but with heavy advertising and bundling I see it doing much better than any of sony's "aces" so far. GT is probably sony's only 10 million+ capable franchise thanks to it's casual pull, I know someone that only bought a PS2 for GT3. But I do agree that sony may have trouble keeping momentum after this year.