Sony: PS4 life may be shorter than PS3 life

Microsoft says that the Xbox One is a 10-year console, but what about the PlayStation 4? We asked Sony UK boss Fergal Gara whether the PS4 is in it for the long stretch.

"I think there's reasons to believe that the next cycle might be shorter in markets such as the UK," he said.

"It's probably a sign of the times and how much has changed in seven years, but I think the willingness and the appetite to pick up new technology fast has probably changed quite a bit."

Thank goodness... the last generation of consoles dragged on for way too long, so if we can return to a 5 year life cycle going forward (like we used to have), I'll be happy.

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Like DLC the game!

apple console = 1 year gens

No shit. It launched three years behind the eight ball with 2010 parts. This new console Gen screams five years. Six tops.

For the next 10 years too, looks like you get 2x the value with Xbox.

@kingoflife9: and what's games are they a forza which is a slimmed down version of the last game but prettier, a QTE game which scored badly, a zombie game which has been done before, o and then you have the gears of war creators who have now left Microsoft so will probably go multiplat, Microsoft have nothing left. Sony always deliver on there games, Microsoft don't

Plus ps4 has more power it has already been shown already with the multiplats

This should be a given.. It's pc architecture will hit its max potential much sooner then the ps3 ever did. Only makes sense, a 5 year cycle should be the norm. Especially with a cheap price like 399.

Yeah getting games like Mass Effect (5 years before PS3), Bioshock (1 year), Oblivion (1 year), Left4Dead 2 and now Titanfall are certainly Microsoft not delivering on games.

Sure PS3 got them eventually, but its not really the same thing, its like watching a Oscar winning movie from 2 years ago today. The hype has moved onto a new movie and no one is discussing the old one any more.

Yay, I love spending hundreds of dollars more frequently. Thanks Sony /sarcasm.

The longer the gen, the better.

If it was 10 years, it'd be slaughtered by modern tech and mobile devices.

@bbkkristian: I disagree. Technology moves at a rapid pace. I don't want the same console for ten years the same way I don't want the same cell phone for ten years.

if they continue using x86 there is no excuse now to not have BC. And if they don't offer it and the cycles become shorter then count me out. Haven't even bought a PS4 yet because of that. No BC and pay to play online....

@kingoflife9: QUANTUM BREAK, SUNSET OVERDRIVE HAVENT BEEN SHOWN YET,

and after FUSE Sunset really looks like it will suck, and even before this microtransactions thing,

I had this lingering feeling this may be f2p or have lots of microtransactions, and it looks like a kids game,

quantum break might be good, but because its tied to a tv show that looks about as animated as a puppet show,

doesn't inspire much confidence......

10 years and all you are going to have is halo 7 and forza 8 as notable exclusives,

again

@kingoflife9: Naughty Dog>TITANFALL, QUANTUM BREAK, SUNSET OVERDRIVE, HALO 5, FORZA 5, DEAD RISING 3.. its okay though, Jesus still loves you little xbox people too

The x1 isn't going to have a 10 year cycle, inferior tech to current competitors should bring them enough headaches already. And going by microsoft history even if they have superior games in the first year or two, which in this case they don't, they stop supporting their consoles later on by either introducing random pointless tech like the kinect or ease off of bringing exclusives to players.

I think 5 years is too short, but let's not make it 8, I'd say 6 is good. Most games started declining in quality when 2012 hit.

6 is good. Yeah I am nitpicking. =P

But f*** longer gens.

Thank goodness. 6 years tops. Last gen lasted toooooooo long.

This should be a short gen. GPU technology is booming right now and moving faster than ever. The consoles are already outdated but Sony will want to launch a new 4k console alongside their 4k TVs

5-6 years would be ideal. The last generation lasted WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too long.

Lol generations.

Consolites will brag about backwards compatibility while the Master Race holds all games back from 1980s on a single system.

seems kind of short considering development costs these days

When you are by gamers for gamers like SONY is, they'll listen to their fans and decide what's best.

The difference is their devices are backwards compatible and the update to the OS is universal with some limited updated features for their legacy iDevices, thats why it works and Apple update their iDevices line yearly.

For consoles it's hard to do that or make it possible since each new console needs different chip and hardware parts and their games needs huge sales to be profitable meaning a huge userbase, there are tons of other reasons why it doesn't make sense to upgrade a console in a yearly basis.

All they could do now to keep momentum and try to replicate the Apple magic is to change the design of their consoles every E3 + update the whole UI with new features and release all of that in the week after E3, it brings hype and excitement to the consumer and makes them interested for the next big update.

I hope its here for EXACTLY 5 years so November 15th 2018 we get ps5. I don't want to play on a 7850 in 2020 -.-



Can anyone imagine X1 in 2023 running all its games in 720p? That would be hysterical lol

Why would you want a shorter cycle? I still feel like theres' still some juice left to squeeze out of the PS3. I think 7th gen could've gone another year.

Since Sony drives the console market, it makes sense really.

thank god.

I'm much for longer generations, and at this point we need them. People are less willing to spend $400+ on a new console every five years now that people purchase smartphones and tablets more regularly and have other sources to play video games, at least for the casual market. For developers, longer generations help slow down astronomic development costs that are approaching unstable levels as they can re-use the engines they spent developing more, thus saving them money and making their investments into no engines more worthwhile. From a technical standpoint, we are to the point where we are going to start hitting the law of diminishing returns, hard. Shorter generations means those diminishing returns will only being more noticeable and people, even the enthusiasts will be less likely to upgrade. Personally I think eight years is a perfect lifespan.

Good.

This last generation lasted way too long. 5 year console life cycles are the best.

Good, Better Tech comes sooner, the better.

this, the 4 to 5 years was better.

Gens should be 7 years long.

I think thats a good amount of time. 5 is too short and 10 is too long.

I think they just realized that MS and Nintendo fucked up so much with their consoles that they just know they're going to go for a early next gen console also.

5+ is good range IMO. Hopefully by 2020 we will just have software upgradeable chips

Where ms/sony can just pay whom ever one fee update everyone systems every year or so. Then PC you can choose to buy the cpu/gpu and pay small fee to update them at your own pace

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#9 Posted by Bishop1310 (502 posts) - 4 hours, 15 minutes ago

This should be a given.. It's pc architecture will hit its max potential much sooner then the ps3 ever did. Only makes sense, a 5 year cycle should be the norm. Especially with a cheap price like 399.

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#10 Posted by kingoflife9 (1950 posts) - 4 hours, 14 minutes ago

@bezza2011: TITANFALL, QUANTUM BREAK, SUNSET OVERDRIVE, HALO 5, FORZA 5 GOT A 9, DEAD RISING 3 IS FUN.

What do you have/? resogun the side scrolling shooter from 1983? Or flower the ps3 game which is for girls? LOL no thanks.

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#11 Posted by APiranhaAteMyVa (2724 posts) - 4 hours, 9 minutes ago

Yeah getting games like Mass Effect (5 years before PS3), Bioshock (1 year), Oblivion (1 year), Left4Dead 2 and now Titanfall are certainly Microsoft not delivering on games.

Sure PS3 got them eventually, but its not really the same thing, its like watching a Oscar winning movie from 2 years ago today. The hype has moved onto a new movie and no one is discussing the old one any more.

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#12 Posted by bbkkristian (13425 posts) - 4 hours, 9 minutes ago

Yay, I love spending hundreds of dollars more frequently. Thanks Sony /sarcasm.

The longer the gen, the better.

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#13 Posted by Gaming-Planet (12539 posts) - 4 hours, 8 minutes ago

If it was 10 years, it'd be slaughtered by modern tech and mobile devices.

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#14 Posted by kingoflife9 (1950 posts) - 4 hours, 7 minutes ago

They like to wait and not play games. While I like to live in the moment and play all the best games now.

Its my console and I want it nowwwwww

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#15 Posted by NFJSupreme (3744 posts) - 4 hours, 5 minutes ago

@bbkkristian: I disagree. Technology moves at a rapid pace. I don't want the same console for ten years the same way I don't want the same cell phone for ten years.

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#16 Posted by Gue1 (7410 posts) - 4 hours, 4 minutes ago

if they continue using x86 there is no excuse now to not have BC. And if they don't offer it and the cycles become shorter then count me out. Haven't even bought a PS4 yet because of that. No BC and pay to play online....

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#17 Edited by anybodykilla15 (68 posts) - 4 hours, 3 minutes ago

@kingoflife9: QUANTUM BREAK, SUNSET OVERDRIVE HAVENT BEEN SHOWN YET,

and after FUSE Sunset really looks like it will suck, and even before this microtransactions thing,

I had this lingering feeling this may be f2p or have lots of microtransactions, and it looks like a kids game,

quantum break might be good, but because its tied to a tv show that looks about as animated as a puppet show,

doesn't inspire much confidence......

10 years and all you are going to have is halo 7 and forza 8 as notable exclusives,

again

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#18 Edited by Flubbbs (1960 posts) - 4 hours, 2 minutes ago

@kingoflife9: Naughty Dog>TITANFALL, QUANTUM BREAK, SUNSET OVERDRIVE, HALO 5, FORZA 5, DEAD RISING 3.. its okay though, Jesus still loves you little xbox people too

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#19 Edited by PSdual_wielder (10602 posts) - 2 hours, 45 minutes ago

The x1 isn't going to have a 10 year cycle, inferior tech to current competitors should bring them enough headaches already. And going by microsoft history even if they have superior games in the first year or two, which in this case they don't, they stop supporting their consoles later on by either introducing random pointless tech like the kinect or ease off of bringing exclusives to players.

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#20 Posted by SonicNextGen2 (2959 posts) - 2 hours, 36 minutes ago

I think 5 years is too short, but let's not make it 8, I'd say 6 is good. Most games started declining in quality when 2012 hit.

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#21 Edited by Giancar (18918 posts) - 2 hours, 27 minutes ago

6 is good. Yeah I am nitpicking. =P

I hope xbox lasts that long.

I would be happy with a 5-6 year cycle, preferably a 6 year cycle. Last generation went on too long.

They better stick with X86 going forward. The lack of backwards compatibility is the thing I hate the most about the PS4. I can understand why there is no PS3 BC because of the Cell but there should be no excuse not to have BC going forward because I don't see why they would stop using X86. I still don't understand why there is no PSone and PS2 emulation software though.

Five years would be perfect.

If PS4's APIs/driver is similar to AMD's Mantle then it should scale for higher grade GCNs.