| Kyros said: . At the end of the three year warranty there will be the next gen of consoles coming out very soon Apart from the fact that sucky backwards compatibility makes your console valuable even after the next one comes out, good consoles have a longer life than three years. (And only the specific RRoD problem has three years warranty, in Europe all electronic devices have normally two) The XBOX was an exception because it was not successful but people whose PS2 crapped out 2004 were not at the end of the lifecycle  . A console should at least work until the next one comes out. And with good games having development times of multiple years 4year lifecycles are insane. |
A 4 year life-span is stupidly short and something I could never support. Your point would be completely valid if the 360 wasn't on year three of its life. At the end of the warranty for one bought today it would be going on 6 years for it. That is a respectable time frame for any console.
Most backwards compatability is amazing at first anways. The 360s was rough, but there was a lot of corners cut in the design of the machine. The PS3s would be if sales hadn't been so much lower than what anyone taken seriously projected. The Wiis is perfect of course, but thats just a benefit of using the same architecture which has other draw-backs.
You should really try using the context of an arguement rather than a single stand alone line. It maks you look silly when someone points out the obvious intent of the statement.
