Why should there be one? Isnt the ps3 the "most powerful console" it delivers everything. I heard this was there last one...

But watever, the ps9 is coming lol

If PS3 is dead in the water (>50K a week WW) this holiday season with the $400, and then fails to recover next year unitl holidays 08, the PS3 will survive. And therefore they woll make a PS4, in a comeback attempt

Given the current trends I would say no there will not be a PS4. Sony has suffered a severe financial setback that is true. However I want to point out something else I like to call the competition. Nintendo is going to be a financial giant for the next round of the competition. Microsoft will probably be making a healthy profit. Then there will be Sony that bled cash, lost a huge chunk of brand loyalty, and they will face off against the probably more refined library of the others.

Think of Sony being the major underdog next generation. Rather then the dominant force of the last generation. They will have an uphill battle to steal dedicated fans from the other two console makers. Both of which will not make the mistakes Sony made this generation. Which is what really gave Nintendo a chance, and is what is helping Microsoft to generate and maintain a lead over Sony. Sony really screwed up, and chances are the others are not going to replicate any of those mistakes.

I would have to say no based solely on how their console has done this generation. However its not impossible. Who knows maybe everyone goes out and buys a Bravia.

Blu-ray and the CELL are huge......
That alone will pay all the costs....
You guys forget that CEll is new and can be palced in nearly all modern electronic products especially now when electronic products have coem so complicated.

Blu-ray is in the lead and can't be the loser now.
They have leaped from loss to a mayor lead.
In Europe people favor Blu-ray.

Sony's shares are rising every quarter. They have a huge surplus of a couple of billion euro's
Bravia's are selling like hotcakes. In a few years OLeD will sell like hotcakes to...cuz I'm getting me one in a few years.

Yes PS4 will come ... BELIEVE

Maybe they will call it a PLAYCUBE

the ps3 is the last console for them huge loss and a fanbase that is dwindling very very fast. as the other two console's take demanding leads i just dont see a ps4 in the works. if they make a ps4 and keep doin what they are doin sony as a company will die.

Soriku, could you please have a signature which takes up less than a full screen in my browser? You're using double spacing between lines and an image which doesn't even load! Press SHIFT+Enter instead of Enter to avoid double spacing between lines.

There should be a rule against this...

Even if the PS3 flops ( doubt it ) there will be a PS4 ... just to try and get back the investment ...

 No, the cell will never be used for anything other then the PS3 for Sony.  It makes no sense to use it.  The cpu is too hard to program for to be used in a cheap device. Simple X86 embbeded, ARM and PPC will be used however.  Sony is making this clear by selling off their stake in their manufacturing plant.  If Sony was going to use the Cell cpu in every one of it's divisions it wouldn't be selling off it's plant.  It all comes down to costs...

 Also the Cell processor is too specific at what it does.  You need a robust solution for embedded cpu's if you plan on cutting costs across lines.  Why spend 100$+ on a Cell cpu when a 4$ ARM cpu can do many of the same things? The Cell cpu requires very optimized code to be efficient.  The ARM on the other hand doesn't.