| spurgeonryan said: @tridrakious It could, but are they going to do it? Sony and Microsoft may not even be able to keep their consoles relevant till 2014 like I believe they wanted, and what happened to the ten year thing? |
Well the 360 will be 7 years old this year. The Next Box won't launch in the same year it gets announced. I forsee Microsoft wanting to put everyone's focus on Halo 4 than a new system. Just because they can cut the price of the 360 alongside the release of Halo 4 and might match what they did in 2011.
Sony on the other hand has the Vita that will launch. They will be focusing on it and The Last of Us for 2012. Unfortunately Twisted Metal, StarHawk and anything that isn't within those two groups I mentioned, won't get much of Sony's money in advertising or overall promotion.
I could see Sony saying something about the PS4 at Gamescom or even Tokyo Game Show. Nintendo is going to have an very difficult time aggressively promoting two brand new (and different) system in 2012. The DS will pretty much be pushed to the side. They likely won't even mention the DS at E3 this year. Focusing everything on the Wii U, 3DS and what's left of the Wii.
Sony can not spread out to much thinner. PS2 is pure profit, it won't get discontinued this year unless the system just stops selling in the emerging markets. PSP should be or is very close to being pure profit and it won't be going anywhere for at another year or 2. Especially in Japan. PS3 will be on the market for another four or more years. Vita will get pretty much get all of Sony's attention this year.
So PS2, PSP, PS3 and Vita. Adding PS4 to soon would not be smart. It would be very easy to mis-manage this.
