Hold On To Your PS3: Sony Not Developing PS4 Yet

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For those of you hoping to see the next Playstation home console sometime soon, you’re going to have to wait a bit more: Sony’s not even thinking of the fourth iteration. In an interview with PC Watch, Sony Computer Entertainment President and Group CEO Kazuo Hirai said they’re still working on improving their last model, the still very relevant PS3.

“Every year, we reveal and release new features,” he said according to a translation by Kotaku. ”That’s why, we’re not deliberating on a PS4 or a next generation machine, whatever you call it.”

Adding that Sony doesn’t believe the PS3 is at its full potential, Hirai said he hopes that the machine can have a life cycle of ten years. (The PS3 was released in 2006 so we’ve got a while to go.) Hirai added that the company is also focusing on their new handheld gaming device, the NGP, and on other offerings like the the Playstation phone Xperia Play.

Though some gamers have complained that the PS3 is lacks features they want like cross-game video chat, you have to admit the Blu-Ray quality images, lower fail rate and free online gaming make the console one of the top machines out there today. Do you think Sony is right in waiting a few more years to develop the next generation or do you think there’s a need for the Playstation 4 now?

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http://atlusworld.wordpress.com Anubus

It’s not so much a matter of ‘need’ for a PS4 (unless MS or Nintendo puts out something ‘next gen’). Its a matter of cost, to both Sony and developers.

I am sure they are working on prototypes for a PS4, what he is probably alluding to is that they are not thinking about it in a production model.
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Only 2090 days left till the launch of PS4

It will have 32 core cpus, each running at 8GHz,
10Gb DDR10 Graphics ram,
Virtual reality headset glasses for super immersion gaming.
Massive improvement in the graphics engine, display indistinguishable from a photo.
Blu-ray version 2.0 = 2Tb per disc, dropping 1080p for 4090p resolution (4094×3072 pixel display)
5Tb Solid state super fast storage.
Integrated 4096p resolution HD freesat / PVR function
USB vs 5.0
3D HD at 4096p
Geared up to utilize 1GB/sec fibre optic broadband
Bluetooth version 6

And games will be totally free paid for by adverts in games.
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I’m surprised it made it this far!
thebonafortuna

Good. The last thing I’d want is to be forced to upgrade to a PS4 to get the newest games. There is still a tremendous amount of potential to realize on the PS3; developers, despite what’s been reported, are nowhere close to tapping the limits of the current architecture.

Sony did a much better job rolling out the PS3 than they did the PS2, which had trouble playing DVDs after the initial release. The build quality on the 3 was very high; it should last a long time.