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Report: PS4 Announcement Not Coming in February, Sigh

“Report” is a lovely word for journalists – it’s basically used the same way as “rumor”, but it sounds more credible, leading to more ever-important clicks due to the power of a misleading title. Today, games journalists have decided to use it again to speculate that the PS4 will be announced in February. While there’s always the possibility that it may be announced next month (a very slim one, as we explain below), the reasoning behind the claim is utterly, horrifically and embarrassingly flawed. Unfortunately, the rumor is starting to spread, infecting unfortunate readers who are being lied to. So it’s time to squash it.
-PSLS

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Sev4142d ago

Good. Glad that someone is clearing up these bogus rumors today.

TrendyGamers4142d ago

Yeah, I didn't really believe them when I first read them.

iamnsuperman4142d ago (Edited 4142d ago )

I swear this rumour came about after a website (posted here) said it was a sensible thing to do and didn't even hint it came from any source

doctorstrange4142d ago

Not sure where the idea originally started, but Expert Reviews suggested it as a possibility and Develop + MCV jumped on it as an almost fact. Disgusting.

EddieNX 4142d ago

Awwwww , I had to change my shorts for this ?

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DOMination-4142d ago

The rumour came from people who assumed it would be announced at destination playstation festival

SolidStoner4141d ago

I visit n4g almost every week and I can say that half of these articles are fake or very bad written.... sadly... this site was meant for other purpose, but it seems that no one is trying to make order here...

RuleNumber54141d ago

@doctorstrange, you guys write the same bullshit that you are criticizing. Seriously, it's the pot calling the kettle black. You think that by insulting other websites, that makes you a good journalist? Do you think smeering other website makes you a good journalist? (I didn't like what Expert Reviews said either btw) As a consumer of media and someone who reads a lot about games, I'm less inclined to read about your childish bickering about other websites. If I want to hear about gossip then I'll watch the Jersey Shore.

Rumors are a part of the profession of journalism, regardless if you like them or not. Hell ESPN's SportsCenter is 90% based off of opinion, banter and what if's, yet people still consume it like it's going out of style. And they openly sell it like it's genuine journalism. Why? Because that is what journalism has become. Mainstream media and the 24-hour news cycle are the ones responsible for the habit of perpetuating rumors and promoting speculation. It's the way it is, deal with it, because what you're talking about is exactly what this profession has become.

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BitbyDeath4142d ago

PS1 ended production 23rd March 2006
Meaning production opens for the PS3
-8 months later the PS3 released

PS2 ended production 27th December 2012
Meaning production opens for the PS4
-8 months later... we'll have to wait and see

Just saiyan

TheOpposition4142d ago

Statistics can always be displayed to back up your point of view, and i think that is the case here....

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dbjj120884142d ago

Yeah, there's nothing in February to frame this around.

MostJadedGamer4142d ago (Edited 4142d ago )

why would the ps4 be announced in february when it is not coming out til fall 2014

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Wedge194142d ago

These rumors have been killing me today. A sad result of sites grasping at any straws they can to get hits during this time, misrepresenting information which then spreads unchecked across the internet like a California wildfire.

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rainslacker4142d ago

During this time? They've been doing that this whole generation. Nowadays there seems to be no reason to do fact checking, when all you seem to have to do is put rumor in the title, or assert your theory as fact by posting the most innocuous of related things.

There are still a few good gaming journalist out there. Just wish they'd get more of the limelight.

doctorstrange4142d ago

Yeah, no reason to expect it'd be announced then, just a mixture of shoddy journalism and wishful thinking

EffectO4142d ago

Report,playstationlifestyle is jealous that other sites are getting the clicks.

NastyLeftHook04142d ago

e3 2013, live in your world, play in ps4's!!!

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7 Deserving Games That Never Got Backward Compatibility

Backward compatibility works for many games on newer consoles, but titles such as The Simpsons: Hit and Run have been left out.

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20 Best Survival Games of All Time

From base building to swinging willies, here are the best survival games around, which include a couple of less than obvious picks.

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Microsoft once tried to nab LittleBigPlanet from Sony after a few drinks

It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.

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XiNatsuDragnel2d ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga1d 6h ago (Edited 1d 6h ago )

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow2d ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo1821d 5h ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie19h ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow18h ago(Edited 18h ago)

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

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Hereandthere10h ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Bond revealed that MLB The Show “always came up” in conversations between Microsoft and the Major League Baseball organization. “We always said, ‘We love this game. It would be a huge opportunity to bring it to Xbox.'” she recalled. However, when Microsoft’s efforts materialized, it put the company in an awkward situation where it had to send in pre-release consoles to a rival company.

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Notellin15h ago

"Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox."

Take a nap, conspiracies are rotting your brain.

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Hereandthere10h ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Hereandthere10h ago

They were too cheap/inept/lazy to develop their own mlb game, so they port begged for years and bribed the mlb to make the show multiplatform. Like i said many times, xbox brought nothing to the table their 24 years, ZERO.

OtterX1d 8h ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

RNTody1d 7h ago (Edited 1d 7h ago )

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno1d 7h ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Sheppard7t31d 5h ago

How did Sony kill the series?

Inverno1d 5h ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

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fsfsxii15h ago

They shutdown the servers because no one was playing, no one in the community cared about the user created levels so why keep them up? Wtf you guys would never succeed in running a business.

Inverno14h ago

Yea dood no one was playing so they shut off the servers. Cause people with enough common sense can't just Google why they were actually shut of, right?

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