Sony studios 'begin PlayStation 4 projects'

[Bageara]

Originally Posted by Classical gas

Uncharted 4 for the Playstation 4!

That would be sweet. PS3 line up for release was very weak, Hopefully the PS4 will have a better

[Mavrick]

Originally Posted by Bageara

That would be sweet. PS3 line up for release was very weak, Hopefully the PS4 will have a better

If the Vita can get a brand new Uncharted for release then I damn wel hope PS4 does!

[Blu-ray Fanatic]

So who's gonna camp out in front of their retail store the day/week before it releases?

[Mavrick]

Originally Posted by Blu-ray Fanatic

So who's gonna camp out in front of their retail store the day/week before it releases?

Haha why do that when you can pre order and just strole in and pick it up at a time that suits you

[Petra_Kalbrain]

My guess...

PS4 will be PIMPED TO THE MAX AND COST $650 @ LAUNCH!

They are going to plan this bastard to be far and above the best piece of tech possibly available. There is no way I'd put a console out that would be close in performance to my competitors at this stage of the console wars. People now know that Sony will keep making it better, so they'll know that however much they pimp it out and price it, it will be worth it.

[BAMJoe]

Originally Posted by Petra_Kalbrain

My guess...

PS4 will be PIMPED TO THE MAX AND COST $650 @ LAUNCH!

They are going to plan this bastard to be far and above the best piece of tech possibly available. There is no way I'd put a console out that would be close in performance to my competitors at this stage of the console wars. People now know that Sony will keep making it better, so they'll know that however much they pimp it out and price it, it will be worth it.

I kind of doubt this. The PS3 had a rocky start because of this very reason.

[Wingman1977]

Originally Posted by BAMJoe

I kind of doubt this. The PS3 had a rocky start because of this very reason.

Exactly, them pricing it that high would be the dumbest thing Sony could do. That would be shooting themselves in the foot again.

[Konfusion1230]

Originally Posted by BAMJoe

I kind of doubt this. The PS3 had a rocky start because of this very reason.

I would say the PS3s rocky start was more due to the fact that it was released a whole year after the Xbox 360. Most people had already bought 360s and games over the year and didn't want to spend money on a new console even if it was reasonably priced. If this new Playstation is released a significant amount of time before the new Xbox, people will buy it no matter the price. If the new Xbox is again released a significant amount of time before the Playstation, people will buy the Xbox.

[Bageara]

Originally Posted by Konfusion1230

I would say the PS3s rocky start was more due to the fact that it was released a whole year after the Xbox 360. Most people had already bought 360s and games over the year and didn't want to spend money on a new console even if it was reasonably priced. If this new Playstation is released a significant amount of time before the new Xbox, people will buy it no matter the price. If the new Xbox is again released a significant amount of time before the Playstation, people will buy the Xbox.

I think it was more likely the high price and very poor game library

[TheWildWhelk]

It's all about hardware. Can anyone really imagine an Xbox 720 without a hard-drive of some sort? The PS4 will be the same with a single unified hardware spec and variable HDD. The blu ray drive is no longer expensive, and even though the 720 will sport more memory (PS4 again going with XDR or XDR2) both machines will have huge graphics cards.

Sony need to do something with the PS4 that will be an immediate incentive to consumers if it is to go head to head with the 720. Being a more than capable BD player is no longer sufficient.

Would any of the more technicaly minded posters here care to take a gander on what the actual build of the PS4 would be? Something suggests that the cell processor is going to take a back seat to a more bog-standard (multi-core cpu) build and heavy duty graphics card.

[Konfusion1230]

Originally Posted by Bageara

I think it was more likely the high price and very poor game library

What i'm saying is that most people can't afford to buy multiple consoles and games for both of them early on. Myself and all of my closest friends(except 1) bought an Xbox 360 around launch and had no interest in the PS3 when that was released a year later. It was not because of the price, it was because we had already invested too much time and money into our 360s and all of our friends were already playing Xbox. Why buy a new console and start over? A $100, or even $200 price drop would not have changed my mind. Game library for PS3 launch was definitely poor, but honestly the 360's launch titles didn't wow me either. I didn't buy a PS3 until late 2009 and wasn't excited about any exclusives until God of War 3.

[Samus Aran]

The PS4 will be backward compatible to play PS1, PS2, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360, Wii, PC, Dreamcast and Saturn games, and give you the option to play everything in 4D. The biggest launch title will be Uncharted 4 which will have a 700 hour campaign.

[Mavrick]

Originally Posted by Samus Aran

The PS4 will be backward compatible to play PS1, PS2, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360, Wii, PC, Dreamcast and Saturn games, and give you the option to play everything in 4D. The biggest launch title will be Uncharted 4 which will have a 700 hour campaign.

Thats the day I go to heaven

[Trogdor2010]

Originally Posted by Samus Aran

The PS4 will be backward compatible to play PS1, PS2, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360, Wii, PC, Dreamcast and Saturn games, and give you the option to play everything in 4D. The biggest launch title will be Uncharted 4 which will have a 700 hour campaign.

That would be a computer with near perfect emulator software.

[FinalEvangelion]

I'm hoping for jRPG support earlier in the generation from the likes of Namco and Level 5. It should happen because they won't be toying around with releasing them exclusively on the 360 after the catastrophic failure of sales on that platform. Unless, they are stupid of course.

If the initial lineup is only shooters, I will gladly wait.

[Mavrick]

At this rate Sony will want to bringthe PS4 forward a few years

https://forum.blu-ray.com/blu-ray-ga...ked-again.html

[Musashi]

Originally Posted by FinalEvangelion

I'm hoping for jRPG support earlier in the generation from the likes of Namco and Level 5. It should happen because they won't be toying around with releasing them exclusively on the 360 after the catastrophic failure of sales on that platform. Unless, they are stupid of course.

If the initial lineup is only shooters, I will gladly wait.

I believe this will happen. Microsoft put a lot of aggressive spending into trying to crack the Japanese market and lost big on the deal. Their 3rd system has to have a positive NPV or their video games department will be shut down by the board. Also, RPG devs need to have learned from this gen and stick with the PS systems for RPGs.