Another day and another release date rumour for the PlayStation 4.
This time the date of October 21st comes from a post on NeoGAF, where a user has posted that the store he works for, which remains unnamed, has received a release schedule pinning that date as release day for Sony’s next gen machine.
This rumour appears to have some weight as that user is mod-verified on GAF, which means that the mods have checked the poster out and have seen enough proof that what he posts is information that could indeed be legitimate.
This would mean the PS4 would release before the One, taking advantage of the small time frame to appeal to the mainstream audience. We’re more than likely to get a solid release date for both next gen consoles next week at Gamescom, where both Sony and Microsoft are hosting conferences.
Personally I hope its release is a week later than this rumoured date, purely because I’ll be on holiday and no one will be home to take the delivery.
Source: NeoGAF.
MikLSP
Some evidence to suggest this is not true can be seen on the EU PS Blog in the following post about Battlefield 4:
http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2013/08/14/dice-makes-it-easy-for-battlefield-4-players-to-upgrade-to-ps4/#more-141631
The post, describing how stats generated in the PS3 version of the game will carry over to the PS4 version says “on 1st November, you can get in the game without any worries that you’ll have to start ranking up all over again when PlayStation 4 launches”.
You could possibly interpret that to mean varied release dates for each version of the game but the wording certainly suggests that it is the launch of the PS4 (and not just the PS4 version of Battlefield) that will come after the November 1st release of Battlefield 4 on PS3.