Playstation 4??

plynchcit

Is there a playstation 4 coming out?
Reason being, my current ps3 has gone on the blink, would invest in a ps4 if its coming on the market in the next few months

Professey Chin

plynchcit wrote: »

Is there a playstation 4 coming out?
Reason being, my current ps3 has gone on the blink, would invest in a ps4 if its coming on the market in the next few months

Not until late next year at the earliest

Myrddin

Oh God

eioneill

plynchcit wrote: »

Is there a playstation 4 coming out?
Reason being, my current ps3 has gone on the blink, would invest in a ps4 if its coming on the market in the next few months

The PS4 is being released next Friday. Have you been hiding under a rock and missed the massive marketing campaign from Sony? :eek:

New joypad looks so AWESOME

Richard Dower

eioneill wrote: »

The PS4 is being released next Friday. Have you been hiding under a rock and missed the massive marketing campaign from Sony? :eek:

New joypad looks so AWESOME

Thing is...it might not be far from the truth

Professey Chin

Think of all the dimensions you could control with that!!

shuffles03

I just received an email from Sony. They said that instead of making consumers pay for the next generation, they'll be wirelessly providing a free update which will upgrade your PS3. Oh yeah, they'll also be posting out millions of brand new tippex bottles (fancy) with tracking numbers so we can trace their location like following Santa and everyone will be able to alter the numerical number on the consoles themselves. Exciting times.

Taltos

OP - current rumours as that is all we have, is that the PS4 may not be backwards compatible - so for the sake of waiting at this point over a year personally I would go and get a low memory PS3 to just enjoy what games you have and any freebies from the Plus membership.

Just my two cents.

Thrill

EA working on “3 to 5 new IPs” for PlayStation 4, calls machine “spectacular”

http://www.officialplaystationmagazine.co.uk/2012/09/04/ea-working-on-3-to-5-new-ips-for-playstation-4-calls-machine-spectacular/

President of EA labels, Frank Gibeau has been talking about PS4 again saying that EA are working on, “3 to 5 new IPs for next gen consoles”. He also mentions the hardware adding, “I’ve seen the machines that we’re building games for, and they’re spectacular”.

Whore Of The Orient coming to PlayStation 4, first screen & info appears on Team Bondi site


http://www.officialplaystationmagazine.co.uk/2012/08/30/whore-of-the-orient-coming-to-playstation-4-info-appears-on-team-bondi-update-site/

Sephiroth_dude

there's plenty of life in the ps3 yet

nucker

http://www.ps4playstation4.com/ps4-release-date-countdown-begins

According to this site, there is 13 months before PS4 is released. Tbh, I won't be getting the PS4 until it has been proven to be bug free

Damien360

I would wait at least one year after release when there is a price drop (just like PS3, 360, Wii etc) before purchase.

Plenty life in the PS3

Sephiroth_dude

nucker wrote: »

http://www.ps4playstation4.com/ps4-release-date-countdown-begins

According to this site, there is 13 months before PS4 is released. Tbh, I won't be getting the PS4 until it has been proven to be bug free

Thats a load of bull I'd say,we won't be seeing a ps4 for a few more years,its only what 6 years old?I'd give it 2 more to be announced and then 2 more after that before its released.

Myrddin

What is this confusion people have with console life cycles? A PS4 could and will, run alongside the PS3. Much the same as the PS3 ran alongside the PS2 for a few years.

The ten year lifespan of the PS3 doesn't mean the PS4 won't be sold alongside it

nucker

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Thats a load of bull I'd say,we won't be seeing a ps4 for a few more years,its only what 6 years old?I'd give it 2 more to be announced and then 2 more after that before its released.

Yeah, maybe a load of BS, but whether it is true or not, I won't be buying it straight away. I am still in my first year of my PS3 :eek:

Varik

EnterNow wrote: »

The ten year lifespan of the PS3 doesn't mean the PS4 won't be sold alongside it

Even then it doesn't mean much, if the PS3 is still selling long after the PS4 is out there'll still be games coming out for it even if it's just Fifa and Wii u ports of ps4/720 games like we saw with the PS2.

aindriu80

in fact Sony states that games currently on the market are not even close to pushing the system to its full potential

Well I think the Xbox 360 has reached the point it can't compete and up till now game design was aimed at both PS3 and 360 simultaneously. That resulted in the exact same game experience even though the ps3 has technological advantages.

You would never get Heavy Rain on the 360. There are quite a few games coming by year end and 2013 that are completely new which are totally not 360. I guess the Xbox is primarily an entertainment system and the ps3 a games machine.

If PS has a lifetime of 6 years Sony is committed to the policy then I might expect a PS4 a year early.

Myrddin

aindriu80 wrote: »

I guess the Xbox is primarily an entertainment system and the ps3 a games machine

I don't like using this emoticon, but this post calls for it - :rolleyes:

nucker

Any suggestions that the PS4 is around the corner has now been truly dismissed by a new version of the PS3
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/gaming/smaller-lighter-ps3-revision-revealed-at-tokyo-game-show-8157017.html

Can't imagine how they would sell the PS4, though still possible with this update

aindriu80

EnterNow wrote: »

I don't like using this emoticon, but this post calls for it - :rolleyes:

Hey I don't like sarcastic either but with the game type the xbox plays, kinect jumping around et al I don't figure the XBox as a out right games machine. Microsoft has it as an entertainment box.

Myrddin

aindriu80 wrote: »

Hey I don't like sarcastic either but with the game type the xbox plays, kinect jumping around et al I don't figure the XBox as a out right games machine. Microsoft has it as an entertainment box.

Ok

donegal.

why not get one of the new 12gb ps3's , should cost about e230

PeterStrauss The Second

aindriu80 wrote: »

EnterNow wrote: »

I don't like using this emoticon, but this post calls for it - :rolleyes:

Hey I don't like sarcastic either but with the game type the xbox plays, kinect jumping around et al I don't figure the XBox as a out right games machine. Microsoft has it as an entertainment box.

L.A Noire was visually better than heavy rain IMO was on the Xbox.

aindriu80

PeterStrauss The Second wrote: »

L.A Noire was visually better than heavy rain IMO was on the Xbox.

L.A Noire was like Mafia 2 but all wrong. Heavy rain was original. There are a few games that are like all of the above coming out on the PS3 next year which I don't think will feature on the 360. I think the 360 has met its peak and is on the way out. I never rated even the idea of the 360 full stop but that is my own opinion.

Myrddin

aindriu80 wrote: »

I never rated even the idea of the 360 full stop but that is my own opinion.

Yet another emoticon called for, this time its -

aindriu80

EnterNow wrote: »

Yet another emoticon called for, this time its -

I don't like the console full stop.

TouchingVirus

aindriu80 wrote: »

I don't like the console full stop.

I rarely get involved in this sort of mucking about - but your opinion on the 360 not being a games console is rubbish.

Just because the 360 OS provides non-game oriented features doesn't mean it isn't a console, no more than the ability to use youtube/browse the internet/play Blu-Rays on a PS3 means it isn't a games console. Hell even the original NES was a console despite NES standing for Nintento Entertainment System.

It's worldwide sales as of March 2012 were higher than the PS3. The strong sales in Q3 2011 also meant it was the best selling console in 2011. In software sales, according to VGChartz the 360 has ~14% more sales than the PS3 - 660m units vs 575m.

It is a console, whether you "rate it" or not. Interestingly, your thoughts on the 360 also serve no purpose to the thread except to serve people like me coming in here and rubbishing your claims.


There will be a crossover period of one or two years, possibly more as the eight generation beds in and gamers adapt. I can't wait to see what both Sony and MS bring to the table

Myrddin

TouchingVirus wrote: »

I rarely get involved in this sort of mucking about

Sometimes, when its bad enough, you just have to

aindriu80

TouchingVirus wrote: »

- but your opinion on the 360 not being a games console is rubbish.

I said I don't rate the 360 console and don't think its an outright games machine. Sure it plays games, so too does most phones, but I wouldn't rate them.

Just because the 360 OS provides non-game oriented features doesn't mean it isn't a console, no more than the ability to use youtube/browse the internet/play Blu-Rays on a PS3 means it isn't a games console. Hell even the original NES was a console despite NES standing for Nintento Entertainment System.

Absolutely, the 360 plays games but there is no concerted effort on Microsoft part to develop original quality games and the 360 reflex that. Once upon a time there was a great simulator on the PC called Microsoft Flight Simulator, but that was when there wasn't a whole pile else on the PC. Microsoft hasn't done anything original since

It's worldwide sales as of March 2012 were higher than the PS3. The strong sales in Q3 2011 also meant it was the best selling console in 2011. In software sales, according to VGChartz the 360 has ~14% more sales than the PS3 - 660m units vs 575m.

The USA accounts for most of that. Best of luck to the Americans if they want to play games on the 360, but its their entire family who uses the console. It doesn't make for a great games machine, its everything else. There is more power in the PS3 than the 360, so far everyone has decided to go with the Xbox so be it.

It is a console, whether you "rate it" or not. Interestingly, your thoughts on the 360 also serve no purpose to the thread except to serve people like me coming in here and rubbishing your claims.

Its a big plastic box from Microsoft aimed as a stop gap measure like the same oh doh moment when they forgot all about the internet. This thread is about the PS4 on the PlayStation category so I don't know what you are talking about.

aindriu80

EnterNow wrote: »

Sometimes, when its bad enough, you just have to

well don't be afraid to jump in (with the other 11 smiles) and tell us all about it.

aindriu80

Sony promises 'incredible PS3 lineup over next 2-3 years'
SCEA's John Koller assures of strong future for its home console
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/369700/sony-promises-incredible-ps3-lineup-over-next-2-3-years/
By Mike Jackson for CVG UK

Calls for next-gen hardware are getting louder, but Sony assures PS3 owners that their old faithful has plenty more life left in it.

SCEA marketing VP John Koller says PS3 has at least two or three more years of strong releases ahead of it.
"A lot of great content is coming," he told Gamespot. "And over the next 2-3 years, the PS3 has got an incredible lineup."

He went on, "We're going to continue supporting the PS3 for the next few years. Absolutely. And we're going to continue supporting it not only that long, but as long as there is a development spigot that's running hot.

"And I can tell you right now, the development spigot for PS3 is very hot. A lot of great games coming. Same thing with PS2... it's kind of stuck around as that old warrior, many years after its launch. But there's still games launching for it."

Team ICO fans will perhaps be concerned that Koller left 'The Last Guardian' out of his list of PS3 upcoming blockbusters, which included The Last of Us and Beyond: Two Souls.

He promised that there's "a lot of third-party content coming, and a lot of first-party content that hasn't come out publicly".

So, who needs PS4 anyway...?

Sounds pretty good, there is enough power in the PS3 to get 2 more years of good gaming. I've no doubt there will be an new Xbox before then.

Richard Dower

I think we won't see the PS4 until 2 years time. I think the SoC/APU is the way to go....28nm or less.....

Helix

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Thats a load of bull I'd say,we won't be seeing a ps4 for a few more years,its only what 6 years old?I'd give it 2 more to be announced and then 2 more after that before its released.

jesus

no chance

it'll be announced in the first 2 quarters of next year, and possibly available in retail q4, failing that feb-mar 2014

games currently in development for it aren't going to be sitting there for 4 years before they're released. sure we've already seen a couple of them, we just don't know it

or do we

Myrddin

aindriu80 wrote: »

well don't be afraid to jump in (with the other 11 smiles) and tell us all about it.

Really? Ok so. I think your posts are utterly bizarre, because:

Both consoles, short of a few exclusives to each, share identical games.
Both consoles have additional motion control systems.
Both consoles have media playing capabilities.
Both consoles have online gaming capabilities.
Both consoles, in essence, do the exact same thing in the exact same ways.

To say one is much different to the other, is really nonsensical.

aindriu80

Both consoles, short of a few exclusives to each, share identical games.

Yes there were only a number of killer games released on the PS3 and were exclusive to the PS3. It had a lot of games in common with the Xbox 360 to date, that slim difference is enough for me to pick the PS3 as a console that is different to the 360 as opposed to being a mirror image of it.

Both consoles have additional motion control systems.

The two Consoles have similar peripherals..well the PS3 peripherals are gaming based and the Microsoft kinect thing is for jumping around in the living room and using hand and voice gestures. The PS3 motion controller feels better and is more gamer oriented. That for me denotes two separate consoles marketed for different types of consumer. Similar but not identical.

Both consoles have online gaming capabilities.

Yip so too does the PC, the WII and almost every other gaming platform but what is that supposed to mean ? They are both identical and do everything identical ? Why would they not have online game play ?, well Microsoft did nearly forget the Internet. They both play a lot of the same games but that's it. It doesn't mean anything more than 1 game being played on numerous platforms.

Both consoles, in essence, do the exact same thing in the exact same ways.

Both machines have different technology and are aimed at a different markets even if they are fighting the same corner. If you like both then great for you, if you have your own preference then your an individual and not part of the herd. The Xbox of course is by in large for North America and all that entails. Its a late entry to the gaming field. In many ways the games industry had to take a step back to accommodate Microsoft. Microsoft games strategy does not do it for me.

To say one is much different to the other, is really nonsensical

Anything else than the PS3 and Xbox 360 being indifferent is nonsense and bizarre ? And seeing that a lot of games were released on the PS3 XBox PC et al at the exact same time makes both broadly similar ? So next time I buy a console I will forget about price, technologies inside, companies who are selling them just because they tick "console" box. Or if a game comes out that is not on the 360 but is on the PS3 I will ignore it and put up as both consoles are "identical"

To date both consoles have had numerous games in common but your entire argument is that they are identical . I beg to disagree, the entire lifetime of both consoles is not over and I personally believe that Sony has given the better experience and Microsoft is an also ran. Also the controller, move blu-ray, trophies as opposed to achievements, playstation home, playstation life all make the PS3 different and unique for me.

Two phones in a shop are not identical and shouldn't be taken as so. Same goes for the two consoles, they can't be the same as you can sue. One is Sony the other is Microsoft, one is North America the other is rest of the world. One is for johnny come lately the other is building on what has been popular by gamers.

F1ngers

Not a PS3/360 discussion thread.