how long will the ps3 be a viable machine?

[badcompany]

Only use mine now and then and wondered how long it will be supported with new games etc

 

[JoeBoi]

It'll probably have a new fifa every year for another few years I'd imagine.

 

[james_2k]

Yeah considering they only just stopped making the ps2

 

[kmetek]

you're covered for 3yrs at least.

 

["andy"]

It'll probably have a new fifa every year for another few years I'd imagine.

a few ? fifa 14 will be on PS2...

but then dont 100 million people own one or something

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

They're still releasing PS2 games?

 

[TheVoice]

I imagine it'll see some version of the "big" games for another year or two after the PS4 is released. Then it'll just be the yearly iterations of FIFA etc that it gets, as well as whatever weird/cheap games decide to release on it.

 

[TheBrooder]

Is the price likely to be reduced when the PS4 is released?

 

[Metalface Mark]

They're still releasing PS2 games?

Just Fifa this year.

 

[shorttricky]

They're still releasing PS2 games?

They were still making PS2s until January this year. And yes, they do still make games for them (although not many).

 

[deusexlumina]

amazing, didn't know they were still making ps2 games. i wonder what the market is like for them

 

[TheVoice]

Speaking of PS2, I was in WH Smiths earlier, they had Dual Shock 2s for £5 brand new. No games (for any platform) in sight though, wonder how long they've been sitting around for.

 

[Red and White]

They're still releasing PS2 games?

as fifa looks the exact same every year they could probably release it on ps2 for the rest of time. cant see many other companies making games for the ps3 once the 4 comes out.

 

[Nismo]

I've actually just bought a PS3 (my 3rd one, on and off) after ditching the Xbox 360. There are several exclusives I'd like to play (Last of Us, GoW Ascension, GT6) plus I'll get GTAV on it.

Also wanted to get into the Sony groove in readiness for PS4.

To me the 360 really did feel at the end of it's lifecycle, however for some reason the PS3 still feels like it's got some legs in it.

 

[blitzwing85]

To me the 360 really did feel at the end of it's lifecycle, however for some reason the PS3 still feels like it's got some legs in it.

That's how I feel. All I play now on 360 is my (usually weekly) dose of BF3 and it's been that way for a year.
PS3 though there will still be between 3-5 games I want before the end of 2013. Beyond, Kingdom Hearts and i'll try Arkham Origins too.

Funny enough, mate never owned a PS3 but now has my spare one for the remainder of this gen. He appears to be done with 360 too and is playing some PS3 exclusives like Heavy Rain and Ni No Kuni, Last of Us etc.

 

[remy87]

Don't forget Uncharted Franchise! just got a ps vita and ps plus has been keeping me busy.

 

[Psycho Sonny]

To me the 360 really did feel at the end of it's lifecycle, however for some reason the PS3 still feels like it's got some legs in it.

RAM has been holding the PS3 back for several years now.

it's the reason why they cant do cross game chat, etc, etc.

 

[slinxy]

Don't Sony have a 10 year support plan for their consoles?

The ps3 has a monster of a CPU, most games are ported from the Xbox so they only use 4 of the 7 cores it has and only a few software companies, mainly the Sony owned ones can be bothered to use its power to the full.

With Sony's big push into independent devs, I won't be surprise if some of them will start/keep making games for the ps3 and more homebrew games are made, thou its said that the ps3 is a pig to program for.

It's countries like brazil that keeps older consoles going, it kept the master system alive and now the ps2 a live for years after. Ps4 or xbone is a first world problem. I'm in no rush to sell the two ps3s I have, even if I use them only as a media centre.

 

[badcompany]

shame you cant get xbmc running on it

 

[slinxy]