@Northstar: I believe that it was supposed to be out sping 2005, and after it got delayed, it was supposed to be out late 2005, and after that delay early 2006, and after that delay they got it out Q4 2006 in Japan and US and Q1 2007 in PAL regions. I could be wrong in the 2005 announcements, but they did aim to (early) 2005. In minimum, it was delayed by a year (and the reason was propably the Cell, even that Sony claims the reason to the Blu-Ray).
Sony has used the "Sega method" with all their home consoles, they have always aimed for early release to get some sales before competitors release their consoles. For example, 360 has pretty good situation compared to PS3 just because of its year headstart, if they would have had reseases at the same time, PS3 would lead 360 at the moment.
I agree with optcode, market doesn't follow what a single company wishes it to follow. Ten years is possible, if you have the 100M selling console, but if you don't, then you don't have the ten years, unless you want to ride a dead horse (like M$ did with Xbox). People start to replace their old consoles with the new generation ones when they arrive and replace them in 5-10 years, some even skip one generation.
Ei Kiinasti.
Eikä Japanisti.
Vaan pannaan jalalla koreasti.
Nintendo games sell only on Nintendo system.
