[RUMOR] End of an Era, PS3 is Officially Discontinued

[Muffins]

Yes, have a look on the Internet and see if you find anything

But be careful. The internet is bat country.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Yeeeeeeeeeah no.

I imagine it won't be "officially" discontinued for another year or 2 in the big 3 that actually matter.

 

[foob]

Seems accurate. Can't seem to find many NEW PS3s around on retailer shelves in Australia anymore. Of course it doesn't mean they won't release some new games for the PS3: there is a massive installed base of users to sell to.

The best time to pick up a console is during its twilight (discounted) years, in my opinion; there is a massive selection of budget games & lots of people selling second-hand stuff. I love it when hardware gets discontinued, only to be replaced with the new Overpriced Thing (without enough budget games).

 

[IpsoFact0]

So... all we have to go on is the word of this guy?

I'm sorry, I'll believe it when I see it. For now, I'm still perfectly happy with my PS3. I just bought a brand new game for it a week ago (Metal Gear Solid V), there's another one coming up rather soon (Persona 5), and the PS4 is so bloody weak that it's not even funny. Might end up skipping this generation entirely. It seems like they were so eager to ditch "the old" and move on to "the new" that they pushed out an entire generation that feels barely a half step above what the previous consoles were capable of.
When character models stop looking like manufactured plastic, maybe I'll be impressed. But not today.

This makes me laugh, any excuse you could find in the book not to muster up the cash to buy a PS4. Metal Gear Solid V is gimped on PS3, so your argument is invalid, the PS3 was out for like 10 years...they didn't rush anything out. Whats with all this PS4 is weak talk? compared to what a $2000 PC? great, its a 400 dollar or less machine though so i'm not sure what you want why even compare consoles to PC? they don't compete with each other anyway.

 

[foob]

Metal Gear Solid V is gimped on PS3

At least it's reflected in the price.

$19.47 Metal Gear Solid V PS3
$39.99 Metal Gear Solid V PS4

You can probably buy 2 games on PS3 versus PS4, so at least that counts for something. Those who don't have to have higher framerates and better graphics can be perfectly happy with the PS3 version, especially when it's less than half price.
Source: amazon.com

The PC (download!) comes in at $59.99 on Amazon now. Laughable. Under more normal circumstances, PC games are more keenly priced than their console counterparts. But of course not always. So much for me trying to make that point in this post then, hah!