Sony is working on PlayStation 4
Sony has confirmed that work on a "future platform" to follow the PS3 "is already under way".
Sony's executive vice president and chief financial officer Masaru Kato made the revelation on a conference call to investors today. He was asked to explain increased research and development (R&D) costs.
"For the home equipment the PS3 still has a product life," he said, "but this is a platform business, so for the future platform - when we'll be introducing what product I cannot discuss that - but our development work is already under way, so the costs are incurred there."
Sony's massive initial expenditures for the PlayStation 3 lead to years of losses. This is something that apparently won't be repeated for future platforms.
During an investors briefing today (via Nikkei), Chief Financial Officer Masaru Kato was asked if Sony expects its games division to continue to maintain its recent profitability. Different from the major losses of Sony Group as a whole, the company's games business turned profitable over the fiscal year.
Kato noted that the main factor in the losses for the past few years has been the big difference in sales price and cost for the PS3 system. Sony even spent billions to create its own semi conductor facilities.
This is something that won't happen in the future. The semiconductor business is changing, said Kato. "It is no longer thinkable to have a huge initial financial investment like that of the PS3."
:teehee o the sights i have seen
Intel board/cpu combo that i can't even remember the name of
not sure where that would leave BC but hey.
IndustryGamers has now heard from industry sources (at a top developer) who wished not to be quoted that Sony is looking to unveil a PlayStation 4 sometime next year as well.
Just what we need, $600-700 consoles
is it still inconceivable that the PS3 and 360 successor will end up being more like PS3.5 and 520, and if so, is it that unlikely that there will be some degree of parity between Ninty's next system and the big boy consoles?
Just askin.
who really wants new consoles right now?im sorry i dont have 3 trillion dollars
buy a pc
Sony will have Taiwan-based partners begin production of PlayStation 4 (PS4) featuring body movement-based control like Kinect at the end of 2011 for launch in 2012, according to Taiwan-based component makers.
Foxconn and Pegatron Technology, assemblers of PS3, will undertake assembly of PS4 as well, the sources pointed out. The planned shipment volume of PS4 in 2012 is at least 20 million units, the sources indicated.
Speaking in a video interview to promote next month's b.tween 3D event in London, SCE Studios exec Mike Hocking explained that Sony's recently announced HMD device could represent the future of 3D gaming by allowing users access to a full 'virtual' world.
"Another thing that's coming back which I'm very excited is the notion of virtual reality," he explained.
"So we have our new HMD – or head-mounted display - which was announced at CES earlier this year, and you can see that we can now get back to where we really wanted to get with virtual reality in the '80s.
"We've now got the power to do it, we've got the screen resolution to do it, we've got the processing power to update fast enough so we can have very immersive experiences on head-mounted displays in gaming in the not too distant future.
"Being in a virtual world where I can see my virtual hands or a virtual gun with all the things we can do in the gaming world is going to be absolutely amazing," he added.
QuoteSony will have Taiwan-based partners begin production of PlayStation 4 (PS4) featuring body movement-based control like Kinect....
sfags :'( :'(
hehehe
Sony Kinect is given,Sony likes to copy-paste but not without improvements...virtual reality
I agree,mistake corrected.QuoteSony will have Taiwan-based partners begin production of PlayStation 4 (PS4) featuring body movement-based control like Kinect....
sfags :'( :'(
hehehe
Sony Kinect is given,Sony likes to copy-paste but not without improvements...virtual reality
Not copy-paste. PS Eye is reeeally similar to Kinect in every way, nevermind Kinect being a massive upgrade.
Either way this last generation was just a clusterfuck.Indeed, fuckin' weird gen with the best selling machine having the least worthwhile software.
Dudebox 720 is gonna be the console to get nextgen
I doubt the ps4 is gonna have some crazy architecture again
Preliminary work on PlayStation 4 games has begun at several internal Sony studios, Develop understands.
A trusted source connected to the matter has told Develop that various game projects are at very early stages, though didn’t reveal which of Sony’s sixteen first-party studios had been delegated the work.
But Develop has been told that several SCE studios now have teams working on PS4 game concepts that could jump into full production if given the green light.
Microsoft and industry partners are working towards a 2013 launch of the next generation Xbox, Develop understands.
Multiple sources across the industry, from processor chip manufacturers to middleware firms, have told Develop they expect the console to be fully unveiled at E3 2013, months before its release. The collection of data points to a 2013 launch for the system across all main regions, though early 2014 remains a possibility.
Few in the games business expect Xbox Next to be in stores before the holiday side of 2013 – this Christmas and the next will likely see Microsoft marketing software for Xbox 360, Windows Phone and its Kinect motion controller.
Microsoft has declined to comment.
In further developments:
* Develop understands that Lionhead is working on a project internally named ‘Fable Next’, which will launch on the new console.
* Epic Games’ new Unreal Engine would likely be available sooner than the 2014 date recently given by studio founder Tim Sweeney.
* One source still insists that an EA studio already has rudimentary Xbox console technology on desks. EA has flatly denied the claim.
I didn't even buy a Wii and I had a Gamecube back in the day.
I'm not sure what I'll do next gen. I think Sony may have an interesting vision with what should happen with the head mounted display they're releasing in November. If the PS4 is released with a supped up version (not together but as separate products) of what we're getting this year and with interesting integration I may buy a PS4 no matter what. With that said, I think the games I'll end up wanting will be on the Xbox 720.
This is a little something about Microsoft’s 2012 through 2014 platform plan. As always Microsoft and I are equally unreliable.
CES 2012
Win8 + WinStore beta
<ONM> CTP
Tango1 launch
MWC 2012
Tango2 SDK
MIX 2012
Win8 RC
<ONM> beta
Tango2 launch + Apollo announce
Kinect commercial SDK
E3 2012
Xbox SDK, 3G Kinect games announce
Apollo SDK
Win8 RTM
Aug 2012
Win8, <ONM>, WP8, Xbox Store launch
Build 2012
XAML+XDE platform
Win8 PU DP
<OSN> announce
CES 2013
Win8 PU Beta
MWC 2013
Apollo+1 teaser
MIX 2013
HTML platform (IE11)
Win8 PU RC
<OSN> Beta
Apollo+1 SDK
E3 2013
Xbox”loop” announce
Win8 PU RTM
Build 2013
Win9 DP
<OSN> RTM
Xbox”loop” launch
CES 2014
Win9 Beta
MWC 2014
WPN teaser
MIX 2014
Win9 RC
WPN SDK
Kinect SDK update
E3 2014
Kinect HP2 announce
Xbox PU announce
Build 2014
Win9 RTM (IE12)
Win9M RTM
<OSN+1> CTP
Xbox PU preview
Nov 2014
Win9, Win9M, Kinect HP2 launch
Xbox PU RTW
there's absolutely no chance of further backwards compatability in the future systems, is there?Not being able to bring my XBLA shit over to the next machine kind of sucks. :maf
I mean this shit just keeps getting more complex, the only reason Nintendo can do it is because installing the Wii hardware into their new platform probably costs them less then the USB ports that go along side it.
I didn't even buy a Wii and I had a Gamecube back in the day.
I'm not sure what I'll do next gen. I think Sony may have an interesting vision with what should happen with the head mounted display they're releasing in November. If the PS4 is released with a supped up version (not together but as separate products) of what we're getting this year and with interesting integration I may buy a PS4 no matter what. With that said, I think the games I'll end up wanting will be on the Xbox 720.
there's absolutely no chance of further backwards compatability in the future systems, is there?
I mean this shit just keeps getting more complex, the only reason Nintendo can do it is because installing the Wii hardware into their new platform probably costs them less then the USB ports that go along side it.