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[cvxfreak]

As the DS launch gets closer, some people have said that the GBA will die within six months, and the same goes for the Xbox and Xenon next year. I for one disagree, especially on the GBA, because a dead system doesn't just come about when its successor or quasi-successor come to market. Anyway, my definition of a dead system is pretty obvious:

- No considerable new titles coming out (this doesn't fit the GBA)
- Sales are on their last legs (this doesn't fit the GBA)
- Manufacturing is being reduced or phased out (this doesn't fit with the GBA)
- Company support diminishes entirely (this doesn't fit with the GBA)

Anyone have any other input?

 

[xsarien]

Dead system = zero support from the manufacturer on both a hardware and software level.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

SEGA!

 

[Chittagong]

GAF says its dead.

 

[open_mouth_]

 

[Ranger X]

I totally agree but there's one thing people tend to forget. The DS does everything the SP do and more. If the DS is successfull, people will start to choose and most probably the DS. It will then start to take sales away from the SP, then support will drop, then the SP will die. How long does that take? -- Obviously more than a year because the SP is fucking strong but don't bet it will last 3 years.

 

[Pedigree Chum]

My old PS2 that crapped out on me after a year. FUCK YOU SONY!

j/k i still love em, but make more reliable hardware next gen, please.

 

[snapty00]

If I rarely (if ever) play it; AND
My friends rarely (if ever) play it; AND
It doesn't have a significant amount of high-profile exclusives coming that are highly relevant to the mainstream market.

I highly doubt GBA dies before 2008, if that. It'll be late 2007 before Xbox dies, and it might last even longer than that. And GameCube might make it through next year.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Gamecube won't die unless the next Zelda is moved to Revolution launch

 

[Leviathan]

A system can only be dead if it is discontinued.

 

[Pedigree Chum]

A system can only be dead if it is discontinued.

*cue sappy song*
No, its still alive...in our hearts.
*end sappy song*

 

[AniHawk]

When the manufacturer stops supporting it with ads, software, and hardware (as in shuts down production permanently).

So Sega Dreamcast is a good example. Well, kinda. Sega still releases games on the system every blue moon, but they've stopped the other two things.

 

[cvxfreak]

When the manufacturer stops supporting it with ads, software, and hardware (as in shuts down production permanently).

So Sega Dreamcast is a good example. Well, kinda. Sega still releases games on the system every blue moon, but they've stopped the other two things.

They're usually Naomi ports, too, so they really don't count for much. =/

 

[TekunoRobby]

When companies stop producing games for the system in a period of over 6 months or a fiscal period.

 

[signet]

Every time a Nintendo fan "gets some" a system dies. Doesn't happen much

 

[OG_Original Gamer]

Trolls, an infestistation worse than the New York rat.

 

[P90]

Many here would say, "Any system that doesn't have Sony on it". Of course, when it has "Sony" on it the system is inoperable or dysfunctional after three months of light use.

 

[GhaleonEB]

As the DS launch gets closer, some people have said that the GBA will die within six months, and the same goes for the Xbox and Xenon next year. I for one disagree, especially on the GBA, because a dead system doesn't just come about when its successor or quasi-successor come to market. Anyway, my definition of a dead system is pretty obvious:

- No considerable new titles coming out (this doesn't fit the GBA)
- Sales are on their last legs (this doesn't fit the GBA)
- Manufacturing is being reduced or phased out (this doesn't fit with the GBA)
- Company support diminishes entirely (this doesn't fit with the GBA)

Anyone have any other input?

One I don't play. This would include the PS2 and GC.

 

[cvxfreak]

It's perfectly fine to consider a system dead if it doesn't satisfy you on a personal level to a point where you just stop playing it.

 

[Pedigree Chum]

.

 

[Rhindle]

A system is dead when few (if any) new high-profile 3rd party releases are being announced for it. Cube is teetering on the brink at the moment. Xbox will probably hang in there until E3 '05, after that it's toast.

 

[krypt0nian]

Every time a Nintendo fan "gets some" a system dies. Doesn't happen much

Can you actually be banned for not being funny?

 

[TekunoRobby]

A system is dead when few (if any) new high-profile 3rd party releases are being announced for it.

Why specifically third party? I perceive it as: The system isn't really dead until they stop making games for it within a reasonable time frame (ie: not a random game every year) or on a personal level one that you don't play.

Sure it's up to opinion on what "we" define as truly dead but that third party part caught my attention. I don't disagree but I'm just curious that's all.

 

[Deg]

People who think DS and PSP are going to overtake GBA need to get a reality check.

 

[AniHawk]

Can you actually be banned for not being funny?

I was.

 

[snapty00]

DS and PSP will overtake the GBA. It's just the matter of when that's much more questionable. I think it'll be several years.

 

[xexex]

 

[Jim Bowie]

Hahaha.. beat me to it.

 

[Brannon]

A system is truly dead when a company buys all the remaining consoles, guts them and turns the Jaguar Husks into dentistry equipment, Monster Hunter style...

Don't laugh, IT LOOKED LIKE A TOILET BEFORE REMEMBER.