Nintendo Wii, Playstation 3, Technology, Xbox 360
Is the “5 Year Rule” for Consoles a Thing of the Past?
No matter how well (PlayStation 2) or poorly (GameCube) your system is doing sales-wise, about five years of technological advancements tends to make anything on a current-generation system look like old news. Thus, the major video game hardware providers have more-or-less adopted the “five year rule,” meaning that they will release a new console every half-decade. Up until now, gamers have been able to rely on this rule to base whether or not they should commit to a system or wait for the next inevitable iteration.
