The one thing the PS3 and the Dreamcast have in common!

[rocketpig]

Final-Fan said:

rocketpig said:
What he's saying is that by 2010, the PS3 will be vastly inferior graphically to PC gaming. And he's right. PCs are already doing things the PS3 & 360 can't and in two years, the gap will be huge.

I don't blame you for missing it, but there's more context to this. 10 year product that is obselete in 2009. AMD and Intel release amzingly fast CPU and GPU combined processors which more than double dot productions in gaming. PS3 or 360 will not last till 2017. Both are equal in graphical capabilities. And niether will be able to run the new UE4 which is being developed for the new PC processors. Question is where does this leave ATI and NVIDIA?

He's not just saying that there will be massive technological advancements but that those technological advancements will make the consoles obsolete by next year -- not just graphically but as game platforms. The consoles are already far behind in terms of raw power, and will continue to fall behind at a fast pace, but I don't see why this gen's consoles will become obsolete any faster than last gen's, or the gen before that, etc.

While I agree that the consoles will last just as long as any other generation, Sony's 10 year plan isn't going to work this time. Without a dominant marketshare, third party developers will drop the system faster as the next Wii and NextBox are replaced in anywhere from 2-4 years. Sony isn't going to have the luxury of continuing development of a system with fabulous third party support because it's outselling all the competition combined as it did with the PS1 & 2. The Wii might have been able to take the PS2s place but it will be horribly underpowered by 2012 and people will be looking for more bang for their buck at that point, no matter how casual they are.