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[Wynnebeck]

No shit. Pull a Saturn... there's a reason why people say "pull a Saturn": It was a fucking failure!

No you misunderstand. That was because Sega had nothing leading up to the Saturn's announcement. Sony has an almost fever pitch built up for PS4. How do you think people would react if they were watching Sony's Gamescom conference and Andrew House goes, "The PS4 will be available...today"? Mad people would be rushing to their closest stores scrambling for one. It would be insanity.

 

[Minyobi]

What would they even launch with? None of the 3rd party stuff is ready until October 29 onward.

Demo disc with Jet Moto and Blast Chamber.

 

[KaiserBecks]

first debug units are sent to review sites already?

No. Jack Tretton was at IGN yesterday and he brought a PS4, it's probably just one of the "empty" showfloor models.

 

[Kabuki Quantum Lover]

No you misunderstand. That was because Sega had nothing leading up to the Saturn's announcement. Sony has an almost fever pitch built up for PS4. How do you think people would react if they were watching Sony's Gamescom conference and Andrew House goes, "The PS4 will be available...today"? Mad people would be rushing to their closest stores scrambling for one. It would be insanity.

I suppose. I still think an October release would be ideal (ramp up some more ads), although I suspect it'll be mid-November.

Demo disc with Jet Moto and Blast Chamber.

Fuck. I think I have that somewhere around the house...

 

[mcfrank]

iPad/iPhone release dates are announced a week before they go on sale. I think 2 - 3 months is not really cutting it close.

 

[shinobi602]

Shit if it's October....3-4 months away. Hnnnnnng

 

[kittens]

Demo disc with Jet Moto and Blast Chamber.

Hah, I approve of this.

 

[darkwing]

No you misunderstand. That was because Sega had nothing leading up to the Saturn's announcement. Sony has an almost fever pitch built up for PS4. How do you think people would react if they were watching Sony's Gamescom conference and Andrew House goes, "The PS4 will be available...today"? Mad people would be rushing to their closest stores scrambling for one. It would be insanity.

launch like that would be impossible today , we would know about it through leaks etc..

 

[kendrid]

No you misunderstand. That was because Sega had nothing leading up to the Saturn's announcement. Sony has an almost fever pitch built up for PS4. How do you think people would react if they were watching Sony's Gamescom conference and Andrew House goes, "The PS4 will be available...today"? Mad people would be rushing to their closest stores scrambling for one. It would be insanity.

The issue is that there is this thing called the Internet. If stores received them early it would be leaked and we would all know well before the event.

 

[Uno Venova]

This October date really gained traction.

 

[FluxWaveZ]

September.

 

[Wynnebeck]

I suppose. I still think an October release would be ideal (ramp up some more ads), although I suspect it'll be mid-November.

launch like that would be impossible today , we would know about it through leaks etc..

Oh no doubt. I think it's going to be late October, mid-November but you have to admit the idea of a first come-first serve launch like that would have people hyped for days lol.

 

[Askherserenity]

Are we all going to start tweeting Sony with our demands? Seems to work. #OCTPS4 #alsowantapony #andlastguardian

 

[Nibel]

October is way to soon

 

[OnFire331]

It would be amazing if they launched it on October 29. I mean, are these for sure placeholders?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BMFIXOW/?tag=neogaf0e-20
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CXCCFSI/?tag=neogaf0e-20

 

[Elginer]

 

[maltrain]

I don't see why it's "shocking"... I thought it would be sooner, in fact, on E3.

Shocking would be an october release... I bet for November 12th.

11-12-13

Perfect.

 

[shinobi602]

October is way to soon

"Too" soon? Is such a thing even possible?

 

[Noisepurge]

"Too" soon? Is such a thing even possible?

i still need to finish most of these!

 

[shinobi602]

i still need to finish most of these!

TOO BAD MOTHERFUCKER!

No seriously, better get cracking then!

 

[Barakov]

October would be the perfect time.

 

[Jonboy]

These were posted yesterday on IGN



Hmmmm

first debug units are sent to review sites already?

No way. Are those working PS4's? Can't be.

Jack Tretton was there yesterday for filming of Greg Miller's "Up at Noon" show. He brought the PS4 along. No clue if it's a working unit or not.

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

Sony.


Go for the kill.

 

[Ricky_R]

If it's September I shall shit power bricks.

 

[Coulomb_Barrier]

I don't see why it's "shocking"... I thought it would be sooner, in fact, on E3.

Shocking would be an october release... I bet for November 12th.

11-12-13

Perfect.

That's not quite how it works...

I reckon October too.

 

[Arzehn]

You guys keep saying October, but you have to think about the launch titles as well. They need to actually finish the damn games. For one, Drive Club, during some interview at E3 the guy said they still had 6-7 months to ship, which definitely isn't October, lol.

 

[Gammacide]

do an apple

That's what I was thinking! Available in stores today! That would be insane, but also seriously unlikely.

 

[SilentFlyer]

Jack Tretton was there yesterday for filming of Greg Miller's "Up at Noon" show. He brought the PS4 along. No clue if it's a working unit or not.

I doubt if that was working unit. Even if it was working unit, I guess they weren't allowed turned it on. If they had, we would have heard something by now about the layout or in any way any hint about how good or bad is it.

 

[Chittagong]

29 October is pretty much a given, BF4 and ACIV aligning on a date is a definite sign. Believe!

 

[a secret-boss]

Available a week from Gamescom announcement. Aaaaaaaaaaaaawwwww

 

[dmr87]

EU GAF, #teamtruth // #teamfalse

 

[maltrain]

That's not quite how it works...

I reckon October too.

Well... I leave you this from Reddit:

I'm expecting November 12th in the US, since that will be 11-12-13, which is an easily memorizable date. Also, if you use the equation 169.5x2 + 1365.5x + 33416, where x is the Playstation # (PS4 = 4), and plug the result into excel and format as a date,

x=1 returns 9/9/1995. x=2 returns 10/26/2000. x=3 returns 11/17/2006.

Those are all the exact PS1-PS3 US release dates, and...

x=4 returns 11/12/2013.

Furthermore, November 12th is a tuesday, which is the day video games are usually released in the US, and it's a couple weeks before Black Friday, the biggest shopping day in America (which is the same release window 360, PS3, Wii, and Wii U were released, and most likely Xbox One).

As 11-12-13 wouldn't really work in Europe, I could see them going with the 13th (13-11-13 for them).

LOL if it's true... XD

 

[I H8 Memes]

I bet even their console make it out before MS. Sony is winning at almost everything else.

 

[Fushichou187]

EU GAF, #teamtruth // #teamfalse

I really think there was a missed opportunity by not moving the date back a day for an 11-12-13 release.

 

[cLOUDo]

Late November

 

[Mung]

I really think there was a missed opportunity by not moving the date back a day for an 11-12-13 release.

In Europe that would be 12-11-13

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

Late November

no way they go after microsoft

I say late october/really early november.

 

[HoodWinked]

foxconn dont fuck around so ps4 probably will release ahead of schedule if anything.

 

[ascii42]

Well... I leave you this from Reddit:



LOL if it's true... XD

Can't argue with math.

 

[Coconut]

You know here in the United States September has the highest number of birthdates compared to other months.

 

[DietRob]

SEPTEMBER OR BUST!!!!


DO IT SONY!!

HURRY GAF LET'S START TWEETING THEM!

#PS4September

 

[Phire Phox]

Love how its pictured with the PS eye, even though it doesn't come with it.

 

[GANGSTERKILLER]

EU GAF, #teamtruth // #teamfalse

Media Markt copied this fake release date from another Dutch webstore. Bol.com.

 

[sweetvar26]

Make it happen in October Sony.

Good third party games coming out in October/November and I do not want to miss out on those.

 

[d0nd]

let it be now today!

 

[sixteen-bit]

let it be now today!

Saturn'd?

 

[Grover Cleveland]

In Europe that would be 12-11-13

Europe will get it on December 11.

11-12-13

 

[webkatt]

I am shocked..!

 

[Spongebob]

October would be amazing.

 

[Fushichou187]

In Europe that would be 12-11-13

Fair point.

Now we've got a little under 2 months of waiting until Gamescom to possibly hear a release date from Sony, though I'm thinking it leaks well before late August.