10 years of lifespan is a marketing tool to get people like you, the consumer, to believe that the PS3 will be a great purchase, and will last you for 10 whole years. The truth is, in 3 years, the PS4 will be nearing release, and in 10 years, Sony will be out of business, or the PS5 will be in its final stages of development.
So, if the "10 year lifespan" is true or not, the claim of a 10 year lifespan is certainly a marketing tactic to produce confidence in the product amongst consumers.
Microsoft would do it too, but:
A. It would be publically chastised for the claim, because of how quick the Xbox was dropped, like a rock with pee on it.
B. If people actually believed that we had to deal with the Xbox 360 for another 8 years, they would probably stop buying Microsoft products entirely, because certainly with a 10 year lifespan the issue of RRoD would need addressing.
I do think the PS3 will be in trickling production for the next 10 years, due to the popularity of Blu-Ray and the assumption of Sony's inept management that somehow the PS3 will magically perform like the PS2, if we just keep it out there long enough, and bundle every popular game released, with the system, at no discount, to make the more retarded customers more enticed to buy.
I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.
NO NO, NO NO NO.
