Persistantthug said:
They won't. Sony has never released a home console with 6 month lead time from announcement to launch. Not only would it be dumb to do such a thing, but it goes against what Sony, and almost every single sucessful home console has done to properly prepare for a console launch. They only console to do such a potentially stupid thing is Microsoft with the XBOX 360......and even then, everyone knew almost everything about it, with only the name needing to be "finalized". For every Playstation, there is always, at minium, at least 1 year from some form of announcement by Sony, and a launch. Marketing and hype is important. So like I said, TGS 2012 is pretty much the last hope and last ditch chance for a holiday 2013 launch....but that would constitute hopes & dreams....basically. |
The PS-Vita was initially announced January 27, 2011 and was then released on December 17, 2011 ...
At this point in time I wouldn't completely count out Sony announcing the PS4 early in the year, giving out (mostly) technical details at GDC in March, having it on display for the first time at E3 in June, showing off the launch line-up at Eurocom in August, announcing the price and release date at TGS in September, and releasing it in November/December.
I'm not convinced (much) more than a few months warning is necessary in the modern world, or actually helps the system. Back when gaming news was reported through paper magazines and there were only a couple of conferences a year you had to make a huge splash at several of these conferences for anyone to know about your system; but with the internet you can release information on an arbitrary tuesday in the middle of the year and (most) of the gamers you're targeting will know about it immediately.
