hmm.. interesting..

what makes you think this will happen though? like what kind of experience will the android bring? dont they have psvita to do that kind of stuff?

It'll be somewhat like the Vita's impending launch. They'll launch it at an affordable price, they won't make the mistake of pricing it as high as the Ps3 was. They'll make sure they have a strong launch line-up of games. If they could get two strong first party IPs out for launch, it'd set them up very nicely, Uncharted 4 & Gran Turismo 6 would be perfect. Ps3 struggled at the start, mainly because of the price, but also because it didn't have that 'must-have' game. If they can get either Uncharted 4 or GT6 out for launch they won't have this problem. Uncharted 4 would be my choice, solely because it's a critically acclaimed & commercially successful franchise that's has a growing following with each installment. Note, that I think Naughty Dog should develop this, no-one else. I have a funny feeling that next gen will be the end of Naughty Dog's traditional 'work on a different franchise with each new console generation'.

I also think that they should launch this simultaneously across the three main regions, Japan, America and Europe. None of this 'Japan gets it so many months before America does, and America gets it so many more months before Europe, shit'. I'd launch it simultaneously across, Japan, America & Europe at the start of November, so they can capitalize on the holiday season.

lol yea you do know that that is EXACTLY what sony is aiming for with psvita right? have you watched sony 2011 E3 press conference?

yea but they should still be able to make ps3 version's of Wii U games like the way they have basically already confirmed for the launch titles of the Wii U.

That's all im worried about :)

... and because what a console manufacturer wants is always is what third party publishers do?

Consider that one of the core questions third party publishers will ask is "If you assume that a large portion of PS-Vita owners own a PS3, how does it expand our potential market to release a game to both systems?"

With the poor performance of many PS2 ports on the PSP won't many publishers be wondering whether how people play games on a handheld is incompatible with how people play games on a home console?

that's the thing

psp was always for "gaming on the go" but for some reason it didn't really capture that but NOW when you have a game on ps3 you can literally play it "on the go" with ps vita because it's literally the same game/game save. you could go on a road trip and continue playing your ps3 game on your psvita <-- its a pretty decent selling point in my opinion

lol i would prefer GT6 to be out in ps4's launch year because Gran Turismo is the original beast >=)

and i got a feeling that Naughty Dog might work on Uncharted ps4 aswell but i hope they make it a 2 game limit. i hope they dont make 3 uncharted's for ps4

i feel the same way about ratchet and clank. insomniac should have just made 2 Ratchet and Clank games for ps3 because we already got 3 the previous generation

i hope that somehow someway Activision loses faith in Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragoon and just sell's them back to Sony because they aren't doing anything with them and sony could really use those franchises back. not to mention the fact that i miss the hell out of those games ESPECIALLY spyro!

then Naughty Dog can make uncharted 4, a crash or Jak game THEN make another Uncharted later on

the ps4 will not be the ps3, the Playstation 4 will be alot cheaper to make and produce and your all forgetting so is loosing money as the whole divison, there playstation division is profitable,

but sony will do what microsft did last gen and release there console quik and undetected

they will also not release the ps4 until they have a launch title and i believe grand turismo 6 will be the launch title and the console will be between $399-$439

the Playstation 4 will release in either christmas holidays 2012 or the christmas holidays in 2013

the Playstation 4 xmb will actually be the playstation home giving you the full experience and this will help make home more popular

the playstation move will also have a sensor that gives you a full body tracking

there will be a few bundles at launch

the Gamers package
$399
- grand turismo 6
- wireless headset
- Duelshock controller
- 3 months of Ps Plus

the motion package
$399
- [some dancing game] and [some game like sports champion]
- 2x move controllers + sensor
- 3 months of Ps Plus

the Ultimate package
$439
- Grand turismo 6 + Call of duty?
- 2x Duelshock controllers
- Wireless headset
- 12 months of Ps plus
- 2x Blu ray movies [men in black 3 and ghost busters 3]

here are some more info on how the ps4 will be
. sony and google will partner up
. Online will be a paid subscription
. it will be cheap to produce

no it wont ever heard of the 3rd console curse? sadly microsoft will be the victim to the same thing

lol no

Sega Dreamcast,PlayStation 2, Xbox and Nintendo Gamecube are 6th generation consoles

Xbox 360,PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii are 7th generation consoles <-- so that would mean that we are in the 7th generation right now :)

yea and the 6th generation lasted a little over 7 years before this generation started

it's kind of early but Wii U is right around the corner so.. :)

I see things working out for the PS4 very nicely.  Here are my reasons:

Price -   There's no question that the main reason the PS3 saw such poor performance at the start was because of the price.  Sony invested in the Blu-ray tech, as well as the Cell architecture.  While this has and will continue to pay off for them in the future, it drove up the production costs of the PS3, causing it to launch at a full $200 more than the 360.  This price difference, one that MS was able to keep an issue with future price cuts, is also one of the main reasons the 360 was able to find such a giant foothold in Americas and the UK.  Next gen, however, this will not be an issue. 

Sony has already announced they won't be spending near as much on the PS4 as they did with the PS3.  Some believed this means that it won't be much more powerful than the Wii U, but that will not be the case.  What this really means is that Sony is sticking with Blu-ray, which will be very cheap by the time the PS4 launches, as well as sticking with the Cell (or at least going with an evolution of its tech).  This frees money up for a much better GPU and more RAM.  I fully expect the PS4 to be a large jump in graphical ability, while still only selling for ~ $349-$399. 

Support -   Another reason the PS3 had so much trouble from the start, was the lack of quality support for the first 2 years.  Something that didn't really change until 2008.  Sony seems to have learned from this mistake, as they have been pumping out quality exclusives left and right, as well as getting a few quality 3rd party exclusives.  The launch window line-up of the Vita proves this further.  I can see there being no difference with the launch window line-up for the PS4.  Sony will most likely have a GT and Uncharted waiting to be launched in the 1st year of the consoles life.

Brand Strength -  The Playstation is a HUGE brand name.  This gen, even with PS3's first troubling years, proves it.  I highly doubt the Nintendo brand or the Xbox brand could have survived releasing a console that was $200 more than their nearest competition's console, while having poor support for the first 2 years, but Sony was able to pull through it.  Next gen, without all the problems of this gen, we should see the true strength of the Playstation brand again.

Competition -

     MS:   Again, the main reason for the 360's rise this gen was not truly its strengths, but rather, the PS3's weaknesses at the start of the gen.  In fact, the weaknesses were so large that it allowed the 360 to survive the RROD scare during its first years on the market.  If the PS3 had been able to launch with good support, and a price point of $349-$399, there is no doubt in my mind the 360 would not have survived the RROD fiasco.  I will give MS credit, though, as they were able to exploit those weaknesses with continuing price cuts and great 3rd party support, and have made the 360 a huge brand in Americas and the UK.  Even though this will help them next gen, it won't help them enough.  True, it will help it compete, maybe even win out in those 2 regions, but the gap in those same regions will be smaller.  Mostly due to similar launch dates and pricing (difference of maybe $50)  and similar support and power.  Of course, the Playstation brand will win out in EMEAA and Japan.

     Nintendo:   To me, it seems that Nintendo is more playing catch up to this gen than looking to compete next gen.  Yes, the graphics are supposed to be better than the PS3's, but by how much is yet to be seen.  My guess is geometry and texture-wise, it will be about the same, while the main improvements will be AA and lighting/shadowing.  This would mean that the main draw to the Wii U will not be for improved graphics, but to play it using the Wii U tablet controller.  Already, this is going to turn off many of the owners of the PS3/360.  They will not be willing to paying another ~$299-$349 to play slightly better looking games, just for the added bonus of the tablet controller.  They will wait a year for the launch of the NeXbox and PS4, and spend only ~$50-$100 more, while getting greatly improved graphics. 

     So what about the more casual gamer?  Well, by the time the Wii U is ready to launch, I fully expect Sony and MS (250GB SKU) to drop the price of their systems to $199 to compete with the Wii U.  This will cause a nice bump for both consoles, as well as make potential buyers question spending ~$100-$150 more to only get slighty improved graphics.  This, again, makes the tablet the main draw.  And while tablets have become quite popular, especially the iPad, the main appeal of those is you can take and use them ANYWHERE.  Not so with the Wii U controller, as it is more like a touch display and requires the console to operate fully.  Then you have the fact that while Nintendo is trying to get more than one controller to work per console, it is not set in stone they will be able to pull it off.  If that is the case, then that will make multiplayer less appealing, something that helped make the Wii popular.  And even if they get 2 working (which seems it will be the max) it still puts a damper on multiplayer.  No one wants to play with the old Wii-motes when 2 others get to play on the new tablet controller and experience the game fully.