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Not really.  People are hardcore towards a subject for certain reasons.  When those reasons are little to no avail, you can't be hardcore about something that's changed so much.  Between Nintendo and Microsoft, Nintendo would be the hardcore choice because Miyamato have always been consistant and catered to his fanbase.  And now the Wii has proven that developers cannot ignore it because of its rapidly growing userbase.  Always have "faith" in Nintendo.  The developers have made the mistake in ignoring it and so has the "hardcore" gamer (yes, hardcore is in quotes). And from an industry point of view, many Xbox fanboys have quote "competition is good" not knowing that Microsoft is the worst of all evils in their consistant pro-monopoly/anti-competitve business stance as proven my numerous of court cases over the past ten plus years.  All public business have to appease the stockholders first, but you let Microsoft take over the console market, they will screw you, the developers, and potential competitors like they have in the PC industry.  Hey, they tried to buy Nintendo and get them to stop making hardware.  Is that competition?  Nope.  As a hardcore gamer, I support the industry, not the dominance of a pro-monopoly/anti-competitve business.  Thank you SONY for initially pushing gaming into the mainstream, and thank you Nintendo for staying true to what gaming is all about.  I love the 360, but too bad it's not backed by another company who believes in competition.  Thank goodness for the sake of gaming that I see both Nintendo and SONY saying in this to give Micrsoft the competition they need.  I just hope the general public will learn and exercise this as well.

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gebx only just posts the news. Negative news creates more response that is the way the world is, bad news sells. Current Affairs, Newspapers, Magazines, Radio, Internet, etc. Most of the news is bad news it gains people's attention.

The point is, does anyone really think sony would leave the gaming industry?

Sony will make another console once they realize that if they don't try so hard to fail they won't. If the PS4 isn't a multimedia center / trojan for expensive and unnecessary components and is instead an actual gaming system then it will succeed greatly.

It's possible. As I defended before, a big change in strategy is needed to compete with Microsoft. They could decide that this change in strategy is too hard to implement, or that they should sell their gaming division assets if they get cash-strapped during the recession.

I don't think it's likely, but it's possible. It's all about Sony's expectations for the long term.

The worse case foreseeable reasonable scenario I see is similar to the "Walkman" brand.  Dominant at one time while currently not but presently offers quality as a viable option.  Getting more involved with the church, I needed a quick and convient way to keep up with events and contacts.  A smart phone would have been too much for my likes.  So I upgraded my Motorola V551 to a SonyEricsson W580i ("W" stands for "Walkman).  The phone was very easy to navigate as an organizer, it had a built-in pedometer for my running, and the music Walkman playback was incredible.  The Walkman name isn't as dominant as before, but it offered high quality as an MP3 player.  But the aesthetics and impression of console gaming stands out and are more impressive that the mp3 player market.  I don't see why SONY won't reatin the PlayStation namebrand, continue to release future consoles and handhelds, and continue to support the console as did Nintendo as worse case foreseeable reasonable scenario.

According to Radio 538 news, also in Holland, LCD sales have never been that high during this Christmas season comparing to earlier years. Wii is just sellng ridiculously high, god knows why. Even car companies in Holland give free Wii consoles when buying a Citroen or something.... companies just buying off Wii consoles for their own benefit. And the 360... oh well, how low can it go... I mean the price tag of course.

To all the pathetics out here... the show ain't over yet until the fat lady sings, capeeche??

NO. They are saying that they have no plans on a NEW console, not that they don't have plans for the PS3. 10 year plan may be true after all.

Pleeeease let it be true...

Onna, your so badass :P

I think there's been too much gaming news as of recently from Sony to support a dropout. I don't see them leaving a business that's been profitable for them :P