Xbox 360. Impressive longevity.

[Zappykins]

think-man said:
The real question will be weather M$ keeps supporting the 360 once the nextbox releases. Thats one thing I really loved about my Ps2 was how I was able to play new release games 2 years after the ps3 was out.

Does anyone know what happened to the players of the original Xbox?

Did most of them upgrade quickly to the X360?  Did they lead the change - in that consumers stopped supporting the console. It was a big leap in just about everything.

If 95% of the customers go to the new thing, then why bother with the old one? 

Or was Microsoft just killing it off. It is not clear to me.  From what I see, they supported the Xbox until 2010 - which was longer than the original console was sold as their lead console. (4 years.)  If that is the case, then they could support the Xbox 360 another *eight* years. (But I don't think that is likely.) It could be halfway in its lifecycle!

I have a feeling the Xbox 360 will still be around for a much longer time than the original Xbox. But just being around AS long would put it at 2018!

Also, the Dreamcast lasted a long time, even without any support. (if you include homebrew.)