Sony PS3 given another two to four years of life

Sony has pledged to continue supporting its last-generation PlayStation 3 console for at least two to three years following the launch of its successor, the PS4, late last year.Unlike Sony's previous PlayStation consoles, the PS4 has no backwards compatibility with games built for the older systems, although some support is expected to appear via the PlayStation Now streaming service and a rumoured software update. For now, however, those buying a PS4 are restricted to playing just PS4 games - leading to a cautious wait-and-see attitude amongst more thrifty gamers.Those who do choose to see how both the PS4 and its rival the Xbox One perform over the next year or so before taking the plunge and picking a side will be relieved to hear Sony state that it expects at least two years' of support for the last-generation console. Speaking to GameSpot, Sony hardware marketing executive John Koller proclaimed the PS3 far from dead."We believe that the platform has a lot of life left in it. Two, three, four years; we think there's time left in the platform,"claimed Koller. "It depends on the content. We have a good line-up this year and it looks like a good line-up next year. We need to keep fuelling that. We really have to keep PS3 alive - and so to do that, we have to further the content. I think there will be a good story for the PS3 over the next year to two years."