Sony: Support for PS3 will continue
The PS4 will launch late 2013, but Sony Japan president Hiroshi Kawano has confirmed in Famitsu (translated by Kotaku) that support for the PS3 will continue.
"It's been seven years since the release of the PS3," says Kawano, "and the console continues to sell at a constant pace, plus we have many upcoming titles. We have no intention of immediately shifting from the PS3 to the PS4."
The cloud service that will allow users to play PS3 games on the PS4 will launch in 2014, and Kawano says it will likely result in "some people [switching] consoles from the PS3 to the PS4." This switch will not be forced though - "it will be a gradual process, and to say 'we're releasing a new console, so trade in your old ones for it' would be a maker's ego talking, plain and simple."
Sony certified new PS3 models earlier this month, however a Sony exec has said the company has no plans for a PS3 price cut.
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KatsumiPosted:
RaheemSterling_31 PS3 is such a weird shape :S
I have owned a PS3 for around 2 year now and i can say that the shape isn't really a problem. I myself prefer the PS3 shape over the Xbox 360 shape. I own both consoles so i have been able to compare them side to side
KatsumiPosted:
Mawderz That would be an awful idea if they done that anyway. Still millions of users won't shift to ps4 right away.
Despite me buying a PS4 right away i still plan to stick with my PS3 to play some games. I am really glad that they are continuing constant support for the console.
LWRPosted:
Microsoft will probably ban players for using there 360 and not buying the Xbox One, l0l.
LWRPosted:
Vortexes Good thing. People who stayed on Ps3 would have trouble if Sony Support didn't stay open.
Yeah, good of them to stick by them.
GTModdingPosted:
Good thing. People who stayed on Ps3 would have trouble if Sony Support didn't stay open.
MawderzPosted:
That would be an awful idea if they done that anyway. Still millions of users won't shift to ps4 right away.
LWRPosted:
ShadowBoltDashieRaheemSterling_31 PS3 is such a weird shape :S
I wasn't too fond of the PS3 shape, But I'm liking the PS4 shape a lot. Either way it's good to hear Sony doesn't have any plans to abandon their PS3 customers.
Yeah the PS4 shape looks pretty sick!
TaigaAisakaPosted:
RaheemSterling_31 PS3 is such a weird shape :S
I wasn't too fond of the PS3 shape, But I'm liking the PS4 shape a lot. Either way it's good to hear Sony doesn't have any plans to abandon their PS3 customers.
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