makingmusic476 on 27 May 2010
| jarrod said: Can anyone name a 2nd/3rd place console that had a true 10 year cycle? 10 year plans are great PR (which Microsoft has espoused too btw), and lovely in theory, but there's a difference between that and it actually happening. Companies can't keep platforms on shelves through sheer force of will alone, it's quite literally the market that decides if a console sells for 10 years or or not. |
We've also never seen a third place console that is likely to top 50 million when all is said and done. Combine that with the idea that this generation will last a bit longer than usual (with new consoles not hitting til 2012-2013), and I could see the ps3 legging it out another three years on top of that.
I think the ps3 will end up being supported for pretty close to ten years, but for entirely different reasons than initially planned by Sony.
