I cant see Sony discontinuing the PS3 at all, not for at least a good 5 years yet. They are some stubborn people and will make that 10 year plan hold true.

      Because Nintendo doesn't tend to care what their fans want and xbox fans are still and will remain primarily shooter gamers.  Also, you don't find the kind of stellar games that you used to back in the eighties on the pc anymore.  Instead of offering high quality adventures and top of the line story story based rpgs like in the days of Sierra, PC gaming is mainly made up of shooters like the 360 and mmo's.

     Since Apple is one of the top partners with Sony in the Blu-ray consortium, I would prefer to see most of Sony's studios shift towards developing their games on an Apple console.

wow people really want the ps3 dead, this makes me a sad panda. IF this were to happen then it will effect people with 360's as well. Developers can justify expensive hd games on ps3/360 due the people with ps3/360 equals people with wii.If the ps3 is gone, well then i expect few games on the 360 and alot more games on the wii.

 I agree. It is getting annoying,  'PS3 is dead' PS3 is not dead' 'Sony will stop making PS3' 'Sony will not stop making PS3's.

Sony have done all the hard work. The gaming industry is booming even in a time of recession, the Ps3 is getting cheaper to produce and the ps3 is selling at a great rate ensuring a large hardware foundation so games have the potential to sell quite well on the Ps3 and make lots of profit.

So it's really up to the Devs now to see how much they can test the power of the Ps3. All I see this recession doing to sony is eating into their borrowing and spending power a bit delaying research and developement of the Ps4 which isn't a bad thing because I want my Ps3 to have a nice long life as the most powerfull console.

Viva La Ps3! The thought of it being "discontinued" is riddiculous

Wow, Rinse & Repeat.

Sony would most likely remain developing software for Nintendo & Microsoft.

Does it matter if the Xbox has a load of shooters? (thats getting to be a over tired stereotype anyway) as it would have God of War, GT, Uncharted, LBP and others?

      Yeah, but then if they put them on the Apple Ibox or Iplay or ICube instead, then it would have God of War, GT, Uncharted, LBP, and others, and then the 360 fans or Wii fans that are wanting them on their console wouldn't have them, so it would be so funny. 

Oh yeah thats hilarious ... wtf?

@ bdbdbd- i agree the Wii is the dominant console right now...But i don't know where the notion comes from that it has sold by an amount that couldn't be caught by the other 2 consoles. I mean obviously whether the Wii will be caught depends on its future sales and the other consoles future sales, which none of us know. A lot of people who buy Wii's don't stick to owning just a Wii too. Who's to say what the numbers will be in 4-5 years? If the media would stop blowing a console that has 6 good games maybe we would see some different trends. Oh well, the Wii is what it is, I don't knock it. People who love gaming like myself for the most part won't be satisfied by owning only a Wii though. I had to sell mine after putting in over a 100 hrs on Smash and Twilight Princess.

Anyways, even if the Wii isn't caught by the other 2 consoles, i think its safe to say the PS3 will overtake the 360 in sales sooner than later. There are too many ps2 owners waiting to upgrade when their favorite title comes out on PS3 or there is a price drop. In Japan, the PS3 hasn't sold a fraction yet of what it will eventually sell. Not everyone likes to get rid of their electronics every 4 years like people in the US.

I just can't believe the negativity directed toward Sony by a lot of the gaming community with what they have done for gaming over the past 15 years. Treason at the highest levels IMO haha

Only the crappiest of trolls are saying either of those, the majority are just posting articals on sonys situationa nd getting blasted for it.

I'm getting tired of Sony fans crying over anyone posting a piece of news about Sony.

Sony are in bad times right now, there will be lots of articals, get over it.