[新闻] Sony UK 老大暗示PS4的生命周期可能比PS3的短

http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/consoles/sony-hints-that-the-ps4-lifecycle-may-be-shorter-than-ps3-1203461

Part two of the big PS4 launch takes place tonight as the UK will get its hands on Sony's new box – and we can truly fire the starting gun on the next-gen race.

Microsoft says that the Xbox One is a 10-year console, but what about the PlayStation 4? We asked Sony UK boss Fergal Gara whether the PS4 is in it for the long stretch.

"I think there's reasons to believe that the next cycle might be shorter in markets such as the UK," he said.

"It's probably a sign of the times and how much has changed in seven years, but I think the willingness and the appetite to pick up new technology fast has probably changed quite a bit."

However Gara added that it was too early to tell what the future will hold for the unified console, and Sony has every faith that the PS4 will swing big. "We're going to have a much better feel for it once we're a good few months in and we can see how the dynamics are emerging."

But although initial uptake of the PS4 has been fierce, new contenders such on the horizon such as Valve promise to make this a very different generation to the last.

"What we do know is that the uptake [of the PS4] is going to be very sharp," said Gara. "Does that mean this is going to be a much bigger cycle? Maybe. Or it might mean that it's just a bit more compressed into the first few years, that the latter years are a little softer."

不过，他又补充说，现在下结论还为时过早