Patcher: "Zero chance of the PS4 at E3"

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HappySqurriel said:

Icyedge said:
I dont think new console would be good business for either Sony or Microsoft right now. Their consoles just had their biggest year, still lots of support, not any big limitation yet. They are also just starting making good money with those.

It is a (very) bad idea to wait for your console to be in trouble before you act to replace it ... from the time it is initially announced until it is released will be 18 to 24 months, from the time a console is released until you want to phase out your current console is (typically) 12 to 24 months, meaning you want a solid 3 years of life in your console from the time you announce its successor; if you wait for your system to be in decline before you act, your console will probably be "dead" before you release the successor which isn't good for the sales of the successor, and the losses from the launch of the console will be in the hundreds of millions or billions of dollars per year.

Yeah, and I believe the PS2 was selling very well, close to its peak numbers, in 2005 when Sony unveiled the PS3.