Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) boss Jack Tretton has indicated that a successor to the PlayStation 3 won’t see the light of day anytime soon.
Chatting with Forbes, Tretton said PS3 is only just ‘hitting its stride,’ and insisted that Sony is fully focused on supporting its flagship console as well as the upcoming PlayStation Vita for quite some time.
"PlayStation 3 is really just hitting its stride," said Tretton. "And technologically, I don’t think it’s possible to provide any advancement beyond what we have."
"What we’ve seen from the competition is trying to add features that already exist in PlayStation 3," he said.
"We invested heavily in that, we rolled a very heavy rock up a steep hill, through the launch period. But now I think that all pays off, and we’ve got a long run way behind it. So, I wouldn’t look for any discussion of a next generation PlayStation for quite some time."
Elsewhere, the executive also touched on the announcement of Nintendo’s Wii U console, saying he didn’t see anything about the new hardware that would encourage Sony to get a new platform out the door.
"I think there’s ground to be carved out for everybody. But I didn’t see anything about Nintendo’s announcement that said ‘Oh, we’d better get working on rolling out a new PlayStation here pretty soon.’
"Our attitude is kind of ‘welcome to the party.’ If you’re looking at being a multimedia entertainment device, if you’re looking at high def gaming, that was 2006 for us,” he added.