| kowenicki said: The 360 has defied all naysayers by lasting the longest of all consoles before the official annoucement, let alone actually launch, of its successor. This is even more impressive given that it is still relevant in sales numbers each week. Regularly and consistently being the top selling home console in the US, the biggest single market. We all remember that the consensus was that the 360 would be replaced after 5 years or so and support would be dropped like a stone. Journalists said it, forums posts insited on it and even Kaz Hirai tried to score a few points on the back of it.
PS1 to PS2: 5yrs 4 mths PS2 to PS3: 6yrs 8 mths PS3 to PS4: 7yrs (assuming November 2013) Average: 6yrs 4 mths
SNES to N64: 5yrs 7 mths N64 to GC: 5 yrs 3 mths GC to Wii: 5yrs 2 mths Wii to WiiU: 6 yrs Average: 5yrs 6 mths
Xbox to 360: 4 yrs 360 to Nextbox: 7 yrs 4 mths and counting (likley to be 8 full years)
Well played MS. |
I've worked it out a "little" different
Sony's average at 6 years 3 months 10 days ish
Nintendo's average at 5 years 5 months 15 days ish
Microsofts average at 6 years exact
using those three companies only the industries average is 5 years 9 months 15 days ish
So microsofts above average just about, nintendo at the bottom and sony only just out in front
