I'm fairly sure that whenever MS put out their next console. Sony will have their new console out within a year of its launch. Ideally, they don't want to let MS have any head start, so it is very possible the PS4 will launch in the same quarter as the next Xbox, meaning that the 360 will have actually been supported a year longer than the PS3, because while the PS2 is a great console, it started towards the inevitable end, the day the PS3 was announced.
I have no problem with supporting old consoles. I do have a problem with touting that support as if it's an industry changing event.
If you support your console for 5 years, and it lives on for another 3, after you've put out something better, that's not a 10 year life-cycle, imo. I view lifecycle as how long a company exclusively focuses on you before they announce your replacement. If Sony could pull a true 10 year lifecycle, and skip next gen, then "10 year life cycle" would cease to be a talking point or a marketing gimmick, and become a real plus to potential customers.
I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.
NO NO, NO NO NO.
