How the PS4 is shaping up to be the next must-own console

[Tiko7523]

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If Microsoft is secretly readying its next Xbox to succeed the Xbox 360, then surely Sony must be working on a PlayStation 4? Speculation has been rife that the next console battle will be fought around 2011-2012. This is when Crytek's CEO Cevat Yerli and industry analyst Colin Sebastian believed that a potential Xbox 720 and PS4 could appear. But does the market really need another generation of hardware? As Murray Pannel, Ubisoft's head of marketing in the UK, points out: "It would be nice [for the first parties to start talking about new hardware]... I don't think it's a requirement right here, right now, because there's enough new tech coming to the market... I genuinely think games can get better. Experiences can get more rich and varied, and the new platforms, Kinect and Move, can help enhance that." But we want a new PlayStation! Developers are usually the first to clamour for new consoles. Polyphony Digital boss Kazunori Yamauchi has bragged that Gran Turismo 5 goes "beyond the level of the current PlayStation." He went on to suggest that "the level of precision we've achieved [in GT5] is actually more suited to the next generation of machines". Naughty Dog said that they 'maxed out' the PS3 with Uncharted 2. While Halo creator Bungie has suggested that its has already pushed the Xbox 360 as far as it can go with Halo: Reach. Bungie.net community director Brian Jarrard told CVG that its next title is being "planned, engineered and designed to potentially span multiple hardware generations." That would include any potential Xbox 720 or PlayStation 4 that comes along. Since the retirement of PS3 architect Ken Kuturagi in 2007, Sony has the opportunity to take a long look at the PS3's shortcomings and eliminate them for any future PS4. Valve's Gabe Newell famously raged to Game Informer that the PS3 was "a total disaster on so many levels" and that "Sony lost track of what customers and what developers wanted". Sony can't afford to make the same multi-billion dollar mistake twice.

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[aukevin]

Not having a game disc would be a major mistake on the PS4 unless they come down at least $20 on the price of a game.

[SqueakyD]

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While the PS3 was instrumental in helping Blu-ray beat off HD DVD, there's a strong argument for dropping an optical drive from the PS4 altogether. Console owners are already downloading gigabytes-worth of game demos, video trailers, full-length movies and TV shows. With a giant hard disk in the PS4, games could simply be piped straight to the console on release day; long install/level load times would be eliminated.

Yeah, because you know, long download times aren't an issue in the US. Especially with the current state of the PSN.

[EnigmaNemesis]

They will never do away with discs for a long long time.

I do not know why this keeps coming up. Even Sony execs said it won't happen. Too much alienation.

[sportznut02]

Quote: Originally Posted by EnigmaNemesis

They will never do away with discs for a long long time. I do not know why this keeps coming up. Even Sony execs said it won't happen. Too much alienation.

Gosh I hope that they never get rid of discs I personally would hate that and I think a lot of people would be unhappy with that.

[Blzer]

I most certainly would. That would spiral toward the end of Best Buy.

(that is, if all games stopped producing on disc)

[RoyalBoyle78]

This will be interesting to see it unfold.

[DickDalewood]

No way discs are ever dropped and no way this "battle" takes place 2011-2012.