could sony release PS4 in 2016?

[joeorc]

S.T.A.G.E. said:
Samsung has been going at it with Sony for a while, Google...I don't even understand that reference pertaining to Sony. Microsoft has been at it with Apple for a while and Apple has been taking a chunk out of the gaming marketed for a couple years now, but that is based off of casual sales which cannot completely stopped.

"Apple has been taking a chunk out of the gaming marketed for a couple years now, but that is based off of casual sales which cannot completely stopped."

but that's just not casual anymore, take a look a publisher's like EA, rockstar they are putting more hardcore iP's on devices that many gamer's see as a non game machine or a non Hardcore gaming type of product.

that's the main problem, the device chipset's that's going into devices like smart TV's and Tablet's and Smart Phones are no longer a "weak" platform for hard core software iP's. the fact that UNITY3D works and runs very well on these mobile chipset's is not only a clear indication, but remember the Nintendo WiiU also has made a deal with UNITY 3D game engine for the WiiU.

this is more than just a Niche or a fleeting idea of what is a game console, this is about the general change in the market as a whole. you know there is going to be 4 android small game consoles that are being released for living room TV's this year alone, no telling how many are going to be made for their gaming platforms that will cost very low cost's and very heavy supported because the platform's are make one game it works on multiple systems with the same network stores are just a aplication store that you can download all your games. Also if they playstore enabled than that would make all their games  they already have be able to run on their new system. this does not even count if Apple get's into the Mix.

the Developer's are for Mobile platforms are developing for this type of hardware its being treated as a platform in of itself. by Epic for EXAMPLE by the way made full unreal game engine runs full without being striped down. and it run's very well. they are not the only one. Sony is spending more money to make Playstation a platform as a priority for development in that type of system platform.  Than trying to convince 3rd party PC centric developer's in making their games porting over to the Playstation as a 3rd tier platform , that it's already being seen as by many 3rd party publisher's anyway.

Sony is putting more effort in getting the smart devices developer's for consumer electronics products on board .