PS3 will have same support as PS2 over the next decade

The time for the console upgrade is quickly approaching. With the release of the PlayStation 4 set for late 2013, people are gearing up for the switchover to the new console from its predecessor. Still, even at its (significantly lower than the PS3 at launch) price tag, $400 is not exactly an investment many of us can or want to make immediately – especially when the PS3 is still very much a viable console.

In an interview with Weekly Famitsu, Sony Japan's President Hiroshi Kamano made a statement saying: "With the 2014 launch of our cloud service in the US allowing users to play PS3 games on the PS4, some people may switch consoles from the PS3 to the PS4. But that'll 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."

This strategy is nothing new for Sony: Support for the PS2 continued long after the release of the PS3. That being said, it's definitely reassuring to hear it directly from the top.