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Sony Plans To Support PS3 Well Into 2015 With Quality Content

Posted on Monday, September 24 @ 11:00:11 Eastern by Alex_Osborn


Sony has a history of preserving the life of its consoles - for better or worse - long after they've been rendered obsolete by new hardware. We saw it with the PS2 and we're seeing it now in Japan with the PSP. If rumor proves true and the next PlayStation launches in 2013, then it looks like Sony's sticking to a similar strategy yet again with the PS3, as Sony's VP of hardware marketing John Koller has made it clear that they have no plans to drop support for their current console any time soon.

Speaking with GameSpot, Koller explained that Sony still has plenty of high quality first-party content planned for the PS3 over the next few years. "A lot of great content is coming, and over the next 2-3 years, the PS3 has got an incredible lineup," he said.

"We're going to continue supporting the PS3 for the next few years. Absolutely. And we're going to continue supporting it not only that long, but as long as there is a development spigot that's running hot. And I can tell you right now, the development spigot for PS3 is very hot. A lot of great games coming."

Does this mean we'll see inFAMOUS 3 or, dare I say, another Uncharted on the PlayStation 3? It certainly is a possibility, but one would think Naughty Dog might want to save their next big project for the PS4's launch. Perhaps Koller's alluding to the fact that The Last Guardian won't launch until 2015. Now that I can get behind.
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  • metalimi
    metalimi
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Sep 24th, 2012 at 11:11 am
    WTF is that a picture of?
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  • napsterxxl
    napsterxxl
    Joined: Mar 2006
    Posted: Sep 24th, 2012 at 11:51 am
    I'm not a specialist, but to me it looks like someone started designing a griffin/hippogriff, got drunk, ended up having drunken monkey sex with his/her dog and decided to honor their unholy union by incorporating his/her partner in the design he/she was working on, resulting in this creature....
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  • cyberjim2000
    cyberjim2000
    Joined: Feb 2010
    Posted: Sep 24th, 2012 at 12:18 pm
    It is a baby griffon from The Last Guardian.
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  • ShadeTail
    ShadeTail
    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Sep 24th, 2012 at 11:15 am
    This doesn't surprise me at all. Sony lost so much money on the PS3 that they *need* to keep it on the market as long as possible. The more they fill in the hole they dug for themselves, the better off they will be.
    0 1
  • Klandathu
    Klandathu
    Joined: Apr 2008
    Posted: Sep 24th, 2012 at 12:31 pm
    Honestly, I think the PS3 would have fared better in its earlier days had Sony not been such hardasses on the backwards compatibility issue. I've known people who said the only reason they didn't pick up a PS3 was because they wouldn't be able to play their favorite PS2 games on it as well.
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  • ShadeTail
    ShadeTail
    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Sep 24th, 2012 at 12:37 pm
    Could be. But I think the real reason was the $600 price tag. Not only did a lot of people refuse to buy due to sticker-shock, but even at that price Sony was still losing over $200 on every unit sold.
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  • Klandathu
    Klandathu
    Joined: Apr 2008
    Posted: Sep 24th, 2012 at 12:56 pm
    Yeah, the price definitely didn't help their cause much.
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  • Bras
    Bras
    Joined: Jul 2008
    Posted: Sep 24th, 2012 at 2:31 pm
    That image is heartbreaking.
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  • xDUMPWEEDx
    xDUMPWEEDx
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Sep 24th, 2012 at 3:01 pm
    The PS3 has so many great games now that it could easily last past 2015. The biggest factor in keeping the PS3 relevant is going to be price drops. A $199 or even $149 PS3 is going to fly off shelves for many years to come.
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  • elmoreoocyte
    elmoreoocyte
    Joined: Apr 2012
    Posted: Sep 24th, 2012 at 5:49 pm
    I agree. If they'd drop it to 149 I'd buy my little brother one and take on an even more epic status than when I bought him a pellet rifle.
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  • Sensei_Rebel
    Sensei_Rebel
    Joined: Mar 2008
    Posted: Sep 25th, 2012 at 3:01 am
    I just bought one with the price drop last year and so did a lot of people. They're not going get a big fan base with a PS4 until it drops to $250 as well.
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  • Somaroth
    Somaroth
    Joined: Feb 2011
    Posted: Sep 26th, 2012 at 1:58 pm
    I can see the merit of this plan from the perspective that they can focus on refining their production of the PS3, and not risk an untoward amount of money on developing a new console. However, I also find that this could limit what new developers can do with the console. After the Skyrim fiasco, it could, at least, use an update in the RAM department.
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