The most future proof console is the one that has users that care least about power and graphics. Look at what's keeping the PS2 alive, casual and sports games. The Wii has the lock on casual games. The 360 has gathered a substantial sports audience.

The owner that cares most about graphics is the first to jump ship when a more powerful system is released. That is precisely the demographic the PS3 has attracted.

Why wouldn't it work, it worked 2 times before?

The next gen is going to be focused more on connecting everyone together. So many people still don't have BB connections.

With the PS3 tho, it's problam now isn't brand awareness, nor brand credibility, it is simply the high price tag, and SONY knows this. All it will take is lowering the price and u watch it sell. I think a lot of SONY "haters" are in denial about this simple fact.

Sorry, my mistake.

The PS3 is hardly the most "future-proof" console given it's lack of RAM and slow Blu-Ray drive mean that it's already taking longer development times to get a game looking even as good as the 360 version, let alone excel.

The only reason Sony have a 10 year plan for the PS3 is because they can't afford to pay for the development of a PS4 for the next 10 years.

 Microsoft already announced that they will have the Xbox 360 duke it out with Sony's 10 year plan and end the 360 one day after the Sony gives up on the PS3. What Sony is doing with the PS3 is assuming that the mass of people who haven't purchased a next gen system will just flock to the PS3 over time.

Logical Fission just got Mailed.

I never said the 360 dominated the sports genre, however it's big enough to prevent the PS3 from owning the genre. That means people won't be compelled to buy one system over the other based on sports games, unlike the PS2 which owns that market for the older system buyer.

The arichitecture of the console doesn't really matter. Developping for the PS3 might be harder, it's still doable small developers for PSN games can do it and also all big developers. It's about userbase PS3 has the advantage if Microsoft and Nintendo start from scratch. 360 will definatly die if it's succesor has launched. Otherwise there is not many hope for microsoft to support 2 systems. They won't be able to release as many games as Sony can do with their 1st party developers.

I wonder how well the Wii will be doing when Ninendo has released it's succesor and PS3 is competing with motion-based games for the casual market.

The whole 10 year plan is just a PR bullshit which is thrown down our throats by Kaz Hirai and sony's "brilliant" PR officers. Sony wont be able to keep PS3 on the market for 10 years because no one will be interested in it after next generation rolls in, it's always the leading console that survives well into next generation not last one. Console that are doing badly: DC, Saturn, GC from the start will not miracously recover even with a price cut because Public does not want to buy it (99$ GC)

PS3 is not powerful enough for the 8th generation, look at the amount of designated RAM it has, it will also have a slow BD by around 2011, what makes you think that customers that did not choose a PS3 in 2008, 2009 will eventually get in in 2012? When Wii, Wii2 and Xbox 3 will be on the Martket? PS4 will be out around this same time as competition.

Do you really believe that Sony have planned all of that from the start? Cause i just cannot imagine them taking so much risk after 2 generations of domination, they were just to cocky in puting new format in and raising the price and they will never recover from that in this generation.