| kirby007 said: one flaw when comparing gens, they don't last the same time, gen 7 started in 2005 we are 9 years further, the gen before started in 2000 and lastest only 5-7 years |
Nope, it doesnt matter. Cause those platform holders are making money as long as that generation is in existance. Do you realize that if they had their way every gen would be a 10yr cycle? Do you think they like the idea of starting a new generation just when the have hit their largest install base?
PS2/XB era was cut short cause MS had to abandon the failure the XB was and strategically jump started a new generation to get a year in on sony. It worked. Nintendo abandoned the wii cause as a gaming platform (when considering the gaming model) it was failing. Its no benefit to them having a 100M consoles out there if no one is buying games on them. The games they sell after getting the console into your home is where the money is.
If any one of sony/ms/nintendo could get 100M ppl to buy their console in its first year in the market, they wouldn't care if it only sold 5M consoles in the entirety of its second year. Cause if that console satys on the market for 5 years, then they have 5 years of 100M ppl buying games.
