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

A lot of people are going to be really underwhelmed next gen, especially Lemmings. I have a feeling it's going to look like this in terms of power, strongest to weakest: Next PlayStation Wii U Next XboxActionRemix

Find it hard to believe that the Wii-U can be more powerful than the next box when the 360/PS3 do not seem to be that far behind the Wii U. PS4/Nextbox will be more powerful.

On topic: Guess we could see the PS4 in late 2013. I am still not sure about the next box coming out next year because of Halo 4 being out for the 360, unless they pull a twilight princess. My guess is that it will come in Early 2013.

I'm excited about next-gen.

I won't be buying into next Gen for a while. I have many current Gen titles still to play, and I have no problem when it comes to graphics. We've come along way from my brothers pong, and I still dig and play PS one games as well as PS two and Xbox.cainetao11

[QUOTE="ActionRemix"]A lot of people are going to be really underwhelmed next gen, especially Lemmings. I have a feeling it's going to look like this in terms of power, strongest to weakest: Next PlayStation Wii U Next XboxKingpin0114

Find it hard to believe that the Wii-U can be more powerful than the next box when the 360/PS3 do not seem to be that far behind the Wii U. PS4/Nextbox will be more powerful.

On topic: Guess we could see the PS4 in late 2013. I am still not sure about the next box coming out next year because of Halo 4 being out for the 360, unless they pull a twilight princess. My guess is that it will come in Early 2013.

I'm excited about next-gen.

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[QUOTE="RandomWinner"]

As soon as Nintendo announced a 2012 launch everyone knew the PS4 and the 720 would be out in 2012. It can't NOT happen. They aren't giving Nintendo the advantage and Sony and MS will launch right next to eachother.

Mario1331

Sony and MS don't even look at Ninendo as a direct competitor anymore. They don't care if the Wii U comes out 2012 because they already know only Nintendo die-hards will buy it, it will get little third party support, and won't be able to compete graphically with their own new generation of consoles.

I promise you, Sony and MS are mostly worried about each other. Nintendo's Wii U barely factors into their decision.

nintendo sold the most consoels this gen....they are really worried about them

The Wii was cheap and different, that's why it sold the most this gen.

If Nintendo made the Wii an HD console with only a normal gamepad at the same price as the competition, they would have gotten stomped like they did last gen.

They smartened up. What they're doing with the Wii U is what they did with the Wii, making a console that's "different" and for mostly casuals.

Unless every console is somewhat equal in power next gen like how PS2/GCN/Xbox were, then MS and Sony won't see the Wii U as direct competition.

Also to add to the info "According to some sources, Ubisoft Montreal is already developing content for the Xbox 360 successor using "target boxes" that are designed to emulate the system's intended specs. The same source also said that they expect to receive the first genuine dev kit before Christmas. Those target boxes are said to be PCs that contain off the shelf components as well as GPUs from AMD to closely emulate the system . There are also reports that other developers such as EA are also in obsession of target boxes. Also revealed with absolute confidence that one major Sony-owned studio has now ceased PlayStation 3 development entirely, shifting its focus to developing content for its successor. It is reasonable that Microsoft and Sony don't want to give Nintendo's Wii U a considerable head start,"

For the ones who believe or want to believe that next set of consoles will be powerhouses that will out pace current medium-high ended gaming Pc's are going to be disappointed. Sony and MS are not doing a 360 or PS3 thing again a $400 console will be worth $400 not $600 they are not going to sell them at a lost and wait 3 years after the fact before making a profit.

04dcarraher

I'd donate this hermit a brain surgery, next gen console just out pace current medium high end pc?? keep kidding yourself, there's no question that either next gen console will crap out 2012 top end PC with ease for at least a year, even Wii-U is comparable to current middle-high end PC's

what's even more laughable is your none sense price analogy, forgot something? the price of xbox1? $299, by launch time it wasn't as powerful as a high end PC back then, the price of xbox360? still $299, not only it stomp any high end PCs in its time for a good 2 years. but it still keeping up with nearly all the up to the date games with respectful graphic, if next xbox or ps is anywhere near $400 with upgradable options? sounds like PC gaming is finished once for all.

truth is, only hermits will be disappointed at next gen console's spec, for next gen console will make your puny pc rig or any high end rig have no ground to stand in the end of 2012, you might as well desperated to a a point to even commit suicide :lol:

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**** nintendo and microsoft for rushing this and next gen's launches. talk about being a detriment to console technology and gaming as a whole

MuayThaiFTW

6 years is rushing it? maybe 8 on MS's part if they don't release the next one until 2013?

no one has to wait around for Sony to announce their plans. Sony does not set some standard for how a console should be released compared to another.

but whatever, it's not like their other 2 systems didn't launch before anyone else or had a 6 year span between them. oh...wait.

I'm not buying any of the next gen consoles until they have been out long enough to have a decent library. I bought my PS3 about 9 months after launch and I literally had nothing to play

BPoole96

@MuayThaiFTW I need to meet this everybody or at least the grandmother. Most people I speak with are telling me they aren't buying any new console soon. Average consumers I know are plenty pleased with graphical capabilities of current consoles. cainetao11

Translation a year later at most we will release the ps3...any new technology we will shoehorn in a month later after hearing about it and claim we were always going to do that...

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[QUOTE="ActionRemix"]A lot of people are going to be really underwhelmed next gen, especially Lemmings. I have a feeling it's going to look like this in terms of power, strongest to weakest: Next PlayStation Wii U Next XboxActionRemix

Find it hard to believe that the Wii-U can be more powerful than the next box when the 360/PS3 do not seem to be that far behind the Wii U. PS4/Nextbox will be more powerful.

On topic: Guess we could see the PS4 in late 2013. I am still not sure about the next box coming out next year because of Halo 4 being out for the 360, unless they pull a twilight princess. My guess is that it will come in Early 2013.

I'm excited about next-gen.

Link please to the five times as powerful figure. Last thing I heard was that it is 50 percent more powerful than the PS3. Even if that is true, the leaked specs about the nextbox being a hexacore and using two AMD GPU's sounds more powerful than the leaked Wii-U specs.

2013 ps4 confirmed...

sweet...

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It starts next year regardless of wether Sony releases their console next year or not. The Wii-U starts the 8th Generation,

DISSESHOWEDO

And how is the Wii U next gen ?!?

It's Wii with added U.

there are too many reasons for Sony to wait... (I will discuss MS in another post)

1. PS2 outsold PS3 and Xbox 360 for a while after they launched
2. PS3 sales are now picking up as the pricehasdroped and more games are coming out, and a there is a huge library.
3. Sony did not make a bunch of money like they did with the PS2.
4. Sony lost a lot of money at the begging only to sell a lot less than the PS2 did. Sony can not keep up with MS in spending money on a new console.
5. Sony would need to use the cell and inexpensive GPU (leaving out everyone except Intell and that is only if Intell wants to be in consoles bad enough to give it away free)
   • because using anything elsewould raise the cost too much like with PS3
   • but also not increase the power so much that it would blow away this gen of consoles. (like high end PC games now look A LOT BETTER YES, but not like comparing Hexen (on PSX) to God of war on PS2! It will be more like comparing Halo 2 to Halo 3!!
6. BY waiting it allows Sony to have better tech at a lower price than the compatition.
   • (EX. had Sony waited a year for launching the PS3 the componets would have been cheaper
     • Bluray parts
     • cell size and cost for the heat displacement
     • number of cells per chip sheet
   • Sony could have used all 8SPUs instead of 7 SPUs
   • Higher Bluray speed at least 4X making load times non existent
   • better intergration of HDMI 1.3a or HDMI 4.0

Thus by waiting Sony could launch with a better console at a good price instead of cutting edge technology that costa lot of money, and becomes old really fast.

[QUOTE="ActionRemix"][QUOTE="Kingpin0114"]

Find it hard to believe that the Wii-U can be more powerful than the next box when the 360/PS3 do not seem to be that far behind the Wii U. PS4/Nextbox will be more powerful.

On topic: Guess we could see the PS4 in late 2013. I am still not sure about the next box coming out next year because of Halo 4 being out for the 360, unless they pull a twilight princess. My guess is that it will come in Early 2013.

I'm excited about next-gen.

Kingpin0114

Link please to the five times as powerful figure. Last thing I heard was that it is 50 percent more powerful than the PS3. Even if that is true, the leaked specs about the nextbox being a hexacore and using two AMD GPU's sounds more powerful than the leaked Wii-U specs.

I don't see why exactly. The PS loyalists will hold out for the system either way, and it would likely wipe out everything on the market graphically if it released a year or two later, which is always appealing.

Well said^. But they can all benefit from waiting until tech is cheaper, but the tech used at that time isn't cutting edge and forum dwellers will blast them for that. There is very little these companies can do to please the gaming enthusiasts like us when it comes to console hardware specs it seems. I am thankful that I am more than pleased with the way games look right now. I won't be jumping to new consoles for a few years, regardless of what's out.cainetao11

Translation a year later at most we will release the ps3...any new technology we will shoehorn in a month later after hearing about it and claim we were always going to do that...

WilliamRLBaker

[QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"]

Translation a year later at most we will release the ps3...any new technology we will shoehorn in a month later after hearing about it and claim we were always going to do that...

tormentos