Can the 360 really live that long!

[Joelcool7]

evo03 said:
I think they will make it last. I don't think a new console from any one of the three will arrive before 2012. The 360 is making a profit and the PS3 will soon as well (if it isn't already) after expensive launches there's no way Sony and Microsoft will cut the legs out from under themselves just to repeat it all over again. Nintendo will have the Wii out for as long as they possibly can they've been making money from the start they will let it roll in as long as possible.

 I beg to differ. Sony plans on maintaining the PS3 for ten years but that is a plan that I think was complete BS. My opinion on that plan was that it was made because Sony's shares were falling over the PS3's losses. So Sony made up some crap about how they intended for the PS3 to slowly adapt and for it to last for ten years. However I can almost guarantee that the next PlayStation, Microsoft console and Nintendo console are well under way. I know that for a fact!

Nintendo will not keep the Wii as its main platform any longer then it has too. Do not doubt Nintendo's willingness to ditch the Wii at the drop of a hat as their primary platform. Why?, because the Wii will continue selling to cheap casual gamers long after their next generation console makes its debut.

Currently Wii software doesn't need to push the hardware envelope to maintain steady success. Nintendl has seen this and will likely keep the Wii around for along time. However I know for a fact that Nintendo already has its next console deep in development and I know that most believe 2011 will be its unvieling year.

Microsoft has a three phase plan that requires three consoles. Their next console will launch before or alongside Nintendo's. Once Nintendo's next console hits the market I expect to see PS3/360 killed off pretty quickly. My best bet is that Nintendo will turn the Wii into a 99.99$ console in 2011 and turn software development over to indy studios as a primary console for independants. The Nintendo WiiWare service will probubly be ported to their next console and they will probubly keep supporting the Wii through that.

 In the end I think once the next generation hits the market Microsoft and Sony will have no choice but to follow suit. Nintendo really controls when the next generation is going to start because if Microsoft/Sony don't beat Nintendo to the punch this time they will suffer crippling sales!

In other words I don't see seven years as that possible considering once the next generation is up and running they will get run into the ground. The Wii itself will go very low budget and kill off any current generation consoles that put up a fight!