http://kotaku.com/#!5762960/the-playstation-4-is-still-pie-in-the-sky-talk

“The PlayStation 3 came out in 2006. That doesn’t matter, people want to know about the PlayStation 4. Thing is, Sony’s still focusing on the PS3. Oh, and the NGP.

From the get-go, Sony said that the PS3 will have a ten year lifecycle. That doesn’t mean, Sony can’t or won’t release the inevitable PS4 during that time span. Heck, the PS3 is out, and the 11-year-old PlayStation 2 is still selling.

Sony Computer Entertainment boss Kaz Hirai reiterates the PS3’s ten year life cycle in a piece on website PC Watch. “We’re not even at the halfway point,” Hirai says, adding that compelling titles are coming out from Sony’s game studios and third-party studios. “Every year, we reveal and release new features,” Hirai adds, pointing out that this is the bring the PS3 to its full potential.

“That’s why, we’re not deliberating on a PS4 or a next generation machine, whatever you call it,” Hirai adds, underlining what Sony’s been saying for years. There are rumors that R&D for a new console was put on ice, but shifted to the NGP.

But for large electronic companies like Sony, R&D is constant and endless. They don’t suddenly decide one weekend to start work on a new machine — that would catch them flatfooted. Even Nintendo concedes that it is continuing working on new products. It’s not whether these companies are developing new machines, it’s if and when these new machines hit stores. So for the time being, enjoy your PS3 and look forward to the NGP or maybe even that rumored tablet.”

LOL that’s funny as hell but true. There are about 15 exclusive titles this year ALONE!! not to mention third party games! and although i do agree with you about upgrading the console, the money for them is in the software. Why spend money on trying to upgrade an outdated console when they can drown it with a plethora of games for a decade? besides i love the idea of a “next gen console”. how cool it would look and all that. Aqua Out!

agreed truth i believe that sony really hasn’t hit its peak yet for the games they are getting there but for how open sony really is they could just update it someday and im guessing sony ps3 will go for the 10 years like they announced at e3 when they said they were coming out with the ps3 so all in all the system is still going to be ticking for a while and this year i think some units are really going to sell well considering all the awesome exclusives coming out.

yeah i really hope they put a plug in the holes the hack uncovered ..there’s just so much banking on the integrity of the system ..so much i want to actually see come out and to play! =-)

i don’t think microsoft or sony would want to wipe each other out …as much as fans of either camp paint pictures of one or the other looking to beat the other down …im sure the story is totally different if you were to talk to the people at both companies.

the competition they provide each other helps them make better products and to some degree i wouldn’t be surprised if they help each other out in certain scenarios.

all and all im glad we have all these choices in systems and each system really provides its own unique experience.