Why the PS3 will not last long, let alone 10 years.

[hentai_11]

taxman said:

hentai_11 said:
Intresting thread. However I see three (fictional) scenarios how the PS3 could reach a 10 year life.

1st Scenario: There will be no PS4. The PS3 will be Sonys last console. But it will last 10 years. (Maybe even longer.)

2nd Scenario: There will be a PS4 with no backward-compatibility. The PS3 will still be sold to play PS3-Games with it.

3rd scenario: Sony will not release a new console, but upgrade the PS3 with firmware updates and additional motion controllers into a PS3.5.

You forgot the most likely scenario:

The PS4 will essentially be a faster PS3 (faster CPU and GPU & extra memory) with motion controls and perfect backwards compatibility that will be called PS4 but essentially be what the Wii is to the GC...

I didn't forget this scenario. However this scenario would mean that the lifecycle of the PS3 would end as soon as the PS4 would emerge. Like the GC ended, when the Wii appeared. (Nice example ) Which means that the PS3 wouldn't have the 10 years lifecycle.

I only listed scenarios for the 10 year lifecycle.