SONY : PS3 Will have a "MINIMUM" Lifespan Of 10 YEARS.....50 Million Consoles Sold Is JUST THE START!!

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scottie said:

Marks said:
Well it's already been almost 5 years, so saying it'll last 5 more years isn't unreasonable. It's got at least a couple more years till the PS4 comes, and it'll last a couple years alongside the PS4 before it dies. Just like the PS2 is doing right now.

Apart from the name, and the name of the manufacturer, name a similarity between PS2 and PS3

You're right, the PS3 is completely different in every way. The product, features, and sales trends exist within a generation where 3rd place in sales is not what it was during the era of the PS2 making a retroactive analysis with last gens selling habits of respective consoles; pointless.

Looking back through history to predict future events does work sometimemes but not in the case of tech. Not here.

Something catastrophic would have to happen for the PS3 to suddenly get dropped by all 3rd parties within the next 5 years. Sure they may shift their focus to the wiiU, 720, and PS4, but you can bet versions of almost all games will have ports to the PS3 and probably 360 for many years to come. It is just the state of the game development industry, especially in Japan.