This all hinges on two things a significant price drop and the other that the 360 lasts the course.
I personally see a significant price drop but MS are waiting for the re-engineered 65nm units. This price will hopefully be enough to make this unit close to a casual purchase.
The hardware will improve in specification during its life. I certainly see the day Microsoft drop the omg we are going to put a High Def player in our drivers after all oh and by the way Halo 4 will need you to buy the add on or the unit with it built in. I think the recent Hard drive upgrade proved that Microsoft are not just going to let this unit gather dust.
Now tell that if the price dropped sufficiently and the hardware improved during its life would that not be a reason for this unit to continue to sell well and sell well into the future. After all they have sold just short of 12 million at the higher price.
Have a look at the games library for the 360 you might be suprised at the games it has on offer. Also you might want to look at the PS3 library I think you are going to see a lot more similarities than you did on previous rounds.
In addition I think we are going to see China play a more important part in these number during the lifecycle for both units. Something we have not seen before and not one we can easily predict.
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This all hinges on two things a significant price drop and the other that the 360 lasts the course.
I personally see a significant price drop but MS are waiting for the re-engineered 65nm units. This price will hopefully be enough to make this unit close to a casual purchase.
The hardware will improve in specification during its life. I certainly see the day Microsoft drop the omg we are going to put a High Def player in our drivers after all oh and by the way Halo 4 will need you to buy the add on or the unit with it built in. I think the recent Hard drive upgrade proved that Microsoft are not just going to let this unit gather dust.
Now tell that if the price dropped sufficiently and the hardware improved during its life would that not be a reason for this unit to continue to sell well and sell well into the future. After all they have sold just short of 12 million at the higher price.
Have a look at the games library for the 360 you might be suprised at the games it has on offer. Also you might want to look at the PS3 library I think you are going to see a lot more similarities than you did on previous rounds.
In addition I think we are going to see China play a more important part in these number during the lifecycle for both units. Something we have not seen before and not one we can easily predict.