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Forums - Sales Discussion - Poll : which is the next system to die and why?

If a console death by definition is when no more games are made, surely the GBA is next because I believe it still has the odd game made [mostly THQ movie tie-ins]

Thus:
GBA > PS2 > PSP > 360 > PS3 > DS > Wii If by definition a console is dead when no more hardware is produced, then GBA is already dead, which means: PS2 > 360 > PSP > PS3 > DS >Wii (note the swap of PSP/360)



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The new N-Gage. Then the ps2.



Wii, because it's a fad.



Badonkadonkhr said:
gamingdevil said:
Badonkadonkhr said:
sony isn't in any rush to make a ps4 , they are known for having their systems out for a long time .

Yeah because they were market leaders.

No , Sony still said that after they were last in sales.


Cause they're going to say... "Yep, we're going to dump support for our new product pretty quickly... please buy it anyway."

Using a company of said product as your source for how said product is going to do/last is a bad idea. 



Ps2, but not for another year or two.



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PSP as the software just does not sale and 3rd parties will stop supporting it when even a flop on the DS sales more and I expect costs less to make



I love how people come in here and post without even reading the topic. If you said any of the three current gen systems (Wii, 360, PS3) you need to put down the fanboy Kool-Aid.

The PS2 is the obvious example, since it's going into its eighth year on the market. You'd have to say that the PSP is next, entering its fourth year and with sluggish software sales. All of the other platforms look to have a good three or more years of strong sales still ahead of them.

It's also hard to believe that some people still believe that the Wii will be discontinued before the 360 and PS3, despite the fact that this would break the trend of five consecutive generations. EVERY market-leading console has always seen a longer lifespan than its competitors. The 2600, NES, SNES, Playstation, and PS2 all were supported longer than younger, more powerful competitors (to cite a few examples: Colecovision, Intellivision, Master System, PC Engine/Turbographix, Megadrive/Genesis, Sega CD/32X, Saturn, N64, Dreamcast, Gamecube, XBox). And that's not even getting into handhelds, where the same rules hold true...



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End of 2008 totals: Wii 42m, 360 24m, PS3 18.5m (made Jan. 4, 2008)

Saying the 360 will go out soon because Microsoft's consoles average 4 years is horribly fallacious. The original Xbox was only moderately succesful in the US, and not very popular anywhere, so it got killed due to a lack of popularity and develop support. The 360 on the other hand is extremely even with the PS3, and going to stay ahead at least until 2009.

Same with saying the PS3 is going to last for ten years because the PS1 and PS2 did. They were supported for a long time because they sold over 100M units each.

A consoles life span depends on how well it sells. The decisions of the company producing it also affect things, but are secondary to this.

Right now the PS2 will probably be the first to go, because it's getting old and losing steam. Hardware sales are still pretty good (replacements for broken units?), but developer support has almost completely left for current gen consoles.

The PSP is in a bit of trouble due to dangerously low software sales. This could lead to developer support vanishing, although it's still got a good chance to recover. It doesn't look that bad really, but certainly weaker than any other console right now.

I think everything else will be around for at least 2 or 3 years. MS and Sony both invested huge sums of money into the HD consoles, and they'll definitely want to stay a good while in the money making part of the console life cycle. If one of them becomes the clear loser and sales drop notably from current levels, then we might see the underdog try to take the early mover advantage.

The Wii and DS are breaking all the records, and definitely won't be leaving the market any time soon.



ps2 no doubt been in the game too long...



PSP then PS2 then 360 then Wii then PS3 then DS