i say it should last 6 or 7 years any less and ill be dissapointed

Our tricks and tools for creating games haven't been growing exponentially like the power of the systems. The systems get faster and faster, games take longer and longer to develop, the expectations of gamers rise. Due to this it takes longer for a platform to mature and show it's real potential.



Crap economy or not, the ps3 needs more time to come into its own, as does the 360.

i'm suprised it's lasted this long! xbox 360 takes a dump on ps3!

The PS3 not lasting as long as it should man that would suck I mean keeping up with the Jones's isnt going to solve anything.......master this system first then move on.....!!!

I mean the gaming competition has changed this generation then compared to the past. Nintendo was the top dog(with help of Sony) during the NES/SNES and Genesis days. Til something happened and Sony went off releasing their first console PS1. And with PS2, the easiness of the console and it having a bunch of support, compared to MS just stepping into the gaming world with Xbox and Nintendo's underachieving gamecube was a different time. Was plenty of third party exclusives for Sony's PS2 and the longevity was there, which is why both PS1 and PS2 will end up being supported for 10 years. This generation however MS 360 came out first, after them no longer supporting xbox, and they've become to norm for devs to go to, until PS3 and Wii came out where the devs are clamoring over Nintendo's console. While 360 is a fantastic system like the others with their own advantages and disadvantages, the age of third party exclusives are practically over. Hence why FF13 is going to be released on the 360.



The competition has upped it's game on all fronts, pushing everyone, more so for Sony and MS with their own services and features which is very similar in how they work. 360 and PS3 is nearly equal now except the overall sales worldwide, but even that's slowly closing the gap. There's no guarantee any of the consoles, even PS3, will be supported. But then again, SCEE has a habit of talking a Load of BS. Remember this "Sorry we don't pay games to stay exclusive or content. We rather use the money to make top notch premiere games like Little Big Planet instead..." SCEE stated this, which i'm sure it was Reeves. So while I can see his point, I don't think it's not going to be supported. I mean the PS4(or whatever it's called) and the next Xbox will probably release around 2012-2013.

but I don't get why they can't support the ps3 for 10 years, along with their next system. They don't have a problem supporting the ps2 for that long.

its a shame your so ignorant...you really missing out. have fun playing halo wars and ODST because 360 has NOTHING exclusive lined up for this year OR next year.

Not really, BULL3TPR00F. The PS1 came out in December '94, and PS2 came out in March '00. That's really only 5 years and 3 months, I wouldn't round it up to 6 years, I'd round it down to 5.

The lowest number he quoted was 8....that's plenty for me...

The PS3 has a lot of exclusive this year that's true... But they've been a LONG time coming. I'd almost go as far to say that they don't matter in the respect to the fact that Sony couldn't get them out in a timely manner. Now that doesn't mean that they won't be great, but it's about freaking time they come out. KZ2 was announced in 2006 and is just now coming out (At least that's better than FFXIII though, so I guess I'll give Sony a point for beating them out the gate). Microsoft take the approach of not announcing anything until they're sure it will be do that year if they can help it. Gears 2 and an example. They didn't officially announce it until Comic Con last year, and it can out that very year. Every game with the exceptions of Final Fantasy XIII and Star Ocean 4, came out that very year (not counting Prime Time). So We'll have to wait and see... Sony of course hasn't shown all of they're card yet either and what they will show will rock the world, but they've got to be more careful and tactful this year. They've let themselves fall from glory because they became complacent and full of themselves. They've realized it and are trying to right the wrongs.



This console war is sooo exciting! Whether you own the Xbox 360 or, Playstation 3, or the Wii, I think we're all in for a fun ride!

games have been stuck in development limbo, not just Killzone 2 or anything that Sony has announced.



Killzone 2 was announced at E3 in 2005, and so was Alan Wake. Killzone 2 is out now but I have yet to see any gameplay footage of Alan Wake.



Team Fortress 2 was announced in 1999 and Too Human was announced as a PS1 game. Then there's Duke Nukem Forever...



I'm just happy at the number of quality exclusives announced for 2009, 2010 and beyond, not to mention what will be announced at this years E3, the 2 new projects from Kojima stuff from other 3rd party devs.



Hopefully Versus XIII won't be too far off (probably 2011) and maybe Valve will announce Half-Life 3 (after HL2 Ep3 comes out) along with a new Counter-Strike.

Ten years is an unrealistic goal for any peice pf gaming trchnology,, hell just look at the super computers of ten years ago,, they arent still considered so super ten years later are they?



for humans, ten years may not seem likesuch a long time, but for technology and developments, ten years can and i promise you will, make a lot of difference,



i'm aps3 owner, i love my console, but letsbe honest with ourselves.. A decade?? really??

some people may be happy with a marketing lie to make people feel better,, but as for me, i was just never guilable enough to buy into that fairy tale,,