algorith said:
Sony kept supporting the PS2 because it kept selling otherwise they wouldn't have supported it. The PS2 was actually kept alive more due to third-party and Wii cross-platform games than Sony itself. So the correct thing to say would be, whatever console keeps selling moderately high will be supported. I don't think your opinion of PS2 vs GC and XBOX games adds anything to the debate especially since, quantity wise, the PS3, 360 and Wii are much closer in software count than PS2 was in comparison to other consoles last generation. I don't agree with your last statement either, what makes you think that the PS3 could compete head-to-head (I'm assuming you mean technically, since you mention multi-platforms) with the next generation of consoles. I think you've bought into the PS3 power hype and think the PS3 some kind of super machine. When in reality the PS3 has been outdated for a long time and the systems next generation will probably be far better than the machine. But again, technical merits aside, the system that gets supported longer is the one that keeps selling (since more devs keep supporting it) as we've already seen last generation. |
You misunderstand alot of what I mean, when I say the ps3 could compete head to head with a new gen console I mean in direct competition at launch, the ps3 would eventually need to be replaced with a next gen console but not for atleast a year or two and in terms of games most 3rd party games would be on both consoles (like ps2/360 multiplats) so no the ps3 wouldn't become obsolete fast, it'd become obsolete eventually after years of direct competition as far as the exclusives being technically better that was only to point out that even if MS came out with a new console ps3 would be capable of playing alot of the games that came out for it at launch especially and would have anything by a 3rd party on it, sure the new console would (probably) have technically superior games compared to ps3s but the gab wouldn't be wide enough to make the ps3 obsolete anytime soon and the ps3 would be fine in direct competition