The reason the PS1 and PS2 were supported long past the standard 5 year cycle was because they were the UNDISPUTED MARKET LEADERS. By the time the cycle ended they were in a good position so Sony could continue to support them.
The PS3 on the other hand is getting its tail kicked in Japan by Nintendo, by Microsoft in the U.S., and by BOTH in Europe (weekly sales over there have now dropped to around 12000 a week).
The fact is, if your console fails in the first year or 2, devs and consumers will in fact move on. It's what happened to the Gamecube even though Nintendo made profit off it from the jump. Because it didn't grab anyonefrom the getgo.
So sorry cows, but all your preemptive damage control (before Thursday's devastating NPD sales) fails due to a lack of logic and forethought.
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