Possibility of PS4 been released before Xmas 2012

dttq

Is there any possibility of the PS4 been released in Ireland by Christmas of this year?

Professey Chin

Not a hope in hell

Dr Bob

no

thorbarry

dttq wrote: »

Is there any possibility of the PS4 been released in Ireland by Christmas of this year?

None whatsoever

Stereomaniac

There hasn't even been a release date set on the console has there? Weird topic for a thread.

RedXIV

Stereomaniac wrote: »

There hasn't even been a release date set on the console has there? Weird topic for a thread.

The console hasn't been announced, let alone a release data.

OP, you won't see this before Xmas of 2013 at the very earliest

Professey Chin

Stereomaniac wrote: »

There hasn't even been a release date set on the console has there? Weird topic for a thread.

There hasnt even been a console yet :pac:

solarith

/thread

subway

anything is possible

DenMan

http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/consoles/ps4-release-date-news-and-rumours-937822

According to the above website it may launch in time for a Christmas 2013 release OP.

Otacon

dttq wrote: »

Is there any possibility of the PS4 been released in Ireland by Christmas of this year?

Zomg Okay

subway wrote: »

anything is possible

If it was going to be released this Christmas they'd have shown off the console at E3. A lot. Many things are possible but not this.

subway

Zomg Okay wrote: »

If it was going to be released this Christmas they'd have shown off the console at E3. A lot. Many things are possible but not this.

:pac:

super_furry

I wouldn't even put money on a Christmas 2013 in Europe release. March-June 2014 would be my guess over here.

Grumpypants

Definitely will be in stores by December.

ahem no way if there was it would of been shown at e3 and toyoko games show etc

if it did happen wow thats a huge secret to keep under wrapped

hadepsx

december of what year though:D

aindriu80

2012 illogical/typo. Christmas 2013 possibility. Christmas 2014 realistic.

Outkast_IRE

I would say christmas 2013 being realistic and i will tell you why, Sony as a corporation needs to turn itself around financially and a quick release of another console will be one of the cash cows it needs to do it.

brainiac

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

I would say christmas 2013 being realistic and i will tell you why, Sony as a corporation needs to turn itself around financially and a quick release of another console will be one of the cash cows it needs to do it.

Not necessarily, they wont start making money back on it (depending on the cost of manufacture) until at least a few million sales, so it could actually prolong the release of a new console.

Outkast_IRE

brainiac wrote: »

Not necessarily, they wont start making money back on it (depending on the cost of manufacture) until at least a few million sales, so it could actually prolong the release of a new console.

Its the raft of accessories that will bring in the money, that and i wonder about them charging for online gaming similar to xbox live.
I have a feeling it wont cost them as much to develop the next console, as there is no significant media advnace on the horizon (like bluray this gen)
and i bet they would lean to hardware already in extistance just modifing its use, they will end up using graphics cards that are already in pcs etc.

Zomg Okay

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

that and i wonder about them charging for online gaming similar to xbox.

They'll want to seriously up their game if they want to do that. PSN has nothing on LIVE and if they don't bring it up to scratch it won't go down well.

Luap

Summer 2014 would be my guess.

Varik

brainiac wrote: »

Not necessarily, they wont start making money back on it (depending on the cost of manufacture) until at least a few million sales, so it could actually prolong the release of a new console.

From the what they learn from the PS3 and how they developed the Vita they built it to meet the price, they'll operate at a loss of course but not to that large of one.

Maloney_o9

Maloney_o9 wrote: »

Summer 2014 would be my guess.

most console release as christmas

sometimes march

aindriu80

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

I would say christmas 2013 being realistic and i will tell you why, Sony as a corporation needs to turn itself around financially and a quick release of another console will be one of the cash cows it needs to do it.

Well E.A just announced that they intend to release Battlefield 4 in November 2013 two years after Battlefield 3. So you can put your house on no new PS4 until 1 year after that date at least. http://ie.ign.com/articles/2012/07/17/ea-announces-battlefield-4

There is nothing new on the market at the moment in terms on hardware that Sony can make into a new console thats any better.

ConMan97

i bought the new PLAY magazine and it said November 2013

boiledeggs

Its already out, you can get it from all good Carboot sales



Real Answer less than 1

Paully D

More chance of me walking into my room to find Megan Fox naked in my bed and begging me to jump in.

little big planet 2

i heard somewhere that ps bring out a new console every 6 years or so but there no way is there a new one to be released for Christmas shops would be selling them to you already if there was

HowAreWe

that is one FUGLY ps4

little big planet 2

its alright lookin

JohnMarston

You'll see the new xbox (one equal to the ps3) before the ps4

Captain Chaos

JohnMarston wrote: »

You'll see the new xbox (one equal to the ps3) before the ps4

The 360 is already equal to the PS3. the 360 has a more powerful GPU and better RAM allocation variables than the PS3 while the PS3 has a more powerful CPU. Need to do your homework boy and stop believing marketing waffle.

The Nextbox and PS4 are reportedly using a GPU from the same family, the AMD/ATi Radeon 7000 series so they will be a close match for each other graphically when released.

solarith

Captain Chaos wrote: »

The 360 is already equal to the PS3. the 360 has a more powerful GPU and better RAM allocation variables than the PS3 while the PS3 has a more powerful CPU. Need to do your homework boy and stop believing marketing waffle.

The Nextbox and PS4 are reportedly using a GPU from the same family, the AMD/ATi Radeon 7000 series so they will be a close match for each other graphically when released.

AND Xbox sales are still strong in the US!

norrie rugger

aindriu80 wrote: »

There is nothing new on the market at the moment in terms on hardware that Sony can make into a new console thats any better.

???????
You are kidding right?

DipStick McSwindler

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norrie rugger

feeney92 wrote: »

Sony claimed they wanted a 10 year life span out of the ps3, which was released in 2006, so we still have 4 more years of ps3

The PS2 was for sale long after the release of the PS3.
10 years is the expected time scale of support that the PS3 will receive, from Sony, and not the length of time where it will be their primary console.

Does anyone know what graphics card they will have in the next time?
ATI 7xxx but will it be a 76xx/78xx etc?

solarith

norrie rugger wrote: »

???????
You are kidding right?

loooooooooool, I didn't see this originally, thanks for giving me a good laugh there!

Myrddin

The possibility of a PS4 being released before Xmas 2012 is zero.

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Varik

2012 is impossible.

Some concrete information would have leaked from manufacturing or logistic by now if 2012 was the release.

RoverZT

norrie rugger wrote: »

The PS2 was for sale long after the release of the PS3.
10 years is the expected time scale of support that the PS3 will receive, from Sony, and not the length of time where it will be their primary console.

Does anyone know what graphics card they will have in the next time?
ATI 7xxx but will it be a 76xx/78xx etc?

I would guess it will be a custom 80xx series card.

Late 2013 is the earliest we will see it, Spring 2014 would be my guess.

Cpu will probably be a x86 cpu similar to a mid/low Core i5.

Gpu will be custom 80xx series card, similar in overall power to today's top end graphics cards like 670 gtx/7970 etc.

4 - 8gb of total system ram.

Maybe 256 SSD drive too.

They will have serious power imo, 10-15 times the power of the machines we have now.

They have to blow away current machines, smartphones, tablets etc as a gaming platform.

Sony's future relies on the PS4, so I am hoping for big things from them.

Gakai tech should allow them to stream PS1, PS2 and later on PS3 games over there network, giving them biggest catalogue of games of any platform.

I would hope it includes a mainstream Android OS as well, to open the platform to 1000's of apps and features.

norrie rugger

I would struggle to see them putting a 7970 into the machine TBH, even in 16 months the cost would be restrictive, especially if they throw in a SSD.

They may need to beat current tech but if they drive up the cost too much then people will just build a better PC for the same money.

Myrddin

RoverZT wrote: »

They have to blow away current machines, smartphones, tablets etc as a gaming platform.

The current machines do a grand job of blowing away phones/tablets already. The PS4 is still a ways off yet

Motley Crue

The PS4 will not come out during Christmas 2012.

PSOne was first announced in 1991 (even though conceptions went as far back in 1996) and the Unit was first released in December 1994 (having said that it took almost a year before a North American and European release). Games were officially made for this console until 2006, about six months shy of the release of PS3

The PS2 was announced in 1999 and released about a year later. Bearing in mind that games are actually still being made for this - Fifa 13 and PES 13 are due to be released on PS2 in September and MLB12 was released for PS2 in North America - 12 years after the consoles release.

PS3 was announced in May 2005 and it took until November 2006 for it to be released, games for this machine could perhaps be made well into the next decade if current trends are to be believed

Based on this I reckon you will see PS4 in Japan in November 2013 and Christmas in Europe/North America, that is the most likely estimate based on Sony's most recent trends.

aindriu80

what bugs me is that no matter when the PS4 will come out it will be nothing we haven't already seen on a very good PC if not quite as good. The Xbox and PS4 using the same technology is another bore, its just the shape of the box that will be different. It seem PC wins most graphics battles and you can plug a HDMI cable into a T.V and get some kind of controller.

norrie rugger

I would imagine that it would be a mid to high PC spec and not a very good PC

Youngtree

Stir **** up -
How much would you be willing to pay?
How much is too much...
Considering the original PS3 was .. ~€650 ...
At the time I was like "OMFG NEVAR PAYING THAT"
But if in 2013 (prob Q2 2014 tbh..) they release a console for €1000 .. if its fkin amazing.. ill get it .. after the first price drop.

If we want it to be future proof then it has to have more than 4 gigs of RAM (supposed RAM for the nextbox / Xbox Infinity) - Processing power is said to be 12-16 x current Xbox also.. making it around a dual core i5.

If We could get an awesome .. 16gigRam Quad i7 ++ inside the next console (not too unrealistic? ) then i'd pay the ammount for it.
And it would last!

ShaneU

They're not going to release a console for €1000, the blu-ray player is what made the ps3 so expensive, they won't make that mistake again

I would guess €400 in Europe at launch, probably €440 in Ireland because it's always more expensive here for some reason. As someone said above it'll probably just have average pc specs.

Varik

ShaneU wrote: »

They're not going to release a console for €1000, the blu-ray player is what made the ps3 so expensive, they won't make that mistake again

I would guess €400 in Europe at launch, probably €440 in Ireland because it's always more expensive here for some reason. As someone said above it'll probably just have average pc specs.

I think they'll bring it in cheaper than that.

€300-350

Captain Chaos

ShaneU wrote: »

They're not going to release a console for €1000, the blu-ray player is what made the ps3 so expensive, they won't make that mistake again

I would guess €400 in Europe at launch, probably €440 in Ireland because it's always more expensive here for some reason. As someone said above it'll probably just have average pc specs.

That was because Bluray was new at the time and were very expensive also the Cell was very expensive because it was a custom chip, the only thing off the shelf was the GPU, most of the 360 used off the shelf parts which helped keep the costs down while having the same broad performance as the PS3 minus Bluray. Look how cheap bluray drives and blurays are now.

PS4 will still have a bluray drive but it will have have far faster read times than the one in the PS3 which is very slow.