| T.Rexington said: I think a more definitive answer can be had by the end of this year during the holiday season. I think Wii will be the only one to do it because it's near the end of the gen and I can't imagine the 360 or PS3 gaining around 30-50 million sold consoles in 2 years, which is probably what is left.As for the PS3 vs 360 war, I've seen the claims again and again but the fact is that the xbox 360 continues to sell ahead of the PS3 year every single year. With MS ready to unveil a new $99 console strategy, it's gonna be that much tougher for the PS3 to get ahead, especially since MS holds the title for biggest exclusives for the rest of the year. |
I take a couple of issues with your post Mr. Rexington. Firstly, 2 years remaining in the life-cycles for the PS3 and 360 would only give them until mid-2014. Seeing that we will most likely see their successors introduced in late 2013 I see no reason as to why they are guaranteed to be discontinued that soon. As I have stated previously, Sony never discontinues legacy hardware until the demand for the product completely dries up. Why on earth would Sony discontinue the PS3 a year after the PS2, especially considering the fact that the PS3 is finally a profitable system (in terms of total annual hardware and software sales)? Also, the PS3 has outsold the 360 what, 3 out of the last 4 years? The exception being 2011, the year of the PSN outage and Kinects dominance and even then it was basically a tie). The $99 360 comes with a two year, $360 contract. This probably would have been a very popular product early in the 360 lifespan but we can not guarantee it will be successful this late in the generation. How receptive will a casual gamer be to a system with a 2 year contract when the WiiU launches in a few months and (presumably) the PS4 and Trinity / Delta in 2013? Finally, exclusive games have little effect on the hardware sales of established consoles and I highly doubt many people will be swayed from purchasing a PS3 because of Halo 4 (although it looks like it's shaping up to be fantastic).
