Why do people still use "The Ten Year Plan" excuse?

[Comrade Tovya]

Zones said:
The real answer is, because PS3 is way over it's time, the system is more future proof than the other ones. Now, just because it didn't sell as much as PS2 doesn't mean the system can't be out for as long if Sony supports the system.

Another thing that you should know, is that PS3 is in it's infancy as of now, outside few first party studios games, no company took advantages of the system, we really don't know what it's capable of until now. But I am sure whatever you saw on 2005 E3 press conference is completely possible on PS3, so two years form now, the system, might be something you have never thought of.

 

You see, that's what I keep hearing, but in tests of the two systems, I think it's been shown that the PS3 is no more advanced than the 360, and if it is, it isn't by very much.  So I think the whole notion that the PS3 is "future proof" is just Sony PR digging real hard to look for a win somewhere. 

The games that I have that are on both consoles look exactly the same, and the gameplay is exactly the same on both consoles.  The only difference to me is the controllers are different, and hence I choose to play each game depending upon which controller (sixaxis or 360) works better for that game.

I think that either the 360 or PS3 can last as long as MS & Sony want to make it last, but the technology in each console is virtually equivalent.  I used to be of the camp that said the PS3 was more advanced, but there have just been too many tests out there that show that that is just not the case... if anything, the PS3 has a more stable hardware platform.