Biggest flaw with this idea is that the PS3 is not going to last anywhere near 10years. Next gen is starting in 2012 (2years from now) and by 2012 Bluray will not be anywhere near ready to be replaced.

PS4 will have a bluray player regardless if the system is more direct download or not.

Sony always tries to push out new media and most of the time it has failed. That risk combined with the fact that the PS3 wasn't anywhere near the overall success they thought it would be in 2006 ("We'll sell 6 million at $600", "People will get 2 jobs to buy one"), means Sony won't push the PS4 in the same manner.

The PS4 won't be like the PS3 in terms of cost and therefore won't try to push a new-very expensive tech into mainstream. It will be a far more moderate upgrade and simply continue the push to a all-in-one entertainment device with the then fully dominant media, bluray, as its centerpiece.

You have 12TB of music????

wow...just stop it Sony stop you have Blu-Ray it's yours now stop and focus on Blu-Ray FOCUS. Don't pull a PSP UMD again -_-

Let's put that into perspective.

PS1 came out when CD's were already dominant and games on PCs were already releasing on CDRoms. No real risk here.

PS2 came out when DVDs were already becoming the obvious choice and the PS2 was far cheaper than other DVD players.

Both of these systems were massive success as well since they came out before their rivals (I don't really count Dreamcast, it was already dying due to lack of support from devs) and they took advantage of the already existing format.

PS3 came out to push Bluray and nearly sank Sony because of that as well as forced the mighty Playstation brand to price itself out of market dominance. Had the PS3 came out at 1/2 the price that it launched Sony would have dominated 360 and probably be tied with Wii. (Wii's distinction would still have allowed it to sell very well.)

Sony is not stupid, granted PSPGo goes against that theory, so they won't push the envelope like that again. PS4 will release in 2012 with a bluray drive and many other features to continue the all-in-one entertainment device.

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With all of the untapped potential of Blu-ray, there is no need to create a new format.  

You have 22.8 Years worth of music?????!?????

Conversely, 3M $ worth of pirated music.

I do agree with you I was just trying to find some logic in such a potential decision.

I think some people have the word 'rumor' confused with the word 'fact'  

This won't happen.

@Superchunk

There is nothing that leads anyone to believe the next generation of gaming starts in 2012.

Microsoft themselves said the XBOX 360 isn't even half way through its life cycle.

Facts are overrated.