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gergroy on 09 December 2010
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M.U.G.E.N said:
Immortal said:
Chibi.V.29 said:
Immortal said:

xD. You're not serious. Sony doesn't have a choice in the matter. When the Bii and 720 come along, PS3 will die. They'll need a successor. Also, Sony has had a 10-year plan for all its consoles. Doesn't mean they won't release the next one for three years. Means that they'll keep it alive for 10 years. And with the PS3, I seriously doubt that, too.


One other thing XD Of the 3 current gen consoles PS3 will almost def be the last one standing. Its easily the most future proof console and when they give it a price cut to lets say $199 that would make the cheapest and arguable best 3d blu ray player on the market. Wii and 360 will die probably instantly after there successers come along.

Why will the 200$ price point affect sales so massively? It only gave a temporary, debatable boost to Wii last year. Also, successful Nintendo consoles have a history of selling well after their successors. Wii'll be no different. Besides, looking at its manufacturing costs, it may even sell for 50$ when all's said and done with. It'll pretty much never stop selling then.

you clearly have no idea about the true strength of ps3

the low price point will help it immensely in EMEAA, it's just a matter of time. compared to the competition PS3 is in a lot of markets that have a huge PS following, the only issue they have is the price point because it's just way way too expensive for them at this point with conversion rates

Wii and 360 will die out within a short time period their successor comes out in comparison, IF we follow how it has been in the past. PS3 won't die that soon, I can see it selling good to ok numbers even in 2015.

And a 100 price drop did wonders for the PS3 since last year, you can't deny that. Not all consoles sales respond the same way as you may think.

and you are judging that on?  xbox and gamecube were both failed consoles for the most part, when their successors came out they outright stopped their support for those consoles, causing them to die.  If they continued to support them like Sony did, there is no reason for them to die out a short time after their successor.  Especially the wii.  The market leader of the generation isn't going to just fade away.  

There is nothing about the ps3 that would make it any different from the other consoles as far as how long it could sell past the time the new systems come out.  It all boils down to company strategies, and with both Nintendo and Microsoft echoing sony about saying this generation is going to last longer than previous gens, those historical comparisons mean jack squat.