PSX Skips 2018, As Sony Confirms No PlayStation Experience This Year

@olddadgamer: I wouldn't bet on it, too early and PS4 still going strong.

@olddadgamer: we should stop calling it "generations" and go with "upgrades" lol

@olddadgamer: I've been saying this for a while, too. And every single signal coming from Sony points into that exact direction.

It's not that Sony doesn't have anything new to show. It's that they simply cannot show it yet.

2019 will mark the beginning of the "transitional phase" between the PS4 and the PS5. Yes, that's been said. But people totally misread it thinking it meant a late 2021 launch. No, the "transitional phase" BEGINS with the PS5 release.

Mike Cerny has been a big proponent of a more gradual generational curve. And that means shorter, 3-year gaps in between new consoles (new gen, mid-gen refresh and so on). Which makes perfect sense since consoles shifted to standard x86 architecture.

You see, now there's virtually no learning curve for developers with each new console launch. And that is an extremely positive paradigm shift. New consoles will simply mean less boundaries. No radically new SDKs, no waiting for the next generation of that game engine, no head scratching with that daunting new system architecture. Plus… nearly automatic backwards compatibility, not only for games but accessories too (I'm looking at you, PSVR).

Alas, zero disruption. Which will all culminate with streaming boxes some time in the future, when there will be no transition at all. Sony's long-term strategy has been set.

I'd be VERY surprised if they don't announce the PS5 before E3 2019.

@olddadgamer: i don't think they will announce ps5 until last of us 2 and ghost of tsushima is released. it would be odd to hype up a new console before some of the best ps4 releases are out there first... early 2020 (january) ps5 announcement seems more likely to me. they have one more awesome year ahead of them and they will take full advantage of that -- days gone, dreams, ghost of tsushima, last of us 2 and perhaps even death stranding all out in 2019... never mind all the great 3rd party games they have lined up. we probably would have had more leaks by now if a march (2019) announcement was imminent.

@lion2447: Same, too many companies do this. Film industry does it too. That’s what I like about Bethesda, they normally announce games within like 4 months of a release date. Although they kind of screwed that up with their announcements of ES6 and Starfield, which are WAY far away.

@Terminator95: And then MS cancels the game.

@Terminator95: Either followed by or beaten to the start by the much better Xbox Scarlet.

@Terminator95: And the next Xbox will follow? Take a chill fanboy, its just videogames.

@Pyrosa: GoW was incredible, but saying it will have an easy shot at a GOTY sweep in a year that Rockstar releases a game is pretty naive.