Conegamer said:
Those games do look unbelivably good; as good or better than we'll see on the new consoles for a while. But saying some games still look PS2 is just over-dramatic. |
The market dictates that new consoles are required every five-to-six years, otherwise this happens (huge declines in YoY sales) and the industry shrinks and smaller publishers are punished because they have the most trouble weathering the storm until the next cycle hits. This late in the cycle only sequels are selling, and even the major sequels are in decline.
Look at industry sales in '05/'06 when 360 was an infant without quality games and Wii / PS3 hadn't released yet. GameCube was literally dead. It had nearly completely stopped selling. Xbox was literally discontinued. PS2 was the only viable console. It was a rough two years. DS, PSP, and PS2 were the only three systems carrying the weight, and the entire industry was heavily contracted. I don't think 2011/2012 is any different. New consoles are needed, otherwise the industry will eventually shrink itself into extinction.
