What do think are the top marketshare %s for each console thins generation?

[HappySqurriel]

z64dan said:

fishamaphone said:
The thing is, developing a new console is the most expensive part... you're putting in money, and not getting any out of it at that point. If they're selling well, and continue to sell well, they would be stupid to cut early and start from scratch again. That's more development costs that they'll have to eat.

So why did sony release the PS3 then? The PS2 is selling really well, worldwide.

It is a difficult balance between launching a console while you still have money comming in from the previous console (to offset the losses) and launching your system as late as possible to keep your customers happy; at the same time you don't want to leave your competition with too long of a head start to build a userbase.

The PS2 had effectively been killed off by DS domination in Japan and the XBox 360 launched in North America so the PS3 had to launch ASAP.