SONY : PS3 Will have a "MINIMUM" Lifespan Of 10 YEARS.....50 Million Consoles Sold Is JUST THE START!!

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scottie said:

postofficebuddy said:

scottie said:

Marks said:
Well it's already been almost 5 years, so saying it'll last 5 more years isn't unreasonable. It's got at least a couple more years till the PS4 comes, and it'll last a couple years alongside the PS4 before it dies. Just like the PS2 is doing right now.

Apart from the name, and the name of the manufacturer, name a similarity between PS2 and PS3

Actually you're right, there is a pretty big difference between them. Here's one of the bigger differences. PS2 peaked in its 2nd year, PS3 is peaking in its 5th.

http://www.vgchartz.com/hw_annual_summary.php

 

I'm not sure how you're working things out, are you taking the launch date as the start of the year, as opposed to looking at calendar years?

 

Anyway, going off calendar years, the PS2 peaked in its 3rd year, and the PS3 peaked in its 5th year and has started the downwards slope.

I was talking about full calendar years. 2000 wouldn't be considered PS2's first year because the only place it was available for more than 2 months in 2000 was Japan, and obviously I'm not counting 2006 for PS3 either.  PS3 will clearly be up on last year with it only being relatively marginally down on last year ATM with a price cut to come in the next few months. And in regards to 3rd party support, PS2 hasn't had a major 3rd party release in 3 years. Wii, despite the fact that most people lament it's lack of 3rd party support, will most likely be discontinued not to long after its last major 3rd party release (DQX).