heres a few of my predictions for Sony's next console...

1. the PS4 will not be called "Playstation 4" it will have a specific name somthing new and refreshing like "The Playstaion __________" <--(insert somthing creative here)

2. It will still use a cell type processor and all PS4's will have backwards compatability with PS3 games from day one. This means trophies earned on PS3 games will carry over to the new console.

3. Bluray disk games will hold 80-100 GB max

4. PSN will still be free to use but sony will introduce a optional premium account for users willing to pay for exclusive content.

5. Sony will beef up their controller. Its time for a facelift. buttons will remain in the same positions but the controller will fill the users hands more like the xbox controller. They will definately remove the sixaxis.

#2 would be awesome, though I'm not going to hope for it.

#3 is hard to predict, it depends on how compatible they decide the PS4 needs to be. 66,8 GB is the minimum it will support though.

And I doubt you'll have to wait until the PS4 to see #4 come true.

#5 is hopefully true. There is certainly room for more comfort and practicallity in the current design.

Noooo the DS3 is the best and most comfortable controller everrr

You should try the Classic Controller Pro for the Wii. Trust me, there is room for improvement

I prediction your 5th prediction will be the msot disagreed with

I expect Sony next generation will have an improved move controller bundled with the PS4, and will have still support use of the dualshock 3 and sixaxis to about the same degree Nintendo supports the GC controller. Hopefully they will release a dualshock3 plus for people with regular sized hands.

I also disagree with the first prediction, I am expecting it to be the Playstation 4

2, 3 and 4 all seem reasonable. I'm not 100% sure that they will have a premium paid PSN service but who knows

Well im sure there's always room for improvement but after selling +200 million Dual Shock controllers, im sure many are accustomed and are comfortable to it.  Dont fix what's not broken i think.  As well if using the same design, surely it'll save some money for Sony.

The only thing i can think of to improve the Dual Shock style is to maybe add some grip material at the bottom of the controller for when you hold it.

I cant agree, it is too small for man hands . no offense. The 360 controller fits so much better.

Well, it's one thing to fix what isn't broken, it's another to improve what can be improved.

I think that, ergonomically, the CCPro has way more going for it than the DS3, and Sony really should change the design. On the other hand, I'm pretty sure this is also totally irrelevant, as I think we'll see the PS4 launch with a controller based on Move. Whether that's the design we know now, that break apart controller or something totally different remains to be seen, but I doubt the DS4 (if there even is one) will be the official PS4 controller.

i predict the ps4 will be profitable after just 6 years... woohoo! 

It wont use an Cell. Sony asked developers what they would want in the PS4. Also they would have to pay pretty much for the whole development since IBM canceled the cell development it would be better if the PS4 would go for full cores with full instruction set and 2 threads. An emulation should be possible if the CPU has enough cores. Also the Cells technology influences the new IBM CPUs MS will go the same way and eventually Nintendo. Dont think Sony will pay extra money to IBM so they breath in fresh live in an old project.


I could imagine a PPC Oktacore CPU could emulate a Cell if its done properly.


PS3 Controller is fine for me but I wouldnt mind a better one.

To hardware. I looked for the differences between PS1 and PS2 and PS3 if Sony makes a similar step with the PS4 again the hardware could look like this:

PS1 Ram: 2+1 MB
PS2 Ram: 32 MB
PS3 Ram: 512 MB

What we can see here is that each Gen the Ram has increased with approximatly the same factor. Between PS1 and PS2 the ram increased 11-16 fold the same goes for PS2 and PS3.

PS1 CPU: 33 MHZ 30 MIPS (PS3 10400 MIPS without SPUs)
PS2 CPU: 300 MHZ 6 GFLOPs
PS3 CPU: 3,2 GHZ@6 SPUs 80 GFLOPs (double precission)

Ofcourse its hard to extrapolate since the systems are totally different.

Lets assume an typical evolution in all things. With a late 2012 release in mind.

PS4 could look like this hardware wise:


CPU: 8 Core PPC with 3.8 GHZ per core and 2 threads per core.
Graphics: Probably something which can best the ATI HD 5870 by quite a bit.
RAM: 4-6 GB GDDR4 RAM (maybe even GDDR5).


Ofcourse this is just a dream at the moment. But Sony has always exceeded my expections in the past with their new consoles. And the step would be big but would be about as big as the other steps. And with 2012 in mind its nothing that spectacular anymore. We have to take in account that Sony gets other prices for the Hardware then we do and without an Drive Upgrade (no Holodisc for sure) like in the PS3 we could see such a console in December 2012 for 399 Euro sold at loss. Build in 22nm scale.