PS3 life-cycle to beat PS2 - Sony

News - Longevity assured, says Euro boss

Speaking with Edge magazine (thanks CVG), Sony Computer Entertainment Europe boss Andrew House has said that the PS3 will 'outpace' the PS2's life-cycle.

Basically, the executive thinks that the PS3 is going to last a lot longer in retail terms - this generation in general expected to be a lengthy one, Sony and Microsoft extending their systems via motion control and the like.

"If you look at the PS2, still in some markets going very strong, especially in North America in its tenth year on the market, we still can't predict where that life-cycle will end," House beamed.

"I have a theory that with successive generations, and with more value added and built into the console in terms of experience - and let's not forget that the PS2 really didn't offer a tremendously robust network experience - that what you effectively do is potentially lengthen that lifecycle more and more as you get to the next iteration."