PS4 To Be More Of The "Same Thing"?

It would seem that the PS4 is being developed while we soundly sleep, but as we know will have to continue without Phill Harrison who has moved on. An inside source close to Harrison has said that "he could see he was about to get involved in another PlayStation cycle, and obviously wanted something new. The same thing was happening again and he'd been through it enough times to want to move on."

[Le-mo]

I say we wait until this gen is over. :)

[juuken]

I agree.

We're not even there yet.

[Panthers]

were not even half way there yet.

[FantasyStar]

Not even 1/5 way there yet. Seriously....I'd be disappointed in Sony if they caved in and released a new console on the 4-5 year, unless they have some super-duper bad-ass games that can justify everything.

[sumfood4u]

Here they are looking at the PS4 when we havent even tasted the PS3 true power, an what the Hell happened to our MMORPG? i'm still waiting on that as well as the delay of my FFXIII thank U M$ for making us wait, U really know how to Hit the Fans don't ya!

[jamilion]

"he could see he was about to get involved in another PlayStation cycle, and obviously wanted something new."

how does that make any sense? Contradiction of sorts!

[humus]

dude youre totally right

[Nitrowolf2]

well dont see the PS4 until 015 or later.
I dont know but im not worried about it right now. im going to enjoy my PS3. Who knows what crazy things it will have by then.
i mean i can feel the momentnum building up for the PS3 and with 6 and 1/2 years till 015 i can see major feature being added to the PS3 during that timeframe.

[dktxx2]

there will be another PlayStation by 2015. when Sony said 10 year life span, they mean that they will continue to support it for 10 years, not that it will be the only PlayStation till then. It will be like the ps2 and ps3 today, living side by side, both being supported.

[Hagaf22]

ok, first we would be very naive to think that all three console makers arent thinking next gen. THEY ARE. But thats not to take anything from this gen. It's the way of the market. Its a fast moving industry and you have to look forward. Second, as for more of the "same thing", if by same thing making a console that pushes the boundries to keep it current years after production then yes. Look at ps1, it fully utilized cd and keep them at the formats until what? oh thats right ps2 and dvds, which keep dvds current till what? yes ps3 and blu ray. While i hope we dont change formats again before 2018, sony will find a way to make ps4 stand out and push the boundries. Again though this is nothing to worry about any time soon, i see next gen just as this gen, nintendo and xbox will break in to the market first, while sony tries to push something next and breakthrough. Next gens consoles need to be throughly thought out and not at all by any means rushed.

[Closing]

then forge ahead Sony. I'm right behind you.

[RememberThe357]

I like how you turned that around :)

[thePatriot]

u beat me to it.
thats waht I get for reading all te coments first.

[xSHROOMZx]

Sony worries too much about hardware.. I cant wait to see what theyre next system is about.

PS1 sold due to being one of tha first mainstream consoles supporting Disc format.

PS2 sold due to having a DVD player built inside, first DVD player I onwed.

PS3 is starting to sell now cuz of...... Blu-Ray won HD format war, so tha built in BD player won it.

PS4 what piece of bad@ss hardware will do it for them.

I have owned all PS systems, and Xbox and until Wii all nintendo, xbox 1 sold cuz of built in HDD and online.

Not standing for either console, just pointing out facts. Sony really needs to start looking at software, cuz they may not have some big new thing in hardware when PS4 comes out...

Agree/Disagree dont care really, my opinion!

[dude_uk]

shroom

that's why sony's got the biggest 1st and 2nd party studios =D
so don't worry about software

[RonDeMuerte]

they've been posting all day???......who are these f@ckin writers???.....yeah guys....seriously, PS4 is launching tomorrow morning....I'm gonna be the first in line.......journalism is dead...this is pointless.......and yeah sure...Phil Harrison "moved on" because Sony keeps thinking and preparing for the future of their gaming business.....geez...he ended up with Atari, I don't think that's a great move...it's like he got demoted to Atari.....

[Shaka2K6]

Bored xbugs with no 2008 games to play.

[SSCOOLCHEA]

why are all these dumba$$$$ writing story about the ps4 . nobody gives a flying fk right now about the ps4 . just because the crapbox 360 is coming out with another system doesn't mean the playstation has to come out with another system . `

[theKiller]

ow yes i forgot they have the magical ball

[BiggDaddy311]

Who approved this blog entry? It has nothing to do with the title. It just talks about Harrison leaving bc of the playstation cycle what ever that means. Let me end the suspence for you wondering what the PS4 will be like. It will just have a better GPU larger harddrive and more ram maybe 2 cell processors and a better interface that allows you to make it an even more all in one box end of mystery. Maybe a motion controller of some kind or a standard eyetoy that can pick up hand gestures.

[henneste]

I'm agreeing with Closing here; with the Cell and Blu-Ray, Sony is pushing the boundaries. By next gen, there will be larger storage formats, both internal and external. Sony will be using them, as well as an improved version of Cell architecture. Cell is basically an infant technology, and it will be ridiculous when the next iteration surfaces.

[Harry190]

is that I haven't seen the best of the PS3 yet and I think it will take time for it to happen. Those kinds of articles do more good than bad with speculation and encourage nay sayers.

[ZombieNinjaPanda]

I can see nintendo getting a new console. They need updated graphics.

Microsoft? Maybe, I mean, even though the hardware tends to fail, from my friend who has had his 360 for about..3 years now? He has had no problems other than disk tray jamming, and that isn't that bad.

And the ps3? It has little to no problems for most people.

What are they gonna improve? Graphics? They're already top of the line as it is, if they go any farther it will be real. And If you want it to be real, go join the army, go invent laser guns, or go join nascar.

There is basically nothing they can improve on.

If anyone can correct me though, or w/e please, just do so, don't disagree and not respond, it makes me concerned about some people.

[zo6_lover27]

HUH?? Somebody disagreed and didn't respond, THAT B!TCH!!

But graphics can be improved on and we don't know whats coming in the years to come

[jaja1434]

I tend to thin, well mostly hope, than next will be more about physics, AI, and other things of that sort. It makes me want to cry when I see pretty pictures of some guy standing in the middle of the street while I shoot him, running endlessly into a wall, basically the same old things we have seen for years.

Everything is about "who can be the prettiest" I rather see "who can be the smartest(AI), but that's just me.

[cLiCK_sLiCK9]

"go join the army, go invent laser guns, or go join nascar."
Sounds Easy!
ZOMG! imagine gameplay hours! It just Like hardcore mode but in real life!

[thePatriot]

they will release new wii once this on stops selling.

[SlyGuy]

I had to disagree.

Personally I think there is still a lot of room for improvement in in-game graphics (without making the game look like real-life).

[ZombieNinjaPanda]

thanks for those who told me their opinions. I'm glad you guys at least did =)

[cmrbe]

I am not confident about the PS4's future without Crazy Ken. I want over the top kinda stuff.

[Expy]

Most new products are already in concept well before they are actually made prototype, I don't know why people care so much now, it's not something "new". I bet Microsoft's been writing up their next console more than a year ago and Nintendo even before the Wii was released.

[PimpHandStrong]

will be the size of a small laptop and it will be made portable

cost 300 bucks at launch

it will play games and blueray movies

HOME will be intergrated into everyone sold

anyway

PS3 is just getting started

[Aclay]

The possibilites and features that the PS4 could have are very wide open and I doubt that it will be more of the same.

I want the next-generation of consoles to have 3-D gaming or something because 3-D HDTV's are about another 5-6 years away, and 3-D gaming should be the next step. I want more than just better graphics next gen. because the graphics are already pretty damn good.

[CouchKing0]

The PS3 only has 256 ram, so we can assume that the PS4 will have double that amount.

[zo6_lover27]

The ps3 has 512mb of ram, 256mb of XDRAM shared between the CPU and GPU and 256mb of GDDR3 dedicated to the GPU.
"The RSX can freely use as much of the 512MB total RAM that the PS3 has because the Cell doesn’t need much RAM because its fast enough. And the fact that the PS3 has XDR means that it has faster access to data files."
http://talkplaystation.com/...

EDIT

I expect at least 4gb of ram for all next gen consoles.

[ugabugaz]

Although these things wont come until the PS5, this is want i want from next gen gaming.
-Lifelike graphics
-Using your mind to control a game
-Ability to have scents deployed by the console based on your location
-360 degree visibility, ability to move your head and that corresponding to your character

That is what truly next gen gaming is.

[arakouftaian]

that they r using for r2 to make the videos is possible for us to be inside world n have a 360 view n be able to do anyting inside but that will cost way to much but maybe in few years they can make that tec. chip small i believe is possible maybe next gen but it depend on were sony want to go whit next gen do they want to do that do they want to go n make a wiimotion like i hope they go for the 360 look around

[GAMER NOT FANBOY]

rondemuerte....WHY SO SERIOUS?

[xplosneer]

You guys realize that the PS3 was probably already being designed somewhere within months of the PS2 release? They just went through a million revisions first.

[mistertwoturbo]

Unfortunately MS went through less revisions with their hardware.

[Snukadaman]

You droids can be in your delusional world and say the ps3 is the end all be all of consoles but people not needing a extra console or even a blu-ray player for that matter can pass it up quite simply and no amount of idiots with additional accounts spouting nonsense on this website will change that revelation that the ps3 is not the super console it portrays.

[PS3rd the Turd]

lol PS3rd is garbage this generation.

Seriously PS4 FTW.

And the new Xbox FTW beofore that.

PS3rd is a joke.

[Xheratuul]

mujahid the turd is back in his outrage

[zapass]

wank
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the interesting life of an xbot!

[Snake Raiser]

It is obvious that the xbots need a new attack. You know that a systems cycle begins many years before the actual launch. I am glad that Sony is already thinking about the PS4, that way it will be a lot better. Just because they are thinking about it does not mean that it will come out soon.
I hope we don't have to endure the xbot's and wii worms articles like this one for the next week.

[Snake Raiser]

Dang...I was a real fanboy for a while.

[Snake Raiser]

I think that you all know that a systems life begins long before it is released. I am glad that they are thinking about the PS4, the will be able to make it better. Just because they are thinking about it does not mean that it will come out soon.
ie: I am thinking of PlayStation HOME.

[gnothe1]

for you guys thinking PS4 by 2012 keep dreaming. Sony will NEVER let MS have this advantage again. even though the PS3 is coming on strong if it wasn't for the PLAYSTATION BRAND NAME an the RROD of the 360 it would have been a curtain call for the PS3. but because of the Faults of MS an the strong brand name of the PlayStation they were able to pull through. but Sony doesnt wanna have to fight like that again because they might not get the breaks they got this time, next time. if MS release its next box in November 2010 you better believe the PS4 will be here NO LATER than March 2011, only a few months behind, an especially if Nintendo have something coming around the same time!!

[thePatriot]

dreamcast have it. One thing they wont let microsoft have is a more powerfull console. hell would freeze over

[thenickel]

I just hope that the next gen is called the virtual era. My dream is to fear it's all real and hopefully the PS4 will bring it.

[RAM MAGNUMS]

get this garbage out of the news & try to keep it relevant to today!

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[jinn]

too early to worry about it

[sonic989]

the devs didnt even learn how to tap 30%
of the ps3's power
idiot writer
this kind of news makes me feel like the ps3 is sooo behind in technology but thats not the truth i know

[sonic989]

looool no way (waaay)

[Mini Mario]

" dktxx2 - 3 hours ago

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there will be another PlayStation by 2015. when Sony said 10 year life span, they mean that they will continue to support it for 10 years, not that it will be the only PlayStation till then. It will be like the ps2 and ps3 today, living side by side, both being supported. "

Oh absoultely, i agree. I mean without the ps2 the ps3 wouldve folded agggges ago. I mean the ps2 is the only reason sony's gaming division are even breaking even.

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" Hagaf22 - 1 hour ago

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ok, first we would be very naive to think that all three console makers arent thinking next gen. THEY ARE. But thats not to take anything from this gen. It's the way of the market. Its a fast moving industry and you have to look forward. Second, as for more of the "same thing", if by same thing making a console that pushes the boundries to keep it current years after production then yes. Look at ps1, it fully utilized cd and keep them at the formats until what? oh thats right ps2 and dvds, which keep dvds current till what? yes ps3 and blu ray. While i hope we dont change formats again before 2018, sony will find a way to make ps4 stand out and push the boundries. Again though this is nothing to worry about any time soon, i see next gen just as this gen, nintendo and xbox will break in to the market first, while sony tries to push something next and breakthrough. Next gens consoles need to be throughly thought out and not at all by any means rushed."

I dont get why people need a thousand dvd players. I had 3 dvd players before i bought a ps2. I had many cd players before owning a ps1. Blu ray at the moment is only just starting, once the ball rolls blu ray players will be as cheap as dvd players are now. And for storage of files and photos and mpegs to internet needs, my trusty high end pc fills that spot in a big way.
Much more practical too really, especially when you have so many more programs on a pc...with a printer.

By the way nintendo are generally the late starters in the console race. The nes came out way after the atari and c64 (but before the master system). The super nes was late with the 16 bit era (almost cost it the top spot too). The n64 and gamecube both came out after sony (however werent so lucky at being lucky last in those gens). This is the only gen that they have actually been on time.

[PoorDroids]

He was tired of all the lies Fony forced him to sell...

His only way out was to turn to another failed company, Atari.

I feel for him.

[TheColbertinator]

Playstation 4,eh? So how much?

[PistolPumptMonk]

If by more of the same you mean "awesome" then bring it.

[REALZILLA]

Bull Sh@#%! Phil doesn't like that working at Infrogram. That is all bs. Infrogram is like a rebound chick. Personally that is like Tiger leaving the pros to go to mini golf. If he doesn't make a big noise within the next year or so, his trip to the minors will be permanent. I'm not talking another crappy DBZ game either.

[Wii60Fan]

Casual gaming...where have I heard that before? Wasn't Sony just saying earlier they do not want to pursue the casual market? Make up your delusional mind Sony. Seriously.

[mmike855]

He has helped build the Playstation brand, and successfully launched numerous consoles. The title of this story is misleading, because it oversimplifies Phil's perspective. The man didn't put his back to Sony, or abandon the PS3. He helped give birth to it! Phil is pursuing a new venture, and helping an ailing company who seriously could have seen extinction otherwise. Good for him, taking on a new market, building something else up from the ground to the sky. Phil is a visionary. He helps others see things, and they become manifest.