I hate when people try to say the PSX lasted for 10 years. Who was buying newly created games for the Playstation from 1995-2005?? Just because people were still buying copies of FFVII from Wal-Mart to play on their Playstation 2 doesn't mean the PSX had a magic 10-year life cycle.

The Playstation 2 on the other hand does have a legit chance to meet Sony's claims, but it's still pretty retarded to just assume they're going to have another THREE great years for it. That's a long time. It might only come true because the Playstation 3 will remain so unpopular -- ironic.

With that logic you can say the DC is still going strong, since DC games have been coming out in Japan since 1999.

PS was 11 years (1994-2005). Largely new titles were only really pushed in Japan beyond 2001, but the system was still supported in the states and used PSX games could still be found in stores up until 2005.

PS2 has been 7 years (2000-2007) but Sony allegedly plans on it being 13 years (2000-2013).

PS3 hasn't even been one year but Sony plans on it being 10 years (2006-2016).

Dreamcast has been going for nine years (1998-2007) and has not been doing any stronger than the PS did in its twilight years (2001-2007) with maybe 3-5 unique games released for it each year in Japan. It in every regard has done worse than the PS did considering it hasn't even had a presence in the states in its twilight years.

Used PSXs can still be found. That doesn't make it still supported. The PSX made it seven years.

The PS2 will only last into 2009 if Sony altogether stops focusing on the PS3, which has a max lifetime of seven years itself.

Wait, used games on sale count as lifecycle?

NES for the Win! That's a horribly retarded method of determining it.

What will be Sony's next game on the ps2?

Used games do not determine a console's life cycle. Who even suggested they did in the first place?

The PlayStation was supported in Japan from 1994 to 2005, that is its life cycle. Up until that point the console was fully supported by Sony, new titles were being produced on and off and new units were still being produced as well. Only in America was this reflected in the availability of used titles and a few new ones. After the PlayStation was officially discontinued in Japan in 2005, American retailers stopped carrying the used games over here but that does not mean used games or consoles determine a console's life.

Learn to read people.

So then the Sega Genesis must therefore be a 16-year console, seeing as a new game was released for it in 2006. This obviously means it was still supported through all those years. The Genesis is the first true 10-year life cycle!

Please.

Was it an officially liscenced title? Sega has long since stop supporting the Genesis so its life cycle is over.

Your argument is very thin, please don't make it any worse with poor examples and over confidence.

The argument seems to be that PSX had a 10 year life cycle because games we're being created and released in Japan. But I see it as being relative. If I live in the USA, then the life cycle for the PSX is not ten years at all. It ended when the games stopped coming to America. So only those that live in the markets that continued can really say that console had a 10 year life cycle.

 As far as the future proof comment, it's ridiculous. For Sony to claim it's future proof is to claim that they don't need to release a PS4 eventually because the PS3 can sustain itself throughout a second console generation and maybe a third or fourth. None of these consoles are future proof and I doubt any of them will last past the typical 5-7 year mark.

I'm actually curious when the next PS2 game made by Sony will be.

When a company that is known to create software stops making software for that system, I would say that console's life cycle is dead. This is the definition I'm using. 3rd party are nice, but irrelevant, since why would a console maker turn down licensing fees? Hence, for all my argumentative purposes, the last released piece of software developed by the hardware manufacturer is the end date of that console.

This perspective is skewed by console makers that don't develop their own software, but does anyone care about Nokia?

Nothing on Earth is future proof.

And the Famicom/NES lasted 10 years as well.

Evangelists? What...I'm gonna start seeing PS3 fans on the 700 Club now?

Glory be! Gimme the HD! Hallelujah!! 

John Lucas