Codemaster CEO: Don't dismiss Sony's ten year cycle

Still scoffing at Sony's claim about the PS3 lasting a decade? Maybe your particular console will only survive in that stuffy entertainment unit for six or so years, but Codemasters CEO Rod Cousens says not to take Sony lightly. He strongly believes the cycle for the PS3 will last ten years and a strong ten years, at that. He feels momentum for Sony and the PS3 is building up, what with "killer apps" headed to the console in the next few years, Blu-ray's almost certain victory, and the success of the PS2 factors into his estimation as well.

He admits the PS3 is going to have an uphill battle in the US, where Microsoft has dug their trenches with the 360, but the European and Japanese market will begin to more readily accept the PS3 in the coming years. Speaking of the coming years, Cousens proposes that a Wii 2 (maybe renamed the Mii 2 just for funsies) will come out before a successor emerges for the PS3 or 360 — the latter can be upgraded over the years, but won't be replaced. We hope the PS3 does make it through ten years. The PS2 is practically there and continues to hold a lineup of titles that aren't terrible. It's still the console to pick up for RPG fanatics everywhere.