jarrod said:
Gee, I must've missed the PS2 tech demos in 1998.
That's cute.
The PSOne came out end-94 in Japan. 9/9/95 in US. We saw the first PS2 tech demos in early 99 (*less* than 4 years after the US launch, and just about 4 1/2 years after the Japanese launch), and then the hardware on Sept. 17 1999. The console was released March 3rd, 2000 in Japan, and October 26th 2000 in the US.
For the US, it was 4 years until we saw actual hardware, but less than 4 for tech-demos. Overseas it was about 5 years until hardware, and roughly 4 1/2 for tech-demos. Because the release date gap wasn't very wide with the PS2, as it was with the PSOne, those adjustments have to be taken into consideration. Once that's said and done, 4 years (give or take a few months) seems like the correct time to wait until tech demos are demonstrated. Now go back to making your little handheld threads and leave the console talk for the big boys, please.