Sony to start production of PS4,late 2011

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demonfox13 said:

fauzman said:
Im pretty surprised at this news if its true. I always thought that ps4 would release after xbox720, and especially considering the 10 year ps3 lifetime sony management have been going on about.

Ummm what do you mean dude? Did you already forget that the PS2 released around PS1's like 5th year on the market? Yet the support still continued for nearly 10+ years? Did you also forget that PS3 released also around PS2's 5th or 6th year yet at nearly the 11th year PS2 still gets support (now it's less but several games still come out), therefore this would still fall in line with Sony's 10 year plan.

Sony didn't really support the PSX much after the release of the PS2, or the PS2 after the release of the PS3. If Sony meant that the system would still be available for 10 years, just like almost every other major console released, then that is pretty lame. They did say that the PS3 would have a 10 year lifespan, and followed up by saying that it was much longer than the PS2 and PSX. Essentially it was an excuse to justify the high retail price, because it would be 10 years before the next system would be released, so getting it now for that price would be a nice 10 year investment. If the PS4 comes out next year, then the PS3 becomes obsolete in 6 years rather than 10.