Kaz Hirai, Sony Computer Entertainment America president and CEO, told Official PlayStation Magazine in its latest issue that the Xbox 360 “lacks longevity.”
He went on to say that “unless things go really bad, there’s no way that at the end of a life cycle, our competition is going to have a higher install base.”
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But what is “longevity” in gaming hardware? Sony has promoted this idea for years now and it always points to the PlayStation 2 as proof that its consoles have lasting power.
December’s NPD sales numbers might prove the company’s point: 1.1 million PlayStation 2 units were sold in December, besting both the PSP and the PlayStation 3 for the month.
Sony has said on numerous occasions that it plans to keep the PlayStation 3 going for 10 years, and to judge the victor of the console war before that time period is up would be foolish. So far, the PlayStation 3 has just over two years under its belt. If Sony gets its wish, the console will still be in production until at least 2016–a whopping 7 years from now. And quite a bit can happen in that time.
But that doesn’t answer the simple question of whether or not longevity in gaming really matters.
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Originally posted at The Digital Home
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