PS4 Lifecycle Might Be Shorter than the PS3, Sony Suggests
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The current generation of consoles, the PS3 and Xbox 360, has been around for many years and, while sales were really strong at first, in recent years things have gotten pretty bad as there wasn't that much demand and, due to the economic downturn, many customers declined to invest in the gaming platforms.
According to Sony UK's Fergal Gara, this record-breaking performance shows the appetite gamers have for new hardware and hints that the lifespan of the PS4 could be shorter this time around.
"I think there's reason to believe that the next cycle might be shorter in markets such as the UK," he told TechRadar. "It's probably a sign of the times and how much has changed in seven years, but I think the willingness and the appetite to pick up new technology fast has probably changed quite a bit."
That decision, however, won't be made anytime soon, as Sony wants to see just how the financial and sales results will shape up over the following months.
"We're going to have a much better feel for it once we're a good few months in and we can see how the dynamics are emerging," he said.
"What we do know is that the uptake [of the PS4] is going to be very sharp. Does that mean this is going to be a much bigger cycle? Maybe. Or it might mean that it's just a bit more compressed into the first few years, that the latter years are a little softer."
Microsoft has already gone on record to say that it wants the Xbox One lifecycle to be as long as the Xbox 360 one.
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