Playstation 4 announced at E3 in 2012?

There has recently been an increase in the number of Playstation 4 rumors being repeated throughout the internet, with the coming of the new year a lot of blogs have been reporting that the Playstation 4 would be announced formally at this years E3… which did not seem completely impossible. Just based on the sheer number of references to this rumor it seemed almost true… But it isn’t.

Speaking to reporters at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas yesterday, Sony Computer Entertainment chairman Kazuo Hirai said his company won’t be unveiling a new console at the E3 Gaming Expo this summer. From the Wallstreet journal

Sony Corp. said it doesn’t plan to introduce a new home console at this year’s E3 videogame trade show, deflating expectations that a successor to the company’s PlayStation 3 would be on its way soon.

Although Hirai’s statement seems to belittle the hopes that Sony would be unveiling the next PlayStation at E3, it does not however mean that Sony will not unveil the next generation console at some point during 2012… Just not likely at E3.

Sony Computer Entertainment President Andrew House stated this week that the company wasn’t “contemplating talking about anything to do with future console iterations at this point,” adding that Sony was “just entering into this great period for PS3.”

This past holiday season the Playstation 3 sold more than 3.9 million units… for many at Sony this is a sign that a new console is not yet needed, and puts more weight on the “10 year console lifespan” that so many at Sony have been striving for. The longer Sony can hold out on the next generation console, presumably the more advanced it will be… consider for a moment the competition that exists between console developers, if Sony’s next generation console is released too soon it will not be able to take advantage of many of the online and web development changes taking place right now and if it is released too late then the console will suffer sales figures against other competitive consoles (the next generation Xbox).

Many of the E3 2012 release rumors seem to stem from the fact that Nintendo is launching the WiiU in 2012, and while the Wii is certainly a gaming console it is not one that Playstation is really in direct competition with… something gamers the world over know, and Sony them selves have stated. So the launch of a new Wii does little to push the Playstation 4 announcement any closer, however an announcement regarding the next generation Xbox would be much different.

With all of this information available, and the statements made by various Sony staffers, it can be determined that an E3 announcement, for the Playstation 4  is not coming in 2012… and to be honest it seems there is little evidence that there will be any announcement from Sony regarding a new console during 2012. Leaving us waiting, anxious, and enjoying our Playstation 3.

Whats the rush anyways?

 

 

 

Should the PS4 Release in 2012?

Gamers across the web are arguing over whether or not we need the PS4 right now. Both sides hold merit. So, we’re going to present you with the arguments and let you decide; weigh in, fight back, whatever. We just want to hear what other gamers have in mind when they think about the PS4.

First off, we’re talking about a 2012 release date. Many rumors have indicated it is possible, while others think 2013 is more likely. Both dates are just conjecture and have not been confirmed by any authoritative figure.

Hardware

The people who are in favor of pushing back the PS4 another couple of years have a few points. They say that the PS3 games are “life-like” enough, so we don’t need a hardware upgrade to fulfill the better graphics desire (but hardware upgrades do more than just graphics, so maybe this argument is faulty). Games like Battlefield 3 show the improvements we’ve seen just within the PS3 lifetime graphics-wise, but…are we at the end?

People who want the console sooner seem to realize it takes at least 16 months of development and testing before a game releases. So Battlefield 3 began development at least 1.5 years ago. If they went to work on Battlefield 4 right now for the same console, what difference would we see? Not much!

And what about Modern Warfare 3? I wasn’t the only one who was disappointed in the changes from MW2 to the newest game. Seriously, a few new maps, and they say I have to shell out $60 for it? No, thank you. There needs to be more improvement, which will only come in the way of hardware (faster FPS, RAM, etc just for starters).

If we keep releasing the same games over and over on the same console, we won’t remain entertained.

Price

Yes, when the PS3 came out, it was pretty pricey. Now, though, Sony has learned their mistakes and won’t likely make the same one again. They’ll keep the overall price at an affordable level, but yes, it will most likely cost about $500 at release, maybe $600.

Many gamers don’t want to shell out that much for a console, especially since it will be replaced in another 5-10 years after the release. But, really, who are they kidding? How many people by a new Apple product every year? When phones and tablets are upgraded every year for about the price of a console, then how can we snub our noses at a stronger, faster, overall better machine that costs the same, but only replaced every 5-10 years? That’s just silly.

Controller

Between the PS2 and PS3, the controller really didn’t change much, unless we count the Dual Shock upgrade—which many opinions around the internet say wasn’t enough of a change. But, really, technology gets better every day. Motion gaming with just cameras is a small piece of evidence for that. So if we could get a controller that combined that motion-element, I’d say that’s worth an upgrade.

Plus, with the Wii U tablet-style controller coming out in 2012, I can’t imagine PlayStation ignoring the trend. Yes, they’ll probably keep a normal controller that we’re used to available, but upgrades like touch and motion gaming make the PS4 worthwhile.

Motion Gaming

We saw that PlayStation and Xbox didn’t need to upgrade the console to integrate motion gaming with the PS Move and Kinect. Many gamers think that’s enough. Yet I, for one, think it could be a heck of a lot better. PlayStation needs controller-less gaming as an option, which would mean a new PS Eye, and I don’t want to shell out $150 just for that. But if it was in a PS4 package, with all the other upgrades we want to badly, yes, I’d save up $600 or more to get it. I like my gaming, and I like to keep it new and exciting.

Conclusion

Maybe it’s just our opinion, but the PS3 could use some improvement. It’s been a long time since it released, and the digital revolution is far surpassed the capabilities of the 2006 device (heck, it was old news by the time it came out!). We want the PS4 sooner rather than later, whether that be 2012 or 2013. Oh, and we haven’t even talked about the upgrades the PS Vita showed compared to the PSP, which definitely made that upgrade viable.

What’s your opinion?

PS4 to Follow Xbox 720 in 2012

Some new info has hit the web. Yeah, it’s probably a rumor, but one of these days one of these rumors will be true. Hopefully.

It has been said that the Xbox 720–codenamed “Project Ten”–will release for next years holiday season (one year from now exactly). Yes, we know the Xbox 720 is being worked on, but in order for this to be true, the Xbox 720 must be revealed at CES or E3 next year. So we’ll know by June!

Another rumor about the Xbox 720 is that it will have an integration that matches Apple. It would sync up Windows from PCs and phones, which the Xbox 360 cannot allow at the moment. It’d have more of a “Cloud” capability.

But what does this mean for the PS4?

There’s been hints from Sony PlayStation that the PlayStation 4 will follow Xbox 720. In fact, they actually said they will not let the Xbox 720 release without the PS4 there. They learned their mistakes when they waited too long after the Xbox 360 released before they released the PS3. Sales took a major hit because people had already just purchased a new console. For the PS4 to be a success, it must come out at the same time as the Xbox 720.

So, since we assume that if the Xbox 720 releases next year, they will have an E3 unveiling in June 2012; that means Sony would also unveil the PS4 in E3!

But, it’s another rumor. Don’t get your hopes up. Just keep your ears (well, technically eyes) open for the latest news.

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