PS3 Until 2018?

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rocketpig said:

Comrade Tovya said:
Sounds like crap, but I would love it if it were true.

With that being said, technology moves WAY too fast, and in 2018, the PS3 will look like an Atari 2600 in retrospect.

Actually, I believe the 2600 was still in production when the SNES and Genesis were released. If not, at least the Genesis.

Compare the power of those machines and you'll realize just how ridiculous this idea really is.

If Sony thought this way before, the PSOne would still be their primary console or it would have just been replaced. How ridiculous is that thought?

Personally, I like Microsoft's comments about 360 production: We'll produce the 360 for one day longer than the PS3 lifespan.

This "10 year" bullshit needs to end. Consumers are the ones who make this decision, not Sony. With the PS3 staying in third place until at least 2011 given the current gap, there's no way Sony waits until even 2013 to release a new console.

 

 

You realize the 10 year plan was started with the PS1 right? The PS1's production was ended in 2006... the PS2's will end probably a year before the PS4 is out or maybe a touch sooner. The Ps3 will end running up to the PS5. Its an never ending cycle.

Sony looks at it this way. Sell the new console at a lose while the old console gains them profit. Once the old console becomes worthless and costs more to manufacture than sell, can it.