Kotaku Says Next PlayStation Not Until 2014
Crystal balls and face buttons.
Published: 11:45, 21/04/2011 by Staff.
17Kotaku have spoken to industry sources about the future consoles for Sony and Microsoft. That’s a link to Kotaku, there, so it might not work. We’re not the sort of site that pretends they’re above linking, though, so at least we tried.
Anyway, these industry sources know stuff that most people don’t, like, er, the year that the next PlayStation and Xbox will release in. 2014, apparently, if you’re setting your watches. “Both MS and Sony are telegraphing to each other that they’re delaying, to milk the current [generation] and fill in previous craters better,” one insider told the website, suggesting some odd collaboration.
They’re probably right, of course, at least time-wise. Another 2-3 years doesn’t sound out of the question given the sort of games we’re getting, at least on PlayStation 3, there’s still live in the old dog yet.
Kotaku also say that “any new” Xbox in 2013 would just be a Kinect-upgraded 360, with a “next-gen” console out the following year alongside PS3.
“That source says that Microsoft doesn’t even know what parts will be in the next Xbox,” say the site. “They say the company’s board ‘is wrestling with whether to be profitable on day one,’ as Nintendo’s Wii was presumed to be, or to once again launch a new console at a loss, which is what Sony and Microsoft usually do.”
Rules out anything earth shattering for E3, then, eh?
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21/04/2011 at 12:07
Member since: Dec 2009
Cool, no rush chaps :-)
21/04/2011 at 12:13
Member since: Aug 2008
I’d dearly love Nintendo to take all that money they made/are making off the Wii and DS and drop a true next gen world-beater. I was a Nintendo addict from the NES right up until I went PS2 and much as I love my PS3, I would really love to see Nintendo enter the real race
21/04/2011 at 12:21
Member since: May 2009
Nintendo should just give up? Nothing’s changed in about 10 years. Still same old game schemes, same cheese-ball graphics. Then they throw so called (fake) ’3D’ at us? Nintendo make me LOL. What a joke.
21/04/2011 at 12:49
Member since: Jan 2010
Well.. most consumers seem to like it.
21/04/2011 at 13:49
Member since: Nov 2009
Not much has changed because most of it just works. Same reason all COD games seem so alike to the people who don’t like them.
Shortly after the Wii launch I had the same thought. Nintendo must have made a fortune with the Wii and DS. Time to bring out the big guns for their next generation!
21/04/2011 at 12:29
Member since: Dec 2009
I love my SNES. At the time I didnt think Gaming could get better, honestly.
Super Probotector
Donkey Kong
Super Mario
Starwing
Pilotwings
Super Castlevania
Street Fighter 2 Turbo
Super Mario Kart
Clay Fighters
Killer Instinct
Mickey Mouse Castle of Illusion
Goof Troop
Illusion of Time
Man I could go on and on ……
21/04/2011 at 13:12
Member since: Mar 2010
Goof Troop was great
21/04/2011 at 12:59
Member since: Jul 2010
I hope PS4 is as good looking as the original PS3 and backwards compatible.
Sony will be screwed if they sell the PS4 less than what it cost.
21/04/2011 at 13:11
Member since: Jan 2009
I read that a day or so ago (can’t remember where) and the quote was apparently from that Michael Patcher guy.
21/04/2011 at 13:19
Member since: Dec 2008
In other news, it’s very sunny today.
21/04/2011 at 14:38
Member since: May 2010
Yes, it is very sunny but it is very hot as well. It is not the ideal condition for gaming.
21/04/2011 at 14:41
Member since: Aug 2009
Great conditions for softcore perving though. Summer dresses FTW.
21/04/2011 at 14:50
Member since: Nov 2010
Yeah the only good thing about summer :)
21/04/2011 at 14:56
Member since: Nov 2009
What has TSA become :|
21/04/2011 at 14:57
Member since: Mar 2010
It’s rather cloudy and somewhat wet outside my window.
21/04/2011 at 13:23
Member since: May 2009
2014, if that’s the case it’ll be 2015 here in Europe.
Very happy to stick with my PS3 for quite a few more years.
21/04/2011 at 14:56
Member since: Nov 2009
Likewise. There’s lots of life in the old girl yet, as many recent titles have proved.
21/04/2011 at 13:57
Member since: Jun 2009
Spelling… should be LIFE not LIVE in the old dog. Unless you meant it.
I personally think thats about right, I would rather Sony released something thats affordable rather than ridiculous price like last time, then they might get more people buy it.
21/04/2011 at 14:34
Member since: Aug 2008
I’ve always thought an announcement would be at E3 2012, which would make perfect sense for a release window of early 2014.
21/04/2011 at 14:43
Member since: Aug 2009
I can cope with 2014, but not before thanks. Still don’t feel like this generation has set the world on fire, although maybe it’s just because hopes were so ridiculously high.
I’m also putting money on the PlayStation 4 being called something else. PlayStation will certainly be in it, but I think they’ll drop the numbering and go for something a bit sexier.
21/04/2011 at 18:02
Member since: Mar 2010
i hope not i think PS4 is just right not some silliness like wii or 360 ect ect :P seriously though for my the playstation brand is clean and subtle with a design dictated by function not flashy and unnecessary
playstation 4 clean classic and to the point
21/04/2011 at 15:10
Member since: Feb 2011
Glad it’s not soon. Enjoying my PS3 at the moment.