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Jimbo1337 on 23 May 2015
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SpokenTruth said:
Jimbo1337 said:
How is it possible for, lets say Microsoft, to come out with a new console by 2019 when it took them 8 years to come out with the XB1? We all know that Microsoft had to rush the XB1 to the gaming market because of Sony with the PS4.

You also have to consider that these companies had no intentions of cutting this generation short at the very start, so I highly doubt they have much in the works for their new console. There is no way that they would dump millions of dollars into R&D to then just scrap it and start over so soon. People saying that this generation will only last 5-6 years is just ludicrous.

What's ludicrous is you thinking it took MS 8 years to develop the X1 and that somehow

means their next console will take just as longer or longer.

Well I based this off of the release of the XB360 (2005) and the release of the XB1 (2013).  Could you kindly share the exact year at which Microsoft started developing the XB1?  No?  Didn't think so.  So please forgive me for not knowing exactly just how long it took them to develop the XB1 when you yourself don't know.  I was using the XB360 timeframe to gauge just how long it would take for them to release their new console.  

My point still stands that they were riding the success of the XB360 and didn't start thinking about creating their next console until well into the XB360's console lifecycle. The current success of the XB1 is doing better than the XB360 as is the PS4 over the PS3.  Since PS4 and XB1 are both doing better than their predecessors, why would anyone think that a new generation would come any sooner?  Just because Nintendo is currently unsuccessful doesn't mean everybody else has to follow suit.