Rumor: Sony Informs Third Parties That PS4 To Be Unveiled At E3
Sony’s next home console may be revealed at E3 2012 if the latest round of rumblings and rumors are true. Sony executives have reportedly informed third party developers that the next PS4 will not be left behind in the next console generation.
Last November PlayStation Europe boss Jim Ryan mentioned that it would be “undesirable” for the PS4 to be released “significantly later” than the competition.
Around the same time there was word that at least one major Sony first party developer was working with a version of the PS4 hardware. The unnamed studio was also said to have moved their development efforts completely to the new platform.
To help mark the fifth anniversary of the PlayStation 3 we posted our PS4 Wishlist. We wished for sensible improvements like continued support for the PlayStation Move, cross game chat and the inclusion of a faster internal Blu-Ray drive.
What is on your wishlist for the eventual PlayStation 4? Do you think June’s E3 conference is the right time for Sony to unveil the PlayStation 4? Developers like Naughty Dog have shown with projects like The Last of Us that there is certainly life left in the PS3.
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26 Responses to “Rumor: Sony Informs Third Parties That PS4 To Be Unveiled At E3”
Great, though I won’t buy it until I’m sick of the PS3.
I think the only reason they might be releasing it so soon is to stop Micris$ft from getting the advantage.
The last of us will have a better version on ps4 i think
last of us 2 for ps4?
I personally could wait 2-3 more E3s before seeing it. There is still plenty of life left in the PS3, it’s not even been maxed out yet as The Last of Us has shown.
Talk about pressure for any development team tasked to be the first to show off what this machine can do. It needs to be Call of Duty but ten times better. Make Uncharted look like PS1, and turn those CGI trailers of recent into “actual game play footage”. I’m kind of thinking Sony Santa Monica may be the studio that has been developing God of War IV for the PS4. At first I thought GOW4 was the you won’t believe it game in the Spike Awards but that was The Last of Us. It’s been a couple years since GOW3 so the studio should be about ready to show it off and if it’s a fall release title to go along with the release date of PS4 you can bet that’s the must have title for the new system.
Not… not…. yet….. tooo…. soooooon!
Oh, but that is NO! NONONONO! I can wait for more two years before launch!
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Oh I hope this is true. This way by the time I dont enjoy my PS3 anymore there will be plenty of games forthe PS4
this really upsets me
people need to stop saying “oh they should wait 2-3 years” because they either don’t want to spend the money on a new console or they can’t afford it. the system is going to be announced sooner then you think that doesn’t mean its coming out soon , but that doesn’t mean you have to run out and buy a new system right off the bat, if you can’t afford it wait 2-3 years , enjoy your ps3 , then when you can afford the ps4 then buy it? but they aren’t going to wait that long while a new xbox and wii are out.
or maybe because the PS3 still has lots of potential life left in it that would go to waste once the PS4 is released. If the PS4 releases holiday 2013 or 2014 that would be great. More than likely it will be 2013.
I guess you havent noticed but if Sony waited till their consoles had “no life left”, they would still only be on the PS2. I personally want a PS4, so to me this is great news. The PS3 still hasnt peaked thats true, but it would be very bad for them to be a year or two behind the competition, one year behind MS almost killed them.
Like abercrombieco2 said, most people who dont want it to release cant afford it. I couldnt afford a PS3 when they announced the price, but that doesnt mean i wanted them to wait 5 years to release so i could. This is also the longest gap in generations, we are past due for a new console.
I bought a PS3 on lauch day and I have a Vita with several games on preorder now, I can afford it. Not sure why a holiday 2013 release would be a bad thing. Even if the new Xbox is released this holiday the PS4 would still be alright. The 360 had a headstart and the PS3 is ready to surpass it in worldwide sales so saying that it nearly killed it is a bit of an exagaration. The extremely high price point with Sony’s arrogance at lauch was the PS3′s problem, not when it released. Hopefully the next Xbox and PS4 will release late next year, would anyone have a problem with that? Also a PS4 launch this year could damage Vita sales, most kids wouldn’t be able to ask for both during the holidays and it would be hard for most people to afford both.
hello …
it can be showed at E3 2012 yet doesn’t mean would be out that soon, I wouldn’t mind though & would be great to see some new IPs on it.
but i just got myself a PS3 slim, let me at least finish all my games.
cheers!
I’m pretty sure the PS4 will be perfectly backwards compatible with PS3, and so will be PSN cross-platform multiplayer play. Meaning if you’re playing a PS3 game on a PS4 you can play online with people playing that game on a PS3. So for all early adopters it would be like having an extended next-gen library of games but at the same time they’ll continue to enjoy their PS3 games within the established PSN community. Also, I have no doubt when PS4 players play PS3 games online they will all feature cross-game voice chat, finally, lol.
A. Obviously full backwards compatibility including PS2 support.
B. More RAM, even possibly using exclusively GDDR5 to ensure high speed transfer
C. Far better graphics card. I’d recommend one from Imagination Technologies.
D. Keep the Cell Processor. It should help in developers more easily building new games.
I think we are gonna see a PS4 at E3, but it will be just a sneak peak of what Sony has been working on like launch games and what the system has to offer and what it looks like. I have no problem with Sony announcing it as they can get a head start whenever it releases maybe 2013 at the least. With the next Xbox being rumored to be announced as well, it’s gonna be a good E3.
As for a wish list I want the following:
Backwards Compatibility
Better graphics on par with PC games
Cell Processor, make it more powerful
Increase RAM
Cross game chat
PSN improved
DualShock 4 controller
Aside from what other users already said, I want to see improvements on the following.
Browser
XMB
PSN (like streaming movies)
Obviously “unveiling” doesn’t mean “demonstrating”. The hardware specs won’t certainly be finalized until a year or two. Nevertheless, I sure hope the next system will still be Cell-based.
There are still plenty of life left on the PS3. It’s the xbox 360 that has to worry because that system is way out of date with the current generation of computers. If Sony release the PS4 soon, I think its more so because of pressure from the competition to keep ahead of them. They dont want to make the same mistake of giving the xbox another year head start
Hoping for a Final Fantasy IX tech demo.
A final fantasy nine tech demo? Really?
I hope they go back to glossy black. That’s my only wish.
from what ive gotten thru the last year or so from people i know, the ps4 will be coming right around the rest, but they plan to provide many years of entertainment from our ps3′s. sony has a good track record, and since the ps4 may be using cell technology, hopefully we will have watered down versions of ps4 games..also the case is going to look alot like phat ps3′s, “IMO”.
still dont have a kingdom hearts 1&2 HD remake kingdom hearts 3 nor a final fantasy versus i hope square doesnt rush their projects because of the news plus kingdom hearts 3 should have been out i dont know why square took a break from it
This rumor has been dismissed by most all media outlets. There will be no PS4 at E3.