What Will Happen With PlayStation 4 Next Generation?

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enditall727 said:

Okay, Gran Turismo 6's confirmation has driven me to make this thread

1st and foremost PLEASE GOD LET GT6 BE FOR PS4!!!

Now it is quite obvious that Sony is known for releasing their Playstation platforms IN competition. What do i mean by this you ask? well the 5th generation was already being lead by the Sega Saturn before the PlayStation was brought to the market. The 6th Generation was already being lead by the Sega Dreamcast before the PlayStation 2 was brought to the market and the 7th Generation(present) was already being lead by the Xbox 360 before the PlayStation 3 was brought to the market. PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita included.

MS isn't Sega. Even now Sony is clawing to get PS3 out of last place 6 years into this gen. As for launching after Nintendo in the handheld sector......well that wasn't a smart thing to do either, seeing DS and PSP lifetime sales. 

Now being that the successor to Nintendo's Nintendo Wii(Wii U) is well on it's way and is undoubtedly going to begin the 8th Generation of gaming next year in 2012, i am almost 100% positive that Sony is going to bring PlayStation 4 to the market right behind the Wii U in 2013 like  now with Gran Turismo 6's confirmation i can see them aiming for a release within the 1st year of PlayStation 4's release have seen in previous Generations. I also see Microsoft releasing the next Xbox in 2013.  Yea that's right, i said it! I think the PlayStation 4 will release in the same year as the next Xbox NOT after it like some people think. I dont see Sony releasing the PlayStation 4 2 whole years after the Generation starts. *lifts shoulders*

You heard the rumors of MS ramping up plans to release sooner?

let's take a look at some well known games Sony was able to release within PlayStation 2's 1st year shall we? :)

Tekken Tag 10/18/2000

Ridge Racer V 10/18/2000

Twisted Metal Black 6/19/01

Gran Turismo 3 7/20/01 <-- MAJOR BLOCKBUSTER

Silent Hill 2 9/25/01

Grand Theft Auto 3 10/22/01 <-- MAJOR BLOCKBUSTER

^^^ PS2 had MANY MORE good games released in it's 1st year that i do not feel the need to include at the moment

now if GT6 was to be released in ps4's 1st year like GT3 was in ps2's 1st year then that would be a hell of a start for PlayStation 4 in the 8th generation

PS4 will be more powerful then PS3. That alone will mean a longer development time for GT6. 

I honestly believe that PolyphonyDigital decided not to release GT5 sooner on PS3 because of that high A** price($600). That price kept A LOT of people away from the ps3 and it also gave PS3 the image that games wouldn't sell on the system.

Thats pure BS and everybody knows it. GT5 simply had a long development time due to PD learning the ins and outs of the console coupled with them being perfectionists on the cars....even if that meant neglecting other parts of the game. 

When PSVita's price was announced i was kind of blown away by Sony matching Nintendo's 3DS price at the time. I expect to see something similar with the PlayStation 4 aswell. I dont see Sony making any Dumb decision's this time around with PS4 judging by the way they are handling the PSVita.

They allready made 2 dumb moves with the Vita.....they not only released after the 3DS but missed a NA/Europe holiday launch. That will put the Vita severely behind the 3DS in 2012 install base which will lead to developers shifting focus to 3ds. 

on the pricing side, i see all 3 home console's being the same this time around. let's say Wii U launches at $399, i see Microsoft matching the price with the next Xbox being $399 and with the way Sony has been lately i see them matching Wii U's price with PS4 being $399. Of course when PS4 announces the $399 price most likely Nintendo and Microsoft will drop their price's down to either $299 or $350 IMMEDIATELY lol

so i see the price's being close from the start this time around. Sony already said that they wont be making as big of an investment with PS4 as they did with PS3 so i can see them being competitive with their pricing next gen.

A lot of people sided with PS3 because it was most powerful. IF the PS4 isnt the most powerful graphically of the gen as Sony may have hinted.....I wonder how the core PS3 graphics fans of today will react?

i am sort of looking forward to next gen now since GT6 has been confirmed to be in development ..just a little bit though..

GT6 is in developement as much as we know Forza 5 is in developement. The real question is...........how long is it gonna take?

thoughts?

Sorry if I seem too confrontational, merely playing devil advocate. 

But in all serious how well Sony does next gen depends solely on MS and when they release their console. Because MS aint Sega and just like this gen, they won't make overtaking them easy and will cost Sony a lot of potential marketshare and developer support in the process.