GTA V is never going to die... lol
Which is surprising that Rockstar didn't try to remake-remaster GTA-IV with it's superior story and likable characters and then you'd have seen two GTA games dominating the charts until the sequels.
Seriously? GTA? There's still people who don't have it?
I don't have it and was gonna buy it earlier this year but got something else. Will get it but the major issue is that many gamers are actually buying the game twice.
Many who beat it and completed on PS360 have gone back for the enhancements and online play perks which I hear many talking about.
Rockstar created a monster.
More than reliability, I'd be interested to know how past PS360 owners are transferring away from their old systems, and if those old systems are finding further use anywhere
PS4 seems to be a more compelling purchase than Xbox One (going by the vast gulf in sales globally), and undoubtedly lots of 360 owners are "jumping out" and going Sony, but might there also be more 360 owners than PS3 owners still hanging around in last gen?
As far as transferring, I would say no different than past console generations. Console gamers actually keep their old hardware instead of disposable PC parts.
There's still many games to be revisited again later however unless said game got a proper remaster or remake.
Besides the historical debates that some try to deny...one of the major problems going on with XboxOne is that Microsoft has not handled the remaster/remakes properly.
Halo collection could have been substantially enhanced without the MP and likewise for Gears of War which could have benefited from major 3d engine and gameplay mechanics enhancements to make a must-have collection but there's political problems with gamers who beat the games to death and fears of enhancements.
Interestingly a friend of mine fixes consoles and the most broken consoles he receives from customers are PS3's. He still gets some PS3 slims too. I had a PS3 fat BC which died on me and got fixed once. After some time though the fans were going crazy without even playing anything. And that is a bitch to fix.
Sony for some peculiar reason has some rectangular plates sitting on top of the processors and its extremely difficult to remove without damaging. A thin tool like a blade is required to do that but it's something you have to make yourself, otherwise kiss your console goodbye. And even then it needs extreme caution. The paste inside those plates is usually the culprit and needs replacement. And it makes the console a lot harder to fix if the problem is an overheated processor that gets you a YLOD. The 360's are easier to fix if they get a RROD
Your explanation sounds kinda hard to believe as someone who has disassembled PS3s and many consoles.
The stock PS3 thermal paste is in fact not causing the "heatsink system" to stick to the "heatspreader" unless someone is imagining things a simple slight sliding motion is all that's needed to remove if indeed it seems tight however if someone is applying thermal paste like Arctic Silver 5 or something similar that causes a sticky feeling then there's no need to remove the heatsink system from the heatspreader as all you need to do is use a vacuum or air can to blow any possible dust build up and clear air ways which is what actually causes the fan to ramp up.
However the fact that the fan on PS3 launch units actually "ramps up" is indicative of it's design in actually working but sensing the need to increase cooling during gaming sessions and does not mean the console is gonna die because if you actually keep the console powered and continue playing...eventually the fan will ramp down.
I have experience with ten hour sessions both during 2007 (when I was only trying the console and was gonna return it) and afterwards when I dusted, cleaned and applied new thermal paste then tested for ten plus to twenty hours in winter and summer...
All electronic chips generate heat, it's the thermal paste and heatsink system design's job to cycle that heat but quickly turning off the console because the fan ramped up is more than likely gonna cause problems just like how pc graphics cards get premature deaths.
Shifty, I know many people who are dedicated xbox 360 fans who owned a minimum of four consoles. Some tried to sell me their dying consoles even.
Plus there was a major problem with last gen being state of the art tech chips and gamers still treating said devices as something you can carry around or put on the floor...on a rug...or in tight spaces blocking air flow something that both current consoles target somewhat.
Currently as for XboxOne sales I'm rather surprised that Microsoft didn't fund remake-remasters more properly and not all their flagship titles are out and that's something they should be have been working on.
However all evidence points to previous focus on t.v. viewing, kinect and that's what scared off their usual base.
