| Player2 said: Good idea, the Multi-Mega saved Sega after all... |
That's not the same scenario at all, Sega kept releasing new hardware that didn't get adequate support. This is more like what Apple does where they release new hardware with a performance boost and some new minor tweaks/features but all games/apps are still compatible on previous models. It's not until a device is 3+ generations old that it stops getting supported.
New 3DS is a good example, it released just under 4 years after the original and has double the CPU cores and double the RAM which allows for faster loading times and has some new features like NFC support and Super-Stable 3D (replace with resolution increase). Doing incremental upgrades like this every 2-3 years would be fine, it's not until the 3rd or 4th version that original stops getting supported but by that point it got 6+ years of support so still a full cycle.
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