| makingmusic476 said: They consoles will definitely be supported by Sony for at least 10 years. The ps1 actually went on to 11, if I recall correctly. That's one of the things I like about Sony. You don't HAVE to upgrade to keep getting new games. God of War II came out five months after the ps3 released. ^^ |
It was discontinued (no more shipments) before 10 years and 4 months I think..... If you check the hardware shipment data on this site the last shipment was in the 6 months before March 2005.... I think it is likely it was a last Christmas shipment therefore it "only" lasted 10 years and 1 month, but as it is not broken down into quarters we don't know that for sure.
The NES by the way lasted 20 years, although in decent sales terms it was only really 9 or 10 I think.
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If Sony really wants to keep it around for 10 years it is pretty easy, but it doesn't prove anything if it doesn't sell after it's successor, all it will be is bragging rights similar to what I just said with the NES, the last 5 years of the NESs life it barely shipped 1 million so those years don't really mean much.
