| Metrium said:
(..) But to be honest, I'm not sure Sony wants or even can to go thru all of this again, they are probably looking at the Vita's launch that had a not easy launch and still struggling today, they are probably looking at the utter failure of the pspgo and they remember the PS3's launch. One thing is certain is that they are rly not looking forward to the day they have to launch the PS4 but saddly they will probably still do it by pure ego. I would'nt be surprised that they try to milk the PS3 as long as they can in order to move away the day that they have no choice to switch gen as far as they can. I see no possible scenario where Sony announces a PS4 at E3 for fall 2013, I'm sure they will be the last to switch gen and that it won't be before 2014 at the very least. |
This got me thinking this whole situation is eerily similar to Sega's demise. In order of appearance;
- Failed 'upgrades' of existing consoles: PSPgo vs. SegaCD and 32X
- Losing a lot of money on R&D and costly hardware that turns out to be practically impossible to win back: PS3 vs. Saturn
- Newer hardware selling a fraction of the old: PS2 > PS3 & PSP > PSV vs. GEN > SAT & GG > NMD
- Slow selling hardware: PSVita vs. Saturn and Nomad
- Dwindling confidence in the brand: Sony's all-time low stock price and shrinking marketshare vs. Sega's losing customer confidence and lack of leadership
