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

[donathos]

How do you "future proof" a system?

If Sony had wanted to "future proof" a system 10 years ago, that means that they would have created a current gen system in 1998? (Say at least the power of the Wii.) That's two years before even the release of the PS2. Would that even be possible?

Also, so far the PS2 has been the most successful console in history (much more successful it seems than the PS3), but is even the PS2 on a 10 year plan? Who is buying the PS2 right now? I know that the console continues to sell to *someone*, but it's hardly the console of choice among gamers, right? Was the PS2 "future proofed"? Did it operate according to a 10-year plan? Or was it made obsolete to gamers 2 years ago (in its sixth year of release)?

No one can predict the future and, if anyone can, Sony's proven this gen that it's not them! Tech improves and things change. You can bet that it won't take MS 10 years to release a console technologically superior to the PS3, and so what then? What will Sony say when PS3 isn't in the place of technological front-runner, but when it's at the back of the pack graphically, etc.? Will Sony then begin to argue the Wii's message of today, that it isn't all about graphics?

If Sony had a plan at the beginning of this gen, it wasn't a very good one, and I'm sure it's been scrapped for a while. If Sony needs to release the PS4 more quickly in order to compete and try to reclaim marketshare, you can bet they'll do it.