If the PS4 turns out to be PS Wii, then it'll be the first Sony console I'll skip out on. Great thing is that these aren't words from a main exec. I'm tired of motion gimmicks and other nonsense to lure casuals in. I almost hope the Move and even 3d crashes and burns so we don't have to deal with any more of these technologies. I'd rather Sony go with the Vita approach, aka very powerful, developer friendly hardware at a reasonable price to the consumers.
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Sony Spain talks PlayStation 4 [Yoshida: Better Visuals The "Gene" Of PlayStation]
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I imagine it will have front and back multi-touch LCD panels (you read that right... front and back LCD panels) and front and back 3D cameraTekkenMaster
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Mojojo said:PS4 won't be about power, but Sony's new controller, the PYou
lol. It's funny because it might be true.
_Alkaline_
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Mojojo said:
lightless_shado
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I'd be relieved if the system isn't drastically more powerful. Just means it will be cheaper and development costs will probably be lower.
Sony isn't all about targetting one specific group, even in a post wii world they're still not interested in making easier games that are thin on content for casual players.
Also no way in hell am I moving to PC gaming even if they do try to emulate nintendo. I like fighting games, action games, and JRPGs too much.
Sony isn't all about targetting one specific group, even in a post wii world they're still not interested in making easier games that are thin on content for casual players.
Also no way in hell am I moving to PC gaming even if they do try to emulate nintendo. I like fighting games, action games, and JRPGs too much.
Perhaps I should have clarified. I'm not talking about a brand new processor architecture or media format. I think we'll see the Cell again, and some variation of Blu-ray as well. What I meant to say is that we won't see a transition akin to the GC --> Wii (just in specs alone). In other words, it won't be a repackaged PS3 + slight alterations. It'll be it's own machine -- distinguishable from the PS3.Instro said:
Gram Negative Cocci
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Haha.
PC being the only next-gen platform since 2008 till 2018.
Bravo, Sony, bravissimo.
PC being the only next-gen platform since 2008 till 2018.
Bravo, Sony, bravissimo.
If it's not going to be significantly more powerful, what is even the point of releasing a new system? Just ride the PS3 out for another few years and release whatever gimmick that is supposed to draw the casuals in as an add-on. I love seeing cutting-edge technology in my new systems that make my jaw drop.
airmangataosenai
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I genuinely have no clue what your point is. Are you saying that because the PS1 didn't remain cutting edge forever that it can't claim to be cutting edge? Again, the most comparable platform to the PS1 when you consider it's release date was the Saturn and..... it was way more powerful. PS2 was fine too albeit Xbox's crazy pricing strategy kind of hurt that perception that gen. PSP looked as good as any portable game on the market until very recently and Vita is in a similar situation even if it will likely be topped far sooner than the PSP was.Gaborn said:
lherre said:
Huh? Your point was even though the PS2 was the weakest system of last generation it was released first, and significantly before the Xbox or GC. I think it's pretty nearly confirmed that the Wii U will be more powerful than PS3 or 360, assuming it is in fact then that would make it directly on point with Sony's PS2 strategy assuming in fact the PS4 and 720 are more powerful than Wii U. That is, release first and enjoy that advantage in wooing consumers.
Right, that's what I was getting at. The PS3 lost ~$200 per unit sold off the bat, right? And finally became profitable sometime in 2009. They won't ever repeat that.TheOddOne said:
I'm just saying, I still think their next console will sell at a small loss very early on. This isn't including the offset from their eventual priced online service. So take that into consideration.
Can anyone find anything else inflammatory in this?
We had a lot of threads about how the Wii U has no online system thanks to various Nintendo Europe executives, so I want to see how deep a hole this guy can dig Sony.
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Yes, I think we can somehow interpret that last bit as focusing on digital downloads.
Source: http://www.3djuegos.com/juegos/articulos/72/0/entrevista-james-armstrong-vp-sony-europa/Sony Spain said:
We had a lot of threads about how the Wii U has no online system thanks to various Nintendo Europe executives, so I want to see how deep a hole this guy can dig Sony.
Edit:
Yes, I think we can somehow interpret that last bit as focusing on digital downloads.
gundamkyoukai
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I really don't think Sony Spain knows anything about PS4 .
If Sony Japan sometimes don't know what hell is going in there own building this don't really mean much.
Even if they go the cheap road and sell a system at 350 -400 you still be able to see a jump easy while they can still make profit.
If Sony Japan sometimes don't know what hell is going in there own building this don't really mean much.
Even if they go the cheap road and sell a system at 350 -400 you still be able to see a jump easy while they can still make profit.
Gaborn said:
You said that sony put the weakest system with ps2-psx because the launch n64 and xbox-gc, and you are comparing with Wii U launch. I think is not the same because althought Wii U will be more powerful than ps3-x360 I think the leap over the current systems is not the same that psx or ps2 brought, so (in my opinion) is not the same strategy because nintendo won't launch a "cutting edge" system (at least as far as I know and we saw).
But is only my opinion, not a fact.