It’s been revealed that Sony has plans of continuing to support the PlayStation 3 through 2015. If it can, the company may even keep the console going longer than that. Speaking to GameSpot, PlayStation VP of hardware marketing John Koller said that as long as there’s software for the platform, the machine itself will stick around much like its predecessor, the PlayStation 2, which Sony continued supporting long after the launch of the PlayStation 3.

“We’re going to continue supporting the PS3 for the next few years,” said Koller. “Absolutely. And we’re going to continue supporting it not only that long, but as long as there is a development spigot that’s running hot. And I can tell you right now, the development spigot for PS3 is very hot. A lot of great games coming. Same thing with PS2 … it’s kind of stuck around as that old warrior, many years after its launch. But there’s still games launching for it.”

Sony has long been saying that it has a 10-year plan for the PlayStation 3. After launching in 2006, it definitely looks like the company has no intentions of going back on its word. Already Sony has unveiled a new PlayStation 3 redesign, which is smaller and lighter than the current “slim” model. Additionally, the new hardware revision comes in both 250GB and 500GB versions. Yeah, I think we’ll be seeing the PlayStation 3 a while after the launch of the PlayStation 4.

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