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AnthonyW86 said: That must be about the silliest thing i've ever heard. You know a company profits most on a console later on in it's life-cycle? You know that any new system that will be released is likely to be outsold by it's predecessor in the first two years? Not only that the old system will sell more software in the first two years aswell, and keep bringing in money. And what is the start of the next generation exactly? When Nintendo launches their next console witch is barely more powerfull than the current PS3 and X360? A system is dead when it stops bringing in money and isn't produced anymore, so no the Wii doesn't win. More importantly, PS3 may even beat the Wii where it really counts, in the number of software sold. |
Most consoles profit most during their peak, mid-cycle. That was when PS2's biggest returns came, and seems to be Wii's also (looking at it's current natural decline). Obviously there are exceptions, especially for abnormally longer lived systems (like the original Game Boy) but generally systems make most of their money, and grow most of their base, and sell most of their games, within their first 5 years.
It's moot anyway though, the likelihood that PS3 will ever outsell Wii in either hardware or software is so remote, so minuscule, that it's getting exactly the sort of reaction it deserves in this thread already.
