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superchunk on 02 April 2012
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z101 said:
sales2099 said:
I am disapointed in MS for waiting so long. They should have released the next xbox this holiday.

Double win. The 360 would be 7 years old so fans cant complain MS abandoned it and it could still easily sell afterwards like the PS2 does now. And secondly you get a year head start on PS4.

I thought MS actually had it all together until now. Releasing same holiday as PS4 is bad news, Japan alone will give Sony an early lead.


The user base for Xbox360 is far to small to be supported with new games when the heavy users switch to next gen. So xbox360 will be dead a few month after Xbox720 release, probably earlier. Same for PS3 and PS4.

360 user base in Japan maybe... but not EU and certainly not US.

All three have a sustainable userbase that means their products will sell at lower prices for at least a few years after their successors kick off. People who are buying new consoles now, 6 years after the gen started, prove that.

Sure the big AAA games won't be launching on them, but many crappy multiports like sports games will and they all have a very large and by then cheap back catalog of games.

This is not like prev gens where there was one since ultra dominant device and others barely clinging for life. All three have sold remarkably well and will continue to do so as long as sales equate to profitable manufacturing. With continued pricing options and bundles, it will.

3DS and Vita are out... yet both DSi and PSP are still available and still selling pretty well.