Sony America chief Jack Tretton has stated his belief that developers have only just scratched the surface in terms of what the PlayStation 3 is capable of.
Speaking with the folks at Fast Company, the executive stated: "We’ve just passed the third year of the PlayStation 3 and we’re just hitting our stride," adding:
“I can’t even imagine what can be done technically beyond the PlayStation 3 in the near future. A question I often get is ‘when we are going to see PlayStation 4?’ When somebody can craft the technology that exceeds what we’re able to do on the PS3, but we are still just starting to harness it."
Tretton pointed to recent titles such as Uncharted 2 and Final Fantasy XIII as examples of how development studios are starting to extract more power out of the high-end machine.
"I don’t know what the percentage would be, but we’ve clearly just scratched the surface in the PS3. You’re just starting to see games like Little Big Planet, Uncharted 2, and Final Fantasy XIII, that are really taking advantage of the technology."
In short? PS3 is only just getting started so don’t expect a successor anytime soon.