Sony: It would be undesirable for PS4 to launch significantly later

[Ssx9]

Having given Microsoft a year's head start in the current generation, PlayStation Europe boss Jim Ryan said it would be "undesirable" for PS4 to repeat that for the next-generation.

Speaking to Eurogamer TV this afternoon at a press event for PlayStation Vita in London, Ryan, who stepped up to the SCEE top job in the summer, said: "I think we would consider it undesirable to be significantly later than the competition [with the next PlayStation]."

With Wii U out next year and Microsoft expected to reveal the next Xbox in 2012 amid suggestions that a number of studios are already making games for a 2013 launch, industry chatter regarding a PlayStation 3 successor has been considerably more muted.

This, coupled with Sony's overall financial position, has led to speculation that the company is behind its rivals with its next-generation planning.

Ryan defended Sony's strategy, insisting: "There's still a lot of unfinished business on PS3."

He added: "If you look at PlayStation 2, now in excess of 150m units installed globally, a huge majority of that was done at price points of £120 or lower. [With PS3] we've only just hit £199 in the UK, so clearly there's a considerable untapped part of the market there."

Last week Edge reported that a first-party Sony studio had ceased PS3 development and moved onto PS4 development. The unnamed developer is also apparently involved in building the graphics technology for Sony's next system.

Source: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-11-23-sony-it-would-be-undesirable-for-ps4-to-launch-significantly-later-than-the-competition


I think the Vita will give them enough time to finish the PS4, so no need to hurry. But who knows.

 

[Erdnaxela]

That mean people expecting way better graphics than today on PC will be disappointed.
The ps4 won't launch at 500/600$, or at least I hope so. Maybe Sony will give us some detail at E3 2012, like microsoft.
E3 2012 might be very interesting

 

[KingVamp]

Wonder what they going to come up with or they just going to move the Move and Kinect to the next consoles and just work
on that?

Well actually, they just need to to release it with better graphics than the wii u (even if it is just by a little) with the same controllers. Some will just be
happy with that.

 

[prowler]

some will be happy with the same controllers.

>some
What?
You mean almost all gamers.

If the next Playstation has bullshit motion forced crap in, I'm not buying.

 

[DominoBright]

The Dualshock 4 will have a 1" 1920x1080 touch screen built into it. They'll find a way.

 

[Langin]

The Dualshock 4 will have a 1" 1920x1080 touch screen built into it. They'll find a way.

Hahahahahahaha stealing AGAIN from Nintendo? Whahahaha not so smart.

also it would indeed be smart to release console around Wiiu an 720 time.

 

[Shabutie78]

The Dualshock 4 will have a 1" 1920x1080 touch screen built into it. They'll find a way.

Hahahahahahaha stealing AGAIN from Nintendo? Whahahaha not so smart.

he was joking.

 

[Nathan Drake]

The Dualshock 4 will have a 1" 1920x1080 touch screen built into it. They'll find a way.

Hahahahahahaha stealing AGAIN from Nintendo? Whahahaha not so smart.

also it would indeed be smart to release console around Wiiu an 720 time.

You're not so bright, are you?

OT: Sony will do fine. The PS3 had a bit of a rough time, but it has pulled itself from the ashes to become a respectable, well priced system.

 

[Gahars]

I think that this next system could come out a half year to a year after the next Microsoft console and still be on solid ground. As long as they can build up a solid library of games for launch and afterwards, keep the price and graphics competitive, and market it well, they should be on solid ground.

 

[Canonbeat234]

Well Sony can still catch up, why are they rushing towards releasing a new console when they just announced the PSP Vita? Isn't the PSP Vita and PS3 going to be use in ways that will extend the PS3's shelf life?

 

[fgghjjkll]

There are tons of sony fanboys and great sony-only games though.
It's not like releasing the PS4 late will lessen their profits.
We'll just wait for it

 

[Deleted_171835]

Take your damn time Sony.





Wait for me to get a PS3 and play every current-gen game that I missed out on.

 

[Foxi4]

Take your damn time Sony.





Wait for me to get a PS3 and play every current-gen game that I missed out on.

Nothing's stopping you from getting a PS4 - chances are it will be backwards-compatible.

 

[Midna]

Oh yeah, Sony, do it again. Get rushed by the competition into releasing a huge, heavy, hard to develop for machine with hardware failure issues.

The important thing is getting it out at the same time as Nintendo and Microsoft, right? Right?

 

[Ssx9]

Take your damn time Sony.





Wait for me to get a PS3 and play every current-gen game that I missed out on.

Nothing's stopping you from getting a PS4 - chances are it will be backwards-compatible.

You mean the PS4s from 2016-2017.

 

[KingVamp]

Nothing's stopping you from getting a PS4 - chances are it will be backwards-compatible.

Yeah and take it away a little time afterwards.

Tbh, I didn't want them rushing it.

 

[Foxi4]

Oh yeah, Sony, do it again. Get rushed by the competition into releasing a huge, heavy, hard to develop for machine with hardware failure issues.

That sounds very much like the original XBox if you ask me, much less than the PS3, although it had its share of problems.

And yes, I mean the PS4's from 2016-2017. I'm just kidding, ain't no point in waiting.

 

[Midna]

Oh yeah, Sony, do it again. Get rushed by the competition into releasing a huge, heavy, hard to develop for machine with hardware failure issues.

That sounds very much like the original XBox if you ask me, much less than the PS3, although it had its share of problems.

And yes, I mean the PS4's from 2016-2017. I'm just kidding, ain't no point in waiting.

The original launch PS3s have fundamental issues. At the time, they were forced by some regulations to use leadless solder on the boards. This caused problems. Under the extreme heat produced by the console, despite the hilariously huge fan inside, the solder could crack or bridge. This is the cause of the YLOD issues.
I own a 60GB launch YLOD PS3.

And yes, original PS3s are fucking huge and heavy.

Edit: I hope nobody's denying how comparatively hard is is to develop for PS3. That's why all Multiplat games on PS3 are 360 ports >.>

 

[Ssx9]

Oh yeah, Sony, do it again. Get rushed by the competition into releasing a huge, heavy, hard to develop for machine with hardware failure issues.

That sounds very much like the original XBox if you ask me, much less than the PS3, although it had its share of problems.

And yes, I mean the PS4's from 2016-2017. I'm just kidding, ain't no point in waiting.

The original launch PS3s have fundamental issues. At the time, they were forced by some regulations to use leadless solder on the boards. This caused problems. Under the extreme heat produced by the console, despite the hilariously huge fan inside, the solder could crack or bridge. This is the cause of the YLOD issues.
I own a 60GB launch YLOD PS3.

And yes, original PS3s are fucking huge and heavy.

So the slim version has much less chances of a YLOD caused by overheating?

 

[Foxi4]

Edit: I hope nobody's denying how comparatively hard is is to develop for PS3. That's why all Multiplat games on PS3 are 360 ports >.>

It's hard to develop for for the same reason it was hard to develop for the Saturn, and it'd be about time to get used to it such bizzare multicore systems, since it's the only way to buff up the specs nowadays, really.