Blood_Tears said: smroadkill15 said: It really makes MS 1-2 years not seem so bad now, does it? PS4 lifespan as it relates to Sony's 10+ year support plan has nothing to do with MS wanting all their 1st party titles on X1 for 1 to 2 years. Apples to Oranges and completely off topic.

Is it though? You can say for a fact Sony won't announce any more games for the ps4 considering they were more than happy to hide the fact Horizon and others will be on Ps4? 

It's for the best really.

Doesn't make any sense to just abandon a platform that's still thriving and profitable.
Hardware sales may be slowing down (Covid boost aside), but they're still making a killing off software.

Most of the games that they already had in development for the PS4 that were scheduled to release post-PS5 launch should be cross-gen since it would make the most sense to start the transitional phase of your user base onto the next platform while also milking the cow of your last platform for every last drop it's got.

That said, I do think they could have done a better job of giving the PS5 a stronger launch and giving their user base a bigger, more urgent incentive to make the jump. But, given the circumstances, I'm willing to cut 'em some slack.

They plan to keep makeing PS4's for another 3 years?

Unless they can hit the 150$ area with the slim, they honestly shouldn't even bother.

JRPGfan said: They plan to keep makeing PS4's for another 3 years? Unless they can hit the 150$ area with the slim, they honestly shouldn't even bother.

It ain't about moving more hardware, it's about milking the system for every last drop it has while it's still very profitable.

The PS3 was able to last another 4 years after the PS4 launched and it still moved a ton of software on top of selling another 5.6 million units. 

I'm sure the PS4 has another 3 years in its tank.

PAOerfulone said: It ain't about moving more hardware, it's about milking the system for every last drop it has while it's still very profitable.

Well the article says nothing about hardware plans. But what those hardware plans are isn't clear. They haven't announced end to production, and typically lastgen production continues to be relevant in non-core markets (which American article doesn't seem focused on). If they are continuing production, it would make sense for new production standard to use newer process for APU... possibly even offering discless version? Certainly the hardware question seems relevant to topic of PS4's ongoing relevance, but doesn't seem like it's been publically addressed so far.

They won't ship many more consoles, but 3rd party devs will still release a few games for 3 or 4 years as they say.

Well the PS4 is a very useful and well made console. I have no doubt that it will last longer than 3-4 years as a fair number of people will want to continue using it.

smroadkill15 said: It really makes MS 1-2 years not seem so bad now, does it?

This has nothing to do with Sonys first party output. Fifa will continue shipping on PS4 until 2025 most likely 

If course there's transitions, just like there always has been. I believe PS4 will still the first party games that are still under development, with no new ones announced, while 3rd parties still keep supporting the system as long as they can make enough money to justify the development.
And, of course Sony will manufacture the system until the sales numbers drop.

I'm guessing this means we'll definitely get a price cut here soon. Can't imagine a $349-$399 PS4 Pro doing well against a $399 PS5. Really, the Slim needs to drop to $199 and the Pro needs to drop to $299.