Sony: Support for PS3 will continue

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Sony Japan president Hiroshi Kawano has said there are no plans to immediately shift from the PS3 to the PS4.


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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OasisPosted:

Of course they'll continue support, it's still a viable source of income, for now.

-TamPosted:

atleast they care about us

TaigaAisakaPosted:

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Woobie
xDiLL I wonder when support for ps3 and Xbox 360 will stop.


I think I read somewhere that they would stop making games for them in like 2017 so I'd guess then or a year later.
Support for the Xbox 360 has been confirmed until 2020


No Microsoft really said 2017 is when they are dropping support, conveniently the same time as when EA is dropping support for they're games lol.
They said 7 years, not 4.


I thought they said 4


I didn't even know they announced they were dropping support on the Xbox 360. I knew it would happen eventually but I didn't know they confirmed it.

YurPosted:

At least it shows they care

N2OPosted:

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Woobie
xDiLL I wonder when support for ps3 and Xbox 360 will stop.


I think I read somewhere that they would stop making games for them in like 2017 so I'd guess then or a year later.
Support for the Xbox 360 has been confirmed until 2020


No Microsoft really said 2017 is when they are dropping support, conveniently the same time as when EA is dropping support for they're games lol.
They said 7 years, not 4.


I thought they said 4

MaggardoPosted:

Its good to see, that sony cares for there customers. Personally, I'll be keeping my PS3, and getting a PS4.

TomorrowLandPosted:

-Live
Wart
Woobie
xDiLL I wonder when support for ps3 and Xbox 360 will stop.


I think I read somewhere that they would stop making games for them in like 2017 so I'd guess then or a year later.
Support for the Xbox 360 has been confirmed until 2020


No Microsoft really said 2017 is when they are dropping support, conveniently the same time as when EA is dropping support for they're games lol.
They said 7 years, not 4.

TaigaAisakaPosted:

At least they're not abandoning the loyal PS3 users. Sony seems to care about their customers if I must say so myself.

DawPosted:

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Wagering Well yeah, they supported the PS2 as well, long after the release of the PS3.


some stores still have ps2 games :o


Yeah my local gamestop does . I miss the old PS2 days :/

-LivePosted:

Wart
Woobie
xDiLL I wonder when support for ps3 and Xbox 360 will stop.


I think I read somewhere that they would stop making games for them in like 2017 so I'd guess then or a year later.
Support for the Xbox 360 has been confirmed until 2020


No Microsoft really said 2017 is when they are dropping support, conveniently the same time as when EA is dropping support for they're games lol.


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