Yesterday, Sony’s PlayStation 3 turned two years old. In addition to anofficial postingabout the benchmark, Sony’s hardware marketing director John Koller hit fans with some hard numbers, the most striking of which is that 14 million out of a possible 17 million PlayStation 3 owners are maintaining “active accounts” on PlayStation Network.
With the Christmas season rapidly approaching, I keep thinking about the kid who is getting a new console. If I were to put myself in his parents’ shoes, what would I buy? Ultimately, I don’t have a good answer — but I do know that I would prefer to buy something that would hang around for a good while. Given the apparent success of PSN and new sales, how would you evaluate the console’s future? Would you buy one for a hypothetical child?
