The PS2 era was very long ago and things have changed quite a bit since then.

Games are a lot more expensive to develop and if there's a platform like the XboxOne where publishers know that they'll be able to sell 1.5-2 million copies of their games, they will keep supporting it.

Well, i would argue they already have in europe.

Its more of a question of when/if they will in the US. I have no idea why its selling well there, so i really don't know when or if it will decline.

Third parties aren't going to drop Xbox. Not in the "West." I dunno why we're even still discussing the idea, to be honest. Devs would be basically halving their US sales by pulling that.

That said, I do believe X1 won't have a lifespan nearly as long as the 360 did, and M$ will start shifting their focus to next gen in the fifth year.

Only if you throw it there.

True. The 9th gen is going to be really interesting, because it looks that those consoles will have to compete the most not with other 9th gen systems, but with the PS4.

In that case things don't look too promising, because so far only 15 games have sold over 1.5 million on XB1, and a lot of them are from the same few frnchises. The sales potential for most stuff that's not CoD, Halo, Madden is very limited on XB1.

And for a lot of games that have historically been associated with Playstation like MGS, FF, TR, etc. it might actually be more beneficial to release exlusively on PS4 and get some boost from the exclusivity marketing.

Doesn't have my taste in mind along with games that I already grab on my PC, why should I have to get one?

What's your taste like?

Something that doesn't really fit the spectrum of what you're likely to suggest to me, I already get what I want on my platform of preference, PS4 nor X1 provide me with anything to rush out and buy a console for, those times are long gone for me.

Well, in a way, yeah. Gaming graphics have reached the point of massively diminishing returns, and dev costs are continuing to rise. 3rd parties will probably continue to support 8th gen for a good long time, as the cost of pushing games EVEN further exclusively on new systems wont be worth it. We already saw a bit of that this gen. Only Sony and M$ will be releasing truly next-gen games, and, of the two, Sony is far more likely to go on supporting two platforms.

I'm thinking that, what with x86 BC and all, he PS4/PS5 will share much of their library, as will the XBone/XBTwo. Next gen will push mainly higher resolution and FPS. If that's the case, new consoles are gonna have a hard time convincing people to upgrade for at least the first few years, meaning PS4 will continue it's market dominance well into 9th gen, whereas Xbone will fizzle out far more quickly.

That's my guess, anyway.