Do you have any proof that Sony is switching to PowerPC chips? Or is that all speculation?
It was something I read in an article awhile back, but I'm not your caddy so I'm not going to bother looking it up. If you want to google it yourself, fine. If you don't and don't want to believe me that's fine too. I'm too lazy to care either way.
Microsoft and Nintendo chose PowerPC because they are powerful and also resource efficient. Sony hasn't been making smart decisions lately, so I doubt they will follow what their competitors are doing.
Carrying on with the Cell processor might have been the smarter choice, not only for the sake of backwards compatibility with the PS3, but also because its supposed to be more powerful and better than traditional processors. Sony invested a lot of money in it so it seems wasteful to just kick it to the curb.
Oh and as far as proof for them abandoning it goes, how about the Vita? They could have went with a cell processor for that, but they didn't. Guess they no longer think its as awesome as Kutaragi made it out to be back in 2006. That along with UMD, MiniDisc, Memory Sticks, Betamax, and a long line of other dead end Sony crap are now in the dustbin of history.
Betamax was over 30 years ago. No one cared about MiniDisc because CD's were far more popular. UMD was dead from the beginning because it sucked battery life and made the PSP more fragile if dropped.
Sony has had plenty of flops, but they've also had
plenty of successful products:
Blu-Ray - They were the format's biggest supporter, and including it in the PS3 practically ensured that it would become successful.
CD and DVD - They helped design the CD and DVD with Philips.
PlayStation - Sony wouldn't be nearly as successful if they never made the PlayStation, which revolutionized gaming in the 1990's.
PlayStation 2 - The success of the PS1 carried over to the PS2. The hype was unstoppable.
PSP - The only major handheld that has successfully competed with Nintendo.
Walkman - The iPod of the 1980's, the Walkman created the portable music market.
Sony may be behind Samsung and LG in the technology forefront, but the Sony brand is still very valuable to many people.