pezus said:
Microsoft are so much larger than Nintendo that it would be foolish to think they could not. They just prefer not to I guess. |
Microsoft manages versions.
If you are at all familiar with them on a corporate level (IT) you're well aware of their life cycles for products. A product is supported fully as long as it is current, and then for a number of years after a new version has been released. I believe that's two. After that, they only will provide support in instances of security concerns (patches). The same happens with hardware.
For me, Microsoft hardware tends to last forever, so I honestly like it. The exception to that rule has been their headsets. Doesn't matter what one, doesn't matter wired or wireless, they just don't hold up for me.
That said, I don't think the DS would still be around. Not on store shelves. It would still get first-party games, it would still get third-party games, but you wouldn't be able to walk into a store and still buy one after a year. If Microsoft launches the Xbox 8 in 2013, I don't expect you'll find any Xbox 360s on the shelves in 2014. New games, yes. New hardware, no. They'll want to move people on to the next platform and encourage sales of those.
