Predictions For Sony’s Future of PlayStation Event

Earlier this week Sony released a video and invite to what they’re calling “The Future of PlayStation” event. The event takes place on February 20th on 6:00pm EST in New York City. Sony invited the press and even investors to the even hinting at some major PlayStation news being announced. Just about everyone is expecting Sony to announce their next generation home console, the PlayStation 4. Here at GVN, we decided it would be fun to share the writing staff’s opinions/predictions on what and how Sony will be announcing things on February 20th.

[WooHooAlex]

I think the event will feel really similar to the PlayStation Meeting in 2011 when they unveiled the NGP.
They'll probably show off the PS4 without going into any specs or pricing, show us a sizzle reel where it confirms a few of their first party titles like Gran Turismo, Killzone, maybe Uncharted ect...
They might be saving this one for E3, but I also think there's a chance they will talk about their plans for Gaikai and how they're building the cloud service into the next-gen PSN.

[Lior]

PS4 lol I am waiting for the 700 series to be announced by nvidia.

[akaakaaka]

okay you play games like this
http://www.youtube.com/watc... on your pc.

and i will play games like this only possiple on the playStation.
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
or this
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

lol

[Gamer39]

Typically...Uncharted.
Ps3 power?
Open world this visuals quality:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

This is power not corridor shooter.

[Muerte2494]

is, in most cases, an afterthought. Last of Us could be done on PC seven years ago but we have yet to see it. You actually get people asking for Half-Life 3, World of Warcraft, E.V.E, etc. PC only receives a fraction of titles a year compared to consoles.

[tubers]

Well that's how some devs have been treating the PC as an after though. Look at Dead Space 3.

PC receiving a fraction of titles released/ year compared to consoles sounds wrong though.

Maybe if you combine all non PC gaming platforms.

[Double_O_Revan]

Sadly I doubt it'll be BC because of them changing from the Cell to a normal processor.

I wish it was. I would like nothing more then to have One system that can play Every game in my Playstation library. PS1-4.

[Conzul]

That would be amazing. Never say Never.

[dboyman]

They might offer a deluxe version with a cell processor...

[trenso1]

has sony announced the location for the event yet? None of the sites say where in New York it is being held.

[Braid]

I predict that Sony will be announcing their next Playstation console which is fully compatible with Xbox games.

Following the lawsuits Sony will go bankrupt. Microsoft will focus on PC gaming with DirectX 12.1.3 while Steambox dominates the console gaming with shovelware Linux titles. Stembox will compete with Apple's Angry Birds Entertainment System, but will eventually win with a smart strategy when they release Half-Life Episode 3 on Steambox, a fully new one-hour Half-Life experience that you can not enjoy on any other system. This, or waiting is messing with my head.

[smashman98]

i thought this article was pretty lame no really interesting predictions just

"I think the ps4 will be announced but not with anything else"

and it was said like 7 times

[evilhasitsway]

see sony was top selling consol on all systems even ps3 after coming in the game late i think they want to go all guns blasing this gen. thats why we see all these awesome games coming this year and end it with a nuke the ps4. i think they want to put there name out there like it was with the ps2. which was the best selling consol of all time.

[evilhasitsway]

my predection about cost and release date is a 250g for $399 or $499 and a 500g for $499 or $599 it will be somewhere in that range and i believe hdmi cables will come standard with the system. which newer ps3s come with those hard drives. as for release date i say any were from oct-nov cause the vita was shown off early 2011 like the possible ps4 and it launched in us that oct. i think we will see something similar with the ps4. and the reason sony changed there mind about waiting for ms is cause sony believes that the new xbox is too late in development to make major changes to make it better than the new ps4 cause with game developers with rumor saying ps4 is more powerfull than new xbox so they figure why not go ahead and just beat them to the punch. it would make a epic year for sony with all the games coming this year and just end 2013 with the biggest bang in gaming history.

[smashman98]

Small correction vita didn't launch in us til Feb 2012

[WeaseL]

If it wasn't about the ps4 Sony would have said by now.
Anything other than the ps4 now would be a big let down and make Sony look bad by not dispelling the rumors.

[Lethalsuperhuman]

I think they will relese something on ps vita and ps3 remote play. And more ps vita games like nba 2k14 for ps vita.

[SpadeX]

Why do I have a feeling that Sony will ditch the redesigned controller which will be released for the new PlayStation and go back to the DualShock? Like they did with the PS3 and boomerang, I really love the DS, and I don't care if its getting old or not, just more cool improvements while keeping its design would be awesome! Just a piece of an opinion..

[tweet75]

I imagine the new controller will be a dualshock style controller with an lcd screen built in

[SpadeX]

I'd imagine that too, but I hope they keep the PlayStation symbols and the design..

[tweet75]

personally im not ready for ps4 just more great games for ps3 im not ready for a new console.

[DAS692]

No one is going to like the pricing. If Apple Inc. can release a tablet for $500 dollars then, who's to say that Sony won't release a BRAND NEW gaming console for that much or more? You would be lucky to find a $400 price-tag on a new piece of hardware such as this.