Wasn't the PS3 designed with unlimited upgradability so that there's no need to shell out $700. for the PS4?
Anyone who isn't savvy to planned obsolescence yet is a sucker. The PS3 will eventually be as good or better than the PS4,5 and 6.
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It would be nice, wouldn't it? A big part of it is definitely planned obsolescence. Capitalism works by making us have to throw something away and buy an entirely new manufactured product. Production and sale is key.
But, to be fair, obsolescence (planned or unplanned) is inherent in the consumer electronics industry and particularly in those things that could be described as computers. You can attempt to build a software framework that promotes longevity but you'll never do it with hardware. Improvements to hardware necessitate changes that cannot be predicted. Same with software, of course, but new software can be downloaded as patches. New hardware can't.
If anyone says they've designed consumer electronics with unlimited upgradability, they're either lying or they've developed a 3D printer that can use existing consumer electronics as the raw materials to make new forms.
