Sony: PS4 Releasing Significantly Later Than Competition Would be “Undesirable”
With the PS3 still catching up on the 360′s install base due to Microsoft’s console having had a one year head start, Sony is keen to ensure that they don’t give their competitors the same advantage next time around.
PlayStation Europe boss Jim Ryan told Eurogamer:
I think we would consider it undesirable to be significantly later than the competition [with the next PlayStation].
With the Wii U out next year and more and more rumors starting to suggest a 2012 reveal for the next Xbox, Ryan’s comments point towards a new PlayStation console soon after. However, he also said that the PS3 has a lot of life left in it:
There’s still a lot of unfinished business on PS3. If you look at PlayStation 2, now in excess of 150m units installed globally, a huge majority of that was done at price points of £120 or lower. [With PS3] we’ve only just hit £199 in the UK, so clearly there’s a considerable untapped part of the market there.
As part of our 5th birthday celebrations for the PS3, we revealed our PS4 wishlist – but when do you want the new console to release?
22 Responses to “Sony: PS4 Releasing Significantly Later Than Competition Would be “Undesirable””
am i the only one who doesn’t want a ps4 if only because i love my ps3 and don’t want to shell out cash to trade up only to get new games?
Nope, I’m with you too. I think 2014 seems like a good year and late in 2014 at that, my ps3 has many years of life left in it.
Same here as well. The few more years Sony keeps the PS3 the better the R&D will be for PS4 (IMO)
I still have a huge backlog that’s only getting huger. For me, Sony can take its time. I can’t financially justify a new console until I clear out some of these games I bought but haven’t been able to even touch yet. I can wait.
Let it come like 2 years after the next Xbox so that it has more R&D and 2 years of improved technology behind it. Either way, I’m good for quite a while with PS3.
If it’s not $400 or less at launch I’ll be waiting for PS4 Slim. I won’t pay a penny over $400 first day.
Hopefully this time around it will be. No big R&D costs this time around, blu-ray is cheaper, same with the Cell, and memory/HDD space is about 35cents wholesale cost per meg/per gig, mass produced…
I mean if the ps4 was kind of like the WiiU as in it’s pretty much the same thing but just better specs *More RAM so we can finally have cross game chat* I’d probably buy it. I mean what else can they add to it? I don’t think they are going to come up with a new medium because bluray is going to last a while, devs just got the hang of creating ps3 games so throwing them something completely new wouldn’t make sense. All I can see is it as being a bit more powerful kind of like upgrading your gaming pc *I’m still playing the same game but it’s just that much smoother and pretty now* kind of thing.
I haven’t had my PS3 all too long, I don’t wanna upgrade! And I only got my XBOX 360 a few months ago. But with Wii U coming out the other two are probably getting ready to release new systems.
I WANT IT NOW!!!!! I’l keep the ps3 for nongaming entertainment. And I hope it cost $1000.00 so all the crybabies cannot afford it. Oh, and that was for certain Portal personel.
Sony just take your time PS3 has a lot of life left
This console generation’s tech is already far outdated.The RAM is inexcusable for today’s standards and devs already have hard time with it.It’s time to move on.
Sony shouldn’t release ps4 later than the competition… again.3rd party devs and multiplatform games are also crucial for a console’s success.If Sony comes last with Ps4…shoddy ports all over again.
Keep up with the competition while in the meantime don’t kill ps3 just yet
Well ‘if’ the PS4 can play all my PS1 + PS2 + PS3 + PSN games then i would want one
But i am happy with the PS3 tho for a few more years.
Anyway soon the Xbox 360 will be dumped into ’3rd’ place ;-D in Worldwide sales so M$ have won F-ALL this gen(ok they got the US+UK but most of that is because of the internet hate the PS3 has had in the past, it will ‘hopefully’ be different for the PS4, erm i hope)
hello …
would love a PS4 : YES!
would want one in less than 2 years: NO!
Just bought a slim after 3 years with a phat & have a HUUUUGE Backlog, my wify won’t allow a new console purchase unless all games played.
let’s just have more cool games on PS3 even if a PS4 is released 2-3 years after competitors, let their machine bow to the excellence of great support on the actual beast.
but yet, just to help yourself, announce it’s possibilities as soon as others have settled in their specs & in the end give us a far better product than announced …. let us dream & wake up in astonishment!
cheers!
Yeah it would be “undesirable” but what is Sony going to do about it this time around though…..
Ok, I have just the right time to release PS4 :
WHENEVER 2 OUT OF THIS 5 TITLES ARE READY FOR LAUNCH DAY, WITH AT LEAST ANOTHER ONE COMING WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR:
1. Naughty Dog game PS4
2. God of War PS4
3. Gran Turismo PS4
4. Killzone PS4
5. Media Molecule game (possibly LBP PS4)
Who wouldn’t go out and buy a PS4 if from the very first day you can play 2 of those games, with another one from that list coming in a year?
I think the best strategy would be launch with Killzone PS4, it’s a shooter, it’s got multiplayer and you want both of those things on day 1, it will also be a serious power showcase, full stereo-3D 1080p at 60fps.
Alongside Killzone PS4 you release either the next generation franchise from Naughty Dog or Media Molecule. The PS4 needs to introduce a strong NEW franchise right off the bat, and I believe those 2 studios could deliver in spades. Then before the consoles second X-mas season (the first being really close to launch), you release another HEAVY hitter : God of War. End of story.
Please consider that there would be other exclusives releasing within “launch period”, entirely new franchises, sequels to great games (Motorstorm, ModNation, MLB the Show), but these are the BIG HEAVYWEIGHTS I think they should secure for launch. And remember I’m only talking about exclusives, I haven’t even considered 3rd party exclusives (unlikely, but it could happen), and some PSN PS4 games could be awesome too. What would be your ideal launch titles?
I do not feel like buying a new console in order to get new games yet…I do agree though that they don’t want a repeat of last generation, losing a lot of ground because they released so late. I just think it’s sad that the PS4 will be forced to release early simply because the other companies made consoles that couldn’t keep up after a short lifespan. I definitely think Microsoft has realized that the 360 has seen the best it has to offer, while the PS3 still has some juice left.
don’t worry, until they have a serious sales decline we won’t see their successors. Wii is all but dead, that’s why it’s getting scrapped for Wii U, on the contrary both HD consoles are outdoing their previous year. And Wii U is bound to be a “Dreamcast” (not neccessarily in terms of success but more appropiately in terms of technology as being a bridge between generations, and ultimately falling short of the capabilities PS4 and nextbox will have).
I feel the companies are rushing into this next gen because they are scared of whatvthe competion will do. Problem is that right now we’re in a transitional point, we’re a couple of years too soon to have 100% digital download deliverey or cloud gaming, the publisers have sequels that break sales records because the install base is big enough, and they just got us to buy their “HD collections”.
I just hope the launch is strategic. While I’m not ready to upgrade just as yet, I don’t want Sony to be behind MS since that may have many negative implications. Either way … My room would look good with a second console … PS3 + PS4 + Sony Bravia tv = Win! =D
I hope a PS4 does come out. The gap between ps3 and ps4 will be far less than the gap between 2 and 3. I see developers still making ps3 games that can be played on ps4, to take advantage of the already millions of install base. But for the developers who want to push graphics and gameplay they will have a choice to do-so (outside of pc of course).
Just like mobile phones, low end phones and high end phones. Its time to give people the choice of paying more or less for what they want.
No question they need to come out as close, if not, earlier than the competition. Everyone claiming that they won’t buy a console or have no desire to buy a console will have every right and opportunity to exercise that right to do so. The cycle is made for that. The install base didn’t grow to 50+ million during its launch year; people, like those in this forum, bought their consoles when they ready or felt comfortable doing so. The PS3 will still be supported pretty well for at least 1 year before it tapers off.
While its great from a strictly playstation consumer perspective to ride this generation out; it’d be suicide for Sony to wait. MS gained marketshare AND mindshare because of the PS3′s late launch and struggling game delivery early on. Because of that you got “PS3 has no games”, and ports that were coming out a year after 360. Yes Sony survived it, but they don’t want to survive with the PS4, they want to reclaim marketshare and dominate…and honestly, I think it’d be better for the industry if they did.
If they wait a year…2 years after the competition, what do some of you think is going to happen? You think they’re going to look at the PS4 that’s more advanced than the 720 and abandon the 720? No way. The PS3 beats the 360 now and people aren’t waking up to it…at least not to the degree that Sony would like…and not in locations like America. Sony has to gain that mindshare back…and they don’t want to do it during the middle to last part of the generation like the PS3. Think about it. When the PS3 is having their launch titles. 720 will be well into their 2nd generation of titles. When these new consoles hit, there are millions of people who are going to want to go out and get the latest and greatest (let’s say 8 million of them). While some of you may not be one of those 8 million…some of us are going to know one or 2 of them. And you’re probably going to go “see what all the fuss is about” when one of those people brings it home and plays it. And while most of the people here are Playstation faithful, a good deal of people wont’ be. they’ll check it out whatever that new thing is and go get them one….so they can play, trade games with, their friend. that’s what happened with the 360…thats how Sony lost mindshare, even though it had more power…and today has more games, and prettier graphics with regards to exclusives. The 360 remains on top consistently because they can coast on 3rd party games (Rockstar, Bethesda games, Valve, Activision) with the occasional exclusive…while its not the best…its good enough for most people (the masses). Sony needs to get those guys back…when those guys venture out of their comfort zone or know more people with the same console as them that play UnCharted, God of War, etc…those titles sell more.
Sony needs to be earlier (provided the console is stable) or day’n'date with MS’s console. A PS4 with a launch title from one of their stronger devs will make a strong case against MS’s. Sony needs to leverage their studio power early on…when it counts. Make a good game early on, and the install base will follow the series throughout the generation. Its what “WAS” happening to Resistance till Insomniac blew the sequel and the followup, R3, suffered for it. If you want more games from some of these Sony studios, you’ll want them to release close to the competition. A profitable Sony is a strong Sony…a strong Sony has more to invest in its game projects, as well as in acquiring or strengthening its studios…which equals more games and higher quality. The 10 year life cycle was meant to overlap with the successor. If you’re not ready to invest in the next gen immediately, by all means take your time…but Sony has to release something. When people come looking for a next gen experience, you can’t have a MS product sitting alone on the shelf with no competition….consumers aren’t going to wait.
Exactly, that’s why I think they should channel about 75% of their studios’ workforce to PS4 launch/first year projects. Right now. No more God of War or Uncharted or Gran Turismo for PS3. The guys from Media Molecule already said they wanted a break from LBP, so get them started on a new franchise for PS4. Imnsoniac is turning multiplatform, but Sony could get to those guys early and make an exclusive deal for PS4. Quantic Dream (Heavy Rain) should be given PS4 development kits ASAP. Next year Sony is releasing games like Starhawk, Twisted Metal, The Last Guardian, Sorcery. The 3rd parties will take care of the rest. The PS3 will be $200 or less next year, at that price point they no longer need strong exclusives to push sales. Keep supporting Move, 3D, release more cool stuff on PSN. And then there’s PS VITA which will keep many of their studios occupied. So you take your better half of Studios, the A-team (Polyphony, Naughty Dog, Santa Monica, Sucker Punch, Guerrilla) and you make them work full time on PS4 titles, by the end of 2013 when PS4 should launch you will have at least 2 major exclusives in your launch lineup with maybe 2 more within first year, and that will make a lot of difference.