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MoHasanie on 21 February 2013
NintendoPie said:
MoHasanie said:
NintendoPie said:
I still don't get why they said they would wait till MS reveal... then they go and reveal several months before MS.


Maybe to confuse Microsoft?

But now MS can get their grimy hands all over Sony's specs. That's exactly what Sony didn't want.

But maybe Sony didn't want to announce their console after MS cause they felt that it could look inferior to the 720. 



    

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Chark on 21 February 2013
MoHasanie said:
I still don't get the point of announcing your console 8 months before it will go one sale cause the hype dies down pretty quickly.


Consoles usually get longer announce to launch periods. Look at the Wii U. They had 2 E3s before their launch in November. That didn't really work out for them, and I'm sure Sony and MS see shorter as better. But then look at Sega Saturn giving 2 weeks notice, complete disaster. Announcing now isn't bad, they have an event next week, there is GDC, E3, and Gamescom as hype stepping stones to a launch during the biggest sales time of the year.



Before the PS3 everyone was nice to me :(

GameAnalyser on 21 February 2013
kowenicki said:
Good timing IMO.

Perhaps SCE has improved, become more humble, less arrogant and silly since Kaz left. (My sig)


Well the 10 year life-cycle isn't scrapped yet. PS3 longevity is ensured despite PS4's release. It happened with all their previous consoles and this one is here to stay for long as well.



MARCUSDJACKSON on 21 February 2013

yep best news, and the free press doesn't hurt.



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Talal on 21 February 2013
kowenicki said:
Turkish said:
kowenicki said:
Good timing IMO.

Perhaps SCE has improved, become more humble, less arrogant and silly since Kaz left. (My sig)


I don't see the relation between both quotes, he was right back in 2009 about Xbox lacking longevity. He'll be right about the 10 year plan for PS3. PS3 is lackcing longevity because PS4 is announced?

The inference being that the 360 would lack longevity.  He said this in 2009.  Moronic statements by a man of his intelligence. 


Even gods can make mistakes. But yes that was an odd statement.



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TeddostheFireKing on 21 February 2013
sales2099 said:
I am surprised Sony got the jump. But their conference left a "meh" taste in most mouths save the hardcore fans.

If MS SHOWS the console (lol), shows some core games, implements "Xbox Plus", they will be in a great position.


I think you said it best yourself sales, (if I'm not quoting you, I'm sorry :P), but that Microsoft and Sony are playing a grand game of chess, Sony merely made the first move, its Microsoft's turn now :)

But you are right though, most journalists are disappointed with the conference, even though there is plenty of time for bombshells between now and christmas :P



enditall727 on 21 February 2013
NintendoPie said:
I still don't get why they said they would wait till MS reveal... then they go and reveal several months before MS.

to throw people off

 

they did the same at E3 2010 with Twisted Metal



VGKing on 21 February 2013

I wonder how Microsoft will counter? I mean the next-gen features of the PS4 revolutionary. The ones that stand out are "Try any game before you buy", "Play game while you are downloading it" and "Made by developers for developers". If the devs are happy, they'll make more games for the system. That guy from Epic Games seemed super excited about the 8GB GDDR5. Makes me wonder if they'll develop the next "Gears" for Sony's platform. From what I understand the next Xbox still has only 8GB of DDR3.



VGKing on 21 February 2013
NintendoPie said:
MoHasanie said:
NintendoPie said:
I still don't get why they said they would wait till MS reveal... then they go and reveal several months before MS.


Maybe to confuse Microsoft?

But now MS can get their grimy hands all over Sony's specs. That's exactly what Sony didn't want.

We know of the next Xbox specs and they are pretty underwhelming.(Specifically the RAM)

Any changes to it this late will cause major delays for Microsoft. So what will they do? I can assure you developers are pushing them to upgrade the specs.



TheFallen on 21 February 2013

Sony launched late and made every f**k up imaginable with PS3 (Price, lack of games for 1st year, hard to develop, anaemic online at start) and still managed to stay neck and neck with Xbox. With Sony doing everything right this time around , it's going to be extremely interesting generation .