The_Liquid_Laser said:
curl-6 said:
The big 3 have "waited too long" before. PS3/360 weren't replaced until 7/8 years after they launched.
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The PS3 waited 7 years, because it was such an ambitious console with ambitious specs. It launched with a $500/$600 price tag. It actually got a $400 model in 2007 which would be 6 years before the PS4 launch. Also financial losses were a big factor why Sony waited to release the PS4. It needed to make sure that it wouldn't sell at too much of a loss even at launch.
The PS4 was not considered to have ambitious specs when it launched. Also Sony is not hurting financially like they were during the PS3 years. There is no business reason for Sony to wait. It is smarter business for them to release in 2019.
As for Microsoft, they are a wildcard. They are still figuring out the console business in a lot of ways. Also a lot of their strategy is around figuring out how to "punk" Sony in some way. If they can upstage Sony then they will do it. With the XBox360 they upstaged Sony by releasing a year early. But they might come up with some new tactic for their next console. We'll just have to wait and see.
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What about riding the PS4 gravy train for as long as possible as they're making money on it and are under no pressure to move on to the next gen?
