He admits the PS3 is going to have an uphill battle in the US, where Microsoft has dug their trenches with the 360, but the European and Japanese market will begin to more readily accept the PS3 in the coming years. Speaking of the coming years, Cousens proposes that a Wii 2 (maybe renamed the Mii 2 just for funsies) will come out before a successor emerges for the PS3 or 360 -- the latter can be upgraded over the years, but won't be replaced. We hope the PS3 does make it through ten years. The PS2 is practically there and continues to hold a lineup of titles that aren't terrible. It's still the console to pick up for RPG fanatics everywhere.
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2-01-2008 @ 6:08PM
Mr Everdred 01 said...
I think Wii 2 would be an even better name than Mii 2, because then in Japanese it would be called the Wii ni.
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2-02-2008 @ 6:35PM
Sauvage said...
You are right, because the current version sounds more like an allergy or rash when you say Wii itch.
2-01-2008 @ 6:26PM
Phileoca said...
Microsoft is going to lose all that ground when they do the inevitable and make the next generation of Xbox.
And that there, will be the end of xbox.
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2-01-2008 @ 6:40PM
TinyTim121 said...
I'm confused =S
Could you explain a bit more?
I mean, they make next gen operating systems and they still own like 90% of the PC market
As for the topic, i think the second sony defines itself as a console (Wii = Family, 360 = FPS genre mostly, PS3 = what speciality?) i think the PS3 will really start to win. But i think 2008 is gonna own for the PS3. Home, Little Big Plannet, MGS4, Tekken 6...just wow!
2-01-2008 @ 6:51PM
Imbro said...
End of xbox? Not likely. And don't get too fanboyish. The existence of the xbox is good. Yes, good. I'm pretty sure that most of what we got now on the ps3 (different than launch specs), is a response to the xbox popularity and features. I hope all three consoles survives and makes a profit.
2-03-2008 @ 4:10AM
Musouka said...
What Phileoca means is that after Microsoft MURDERED Xbox1 (mildly said), if they do the same in less than 2 more years, all faith in their consoles will die (and most people will avoid xbox3). I didn't think so either, but everyone that owned an xbox1 and now has x360 says so in posts online.
2-04-2008 @ 4:45PM
Phileoca said...
Yes, Musouka clarified well. Xbox1 came and it went. No more support for that system, and the support for that system left quickly too. If M$ makes a new system and stops supporting the 360, their fan base will be forced into another upgrade.
How will that upgrade be able to compete with the Price of the PS3? The PS3 price isn't going to go up, and with the life cycle stats of it, we're looking at least 6 more years until the next system (ps2 = 7 years before PS3 launch).
2-01-2008 @ 6:52PM
bs6268d said...
but if 360 2 comes out and way betta graphics ps3 will die sry but its tru
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2-01-2008 @ 6:57PM
Vince UK said...
and a couple of years later the PS4 will come along with superior spec and so on.
2-01-2008 @ 8:06PM
Mike918 said...
And maybe by the time that the 360 2 comes around your grammar will get better! :P
2-01-2008 @ 7:16PM
bs6268d said...
ya but it will be same as this generation Sony behind a year the key to winning have ur console be 4 the other
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2-01-2008 @ 9:50PM
cycopl said...
Yeah, kind of like how the Dreamcast had the advantage by being released early. Oh wait...
2-01-2008 @ 10:16PM
bs6268d said...
um ya and the dreamcast is gone
I love my ps3 I just want ps4 be 4 xbox 2
2-01-2008 @ 11:14PM
cycopl said...
You kind of missed my point. Being released early is not the key to success. The Sega Genesis/Megadrive was released before the SNES. The Sega Saturn was released in the US before the Playstation 1, look how that turned out. The Sega Dreamcast was released before the PS2. These all may have been attributed towards poor market strategies by Sega, but it's also proof that releasing your console early is not "key".
2-02-2008 @ 1:20AM
bs6268d said...
wats ur psn Id
2-02-2008 @ 1:11PM
JaseH said...
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2-03-2008 @ 2:37AM
Popfrogs said...
Dude, you're not texting on a damn phone, try spelling out a few words once in awhile. Are you paying for internet access by the number of letters you type?
2-01-2008 @ 7:17PM
Fraser JK said...
Halo 3 pushed the limits of what the 360 can do... and here we have a game like Uncharted that's just barely tapped the power of the PS3... I mean some things things are just obvious, thinking about them makes my head hurt!
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2-02-2008 @ 8:12AM
Brucie B said...
Whats very Obvious is you my friend are a Complete Fanboy.
Might be a 10 yr system, But they'll have a PS4 out before 10yrs you can bet your bottom dolla!
2-02-2008 @ 3:54PM
HAAS599 said...
the ps4 will be out before the ps3 dies, just like the ps3 came out before the ps2 died.
I think M$ will be in a bad spot with the xbox 720, they know the ps3 is only getting stronger and the price for the console can only get cheaper. Yet they are going to have to release a new console to compete with or out-do the ps3 in a couple of years. But how powerful of a system do they make, one that blows away the ps3 and cost 600-700 bucks. when the ps3 is costing 300 bucks?
I'm a lot more interested in what M$ is going to do with their next console, its obvious the xbox360 wont last as long as the PS3. its funny when people talk about how much the ps3 costs when not only did a xbox with all the bells and whistles of a ps3 cost the same or more but now all the xbots will be buying 2 consoles to a PS3fanboy's one. and if this trend continues, xbots will buy 4 consoles to a ps3fanboy's 2.