PlayStation 3: Last Of The Mohicans?

Sony: PlayStation 4 is unlikely

Did Sony's decision to sideline Ken Kutaragi in favor of US head Kaz Hirai trigger the much-dreaded concept that PlayStation 3 will be the last of the Mohicans?

“The appointment of Hirai could be the start of a shift from hardware to software,” said Yuta Sakurai, an analyst at Nomura as reported by Financial Times. “I cannot now imagine a PlayStation 4.”

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Other analysts played down the significance of the reshuffle, arguing that Mr Kutaragi would retain tight control of the division he made so powerful within Sony.

Mr Hirai’s role, as KBC analyst Hiroshi Kamide sees it, will be to use his superior communications skills to smooth-over SCE’s relationships with third-party games companies – relationships badly strained by the repeated delays of the PS3 launch, and the limited number of machines available even now.

I can't imagine a world in which there's no new PlayStation on the horizon.

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