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Noobie on 04 May 2009

Monday, 4 May 2009

Is PS4 Now In Development?

This article was taken from PSW (PlayStation World Magazine). The article was not published online & was only published in the magazine.

According to reports, Sony is working on the successor to the PS3 3 years after their next-gen console was first first lauched.
Early specifacations for the new machine have been sent to developers in Japan so Sony can gather feedback and impressions from the people who will be making it's games.

The new console, essentially PlayStation 4, will (at most) be twice as powerful, and around the same size as Nintendo's Wii. Sony is pulling its finger out in an effort to beat Microsoft to the market. Sony recognises that even though Microsoft launched a relativly cheap machine in the Xbox 360, the very fact that it was first to launch allowed it to share a healthy chunk of the gaming market. Now Sony wants the first slice of the next-gen pie. 
Sony wants to get PS4 out by around 2012, if not sooner which makes a mockery of its claims that PS3 would be the focus of attention for ten years after its release. A smaller machine would certainly help in the Japanese market (smaller consoles sell better there).

http://playstationlive.blogspot.com/2009/05/is-ps4-now-in-development.html

Posted by PlaystationLive at 12:58

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Its doable but i don't see a point.. and 3 yrs very tight schedule for finalizing the schedule and getting prototype, development kit and launch titles ready.

But if they decide to use same Cell processor with some enhanced configuration and more



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NiKKoM on 04 May 2009

Great idea! Let's not make money with the PS3 and lose even more with the PS4!



 

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Vertigo-X on 04 May 2009

Actually, only being twice as powerful in 2012 would probably not mean much in terms of cost. $400 launch price wouldn't be out of the question, in my opinion.



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Bullet100000 on 04 May 2009

2012 is probably when M$ will release the 720 aswell, I just hope $ony doesn't Rush the PS4 to gain market share we all know what that result in.



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Pikaboo on 04 May 2009

2012 makes sense to me.



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zarx on 04 May 2009

I thought as much a full Cell processor and a more powerful GPU 8800/9800GT ish and more faster memory think 512MB to 1GB for the GPU and the same as main system ram + cheap, Small, Full bakwords compatabillity with the PS3 and Early to Market = WiN



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The on 04 May 2009

of course it's on development, and so it's the next DS, the next Nintendo, the next Xbox, the next iPhone, the next everything. Or did you think development actually starts when the new hardware is named an announced? Kids...



kergeten on 04 May 2009
Vertigo-X said:
Actually, only being twice as powerful in 2012 would probably not mean much in terms of cost. $400 launch price wouldn't be out of the question, in my opinion.

 

A $200 price wouldn't be out of the question, by 2012 the technology will be really cheap,I mean it's the first time sony will launcha console with the same basic procesor and disc drive (Wii anyone?)as the previous generation and I think Sony will turn a 180 and make it cheap and affordable from the start, even if they have to sell it at a loss again.



Lostplanet22 on 04 May 2009

It is not because they launch the PS4 in 2012 that they will stop supporting the PS3.



 

Vertigo-X on 04 May 2009
kergeten said:
Vertigo-X said:
Actually, only being twice as powerful in 2012 would probably not mean much in terms of cost. $400 launch price wouldn't be out of the question, in my opinion.

 

A $200 price wouldn't be out of the question, by 2012 the technology will be really cheap,I mean it's the first time sony will launcha console with the same basic procesor and disc drive (Wii anyone?)as the previous generation and I think Sony will turn a 180 and make it cheap and affordable from the start, even if they have to sell it at a loss again.

 

I don't know, I'd rather them sell it at $300 again. Selling it for $200 gives them less breathing room in terms of price drops.



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