Playstation 4 Release Date News

We have all been waiting for news on the PlayStation 4, the next generation of PS gaming, but what has been released is both positive and negative.

Kaz Hirai, the Sony Computer Entertainment head, has announced that they aren’t even deliberating on the next PlayStation console. In fact, they believe that the PS3 is only half-way done, he told PC Impress Watch.

What do they mean by that? Well, in the past, consoles like the PS2 and xBox were replaced within five years. By then, newer and better technology was released, so they had to keep up with gamer expectations. But the PS3 is predicted to have a ten year life cycle.

This is slightly good news, because that means Sony will continue to add new additions to the already multi-functional media hub. Since the PS3 already has a video store, Vudu, and Netflix. Plus all of the major game companies are attempting to make their games downloadable, so if the console were changed, all of these games would need to be altered.

But is this likely? When the PlayStation 2 was released, it was expected to have a ten-year life as well. Five years later, the PS3 came out. So even though Sony may now claim that their focus will be on the PS3 for five more years, it is entirely possible these numbers may change, as well.

Sony has already released the PlayStation Move, their version of a motion-based gaming device. It no longer needs to upgrade to compete with the already popular motion-consoles around, such as Wii or xBox Kinect.

So it may be another five years before the next generation of gaming consoles, so don’t expect to see the PlayStation 4 too soon. Besides, Sony is releasing something new that can compete with gamers and keep them entertained even away from home: the Sony Ericcson Xperia Play and their next generation portable, codenamed NGP.

Expected to release in March 2011, the Xperia Play is a Sony-based smartphone. It has a sliding game pad with a digital D pad, two analog touch pads, two shoulder buttons, and the four PS buttons. It’s everything you love about a PS—but on your phone.

I guess this will have to hold us over until the PlayStation 4 finally knocks on our door. The release date still may be up in the air, but technology advances so quickly these days, they will have no choice but to upgrade.

The Playstation 4 Release

The Playstation 4 is believed to be the next console to hit shelves, but lets take a look at why… With many experts beginning to believe the next generation of consoles can be just around the corner, lets look at some different reasons why the Playstation 4 may be the first console to hit the shelves, but it is unlikely that any console will this year or next.

I don’t expect the PS4 to be released until late 2011 at the earliest, probably 2012. The PS3 has had very poor sales, so Sony would make the next console as soon as possible to re boost consumer interest.

Nintendo Wii is doing just fine, so they wouldn’t be in a rush. Remember as of now they are still the leader, by far, when it comes to motion sensitive controls, and only need to offer a new console (or addon?) to provide the Nintendo Wii in HD.

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 is doing okay, could be better but I don’t believe any new console is rapidly approaching from them.The Xbox, like the Playstation, has built a following but the majority of the players are content, and not yet looking for much from Microsoft in terms of a new console. The biggest advantage that the Xbox 360 has had in it’s favor over the last generation of consoles, is it’s early release date… Yet the console has fallen short in terms of developing an audience that is loyal, or at least nearly as loyal as the Playstation audience has become.

With the most recent price cut however, sales may pick up substantially which may even accelerate Sony’s position in this seventh generation of video games competition. Just when you thought PS3 lost for sure, it got right back up and ready to compete. The Playstation will be a constant favorite of real gamers, the console has some of the most advanced features, and Playstation has always carried some of the greatest game titles.

Rumor has it… PS4 WILL Happen

In something that appears just to taunt all of those Nay-Sayers our there, the Sony VP of Technology says that a Playstation 4 will launch, and is even being worked on now. This comes after a great amount of speculation from various online sources claiming that the management change in Sony has taken away from the possibility of a PS4. There could be happy gamers looking to pre order Playstation 4 as early as winter 2011!

VP Paul Holman also let it known that while a PS4 is in the works, there is no released design as of yet, and certainly nothing that will be released any times soon. There is still a lot of progress to be made with the PS3 in terms of usability and really taking advantage of the existing processing power, the PS3 is more of an all in one console than a gaming console, and even though it has the ability, it has yet to really make that leap in the eyes of the consumer.

But world rest assured, there will be a Playstation 4.