| A203D said: No one else thought 2013 then, lol. i think it could be 2012 or 2013. it all depends on how this gen ends imo. Sony endorse a 10 year life cycle, and if the 360 and wii were to remain for the remander of that time, i can totally see the peak year coming in 2013, if not 2014. however, realistically, i can see MS announcing a new console next year or the year after. nintendo next year also, but the way i see it is that the wii operates on a different 'wavelength' from 360 and PS3. even if nintendo released a new console 2012, it wont be in direct competition with the other consoles, therefore PS3 can still sell competitively for the next 5/6, heck even 7 years. however, this is where MS come in, the timing of when they release a new console is everything. if the PS3 can remain in competition with the 720? and avoid being stigmatised as 'old' or out of date, the sales will continue to improve imo. what do other ppl think?? |
"however, realistically, i can see MS announcing a new console next year or the year after. "
MS has said this console will last much longer.. The "'EARLIEST' I'd seem them pulling out a new console is late 2012 and this will quickly make the old 360 obsolete, which means one thing.. Sony will know they can't delay again either because the PS3 will never last or sell as long as the PS2, which was launched and sold nearly two years without any real competition !! ( Game Cube which was inferior was released nearly 1.5 years later .. and Xbox 1 was nearly 2 years later ) .. I expect Sony this time to take competition more seriously.. In Fact you can expect Sony, MS, and Nintendo to release new consoles a bit closer to each other in the next round.. Competition is getting tough, and Sony needs more sales in America to come back stronger..
