Another hope-thread marked as prediction-thread.

Hope thread? I hope the PS4 is free dude.

yeah i forgot about cross game chat

I'm expecting:

Impressive graphics promises and demos, but standard PC hardware from a few years ago. It will be optimised and do great things, but it won't be a big leap or a new technology like the Cell was.

$350 - $450 Bare Bones SKU
$450 - $550 Larger Hard drive and extras SKU

Move built in

4K Ready video support

New controller that finally fixes the old design

No backwards compatibility of any kind.

Gaiki on day one for PSX, PS2, and PS3 games (Useless for most people, but I still expect it)

Expanded PS Store with PSX, PS2, and PS3 adjusted for PS4 compatibility. (No more using your old discs on new systems, I expect Sony to push it's digital distro channels.

Paid for online gaming like XBL Gold (Sony lost money on PSN while MS made money. I don't expect Sony to let that happen again)

Cross Game Chat and other upgrades to PSN to justify low monthly subscription.

The Last Guardian as a PS4 launch window game.

Uncharted 4 as a tease of things to come later

Killzone 4 as a launch game

Unified Movie, Music, and Game services kind of like a one stop shop for entertainment on PSN.

i just hope psn stays free but because of sony's financial situation, this time around they might charge for online play even though i don't like it

This isn't a list of things I necessarily want to see happen, this is just a list of things I feel is likely for the future of Playstation. Although I do want The Last Guardian pretty bad, either for PS3 or PS4 it doesn't matter to me.

That #15 is one of the best ideas I have every heard!

"15. PS+ users can "loan" digital content to other PS+ users."

So send a friend, say a 3 day pass of a game, is really great idea.  And I think it might sell more games. 

A way of virtually sharing with your friends oneline, all over the world.  I hope the companies are listening.

I will go with UK based pricing as it's easier for me to work out:

1. The PS4 will come in 2 buying options.  Option 1 is an upfront cost of £399 with free PSN and the option to buy into PS+ for £50 annually or Option 2 which is a £100 upfront cost with free PSN and PS+ for £15 per month on a 2 year contract.  This will allow more users to buy into the system from the get-go.  Most people will go for the cheaper upfront cost to get started.
2. The system will launch in November in NA and JP and in Feb/Mar in EU
3. Launch games will include Uncharted 4, Motorstorm 4 & Killzone 4 (all the 4's)
4. Hardware will include BR drive, 500Gb HDD, Superfast Wi-Fi, Multiple device video streaming (allowing both video playback and game playing at the same time, sent to 2 different devices simultaneously)

Here is my prediction, there will be no 4k games until 2020

I can forecast with 99.9% certainty that I will not buy a new console on 2013 & 2014, so if Sony wishes to toot its own horn and release more hardware this year, then it is welcome to. I for one will ignore its short marketing scheme here in the US since I am not to eager to see my PS3 become obsolete.