people keep having misconceptions of the length of last gen making it sound like it was super long it was 8 yrs for the 360 and 7 yrs for ps3 and wii (was 5-6 yrs for previous gen) much like this gen it took awhile for the ps3 and 360 to establish good SW libraries which i believe didnt happen till late 08 so the golden years were 2008-2012
last gen lasted long b/c the gen introduced us to the new era of gaming with social online gaming and the introduction of HD gaming with are brand new lcd tvs that were also a boom many converting during 05-2010 i myself got high speed internet in 09 prior owning dial up and bought my first HD lcd tv in 2010
online gaming was big during last gen it prolong the game much more than anything else we saw before achievements, replays with higher difficulties or unlocks ect. it also started all these youtube guys doing there commentaries and competitive gaming becoming a sport as time went by these things became a fad sure online gaming is still fun but its not as big as it was before many if not all youtube channels are dead or dying
also a point i dont see being tossed around is that MS was riding high compered to sony, sony had no real reason to release the ps4 any earlier as they were trying to recover and profit aswell as overcome the 360 in WW sales and MS was in no rush either with there successful release of the 360 slim and short term kinect release
the point is last gen lasted long b/c of this and so far with this gen theres nothing really new or innovated being displayed and sony is winning by as substantial amount which will cause ms to counter with a next gen release earlier than expected which will then cause sony to do the same. which leads me to believe that it will be shorter by how much idk right now i would say 1-2 yrs so not factoring the nintendo we are looking at new consoles releasing in 2019 imo
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