If The PlayStation 5 Doesn't Get Developed, Where Does Sony Go From Here? - Mammoth Gamers

Development on the PlayStation 5 may be up in the air according to Sony's President of Worldwide Studios; so where does Sony go from here?

[AudioEppa]

Is there really nothing else going on within the industry?

People seriously milking this topic over a dinner conversation where somebody who works for company didn't confirm if they're making a next console, AS their current one has only been on the market for almost 3 years... Shocker!

SMH

[Drake714]

problem is getting all that trash to N4G

[FarEastOrient]

So true, Nintendo get's a free pass and if Sony does it, the end of the world is coming.

[Eldyraen]

It's the biggest news atm as e3 leaks haven't started yet but they'll be coming (a few have--such as possibility of this, read dead map, etc) but a mid cycle upgrade is substantial rumor that could affect everyone (as backlash/"feels"/etc ).

[DragonDDark]

Right?! Can't believe people are saying this now. What's next?

[AudioEppa]

The real question we SHOULD be asking Sony right now is,

So how bout that PS9? Is it coming in 2019? lmao

[subtenko]

"Sony employee found playing on xbox, but what does this mean for sony?"

Xbox coming out with improved app, should playstation be worried?"

"Nintendo patent reveals they are working on a new controller for their next console (EXCLUSIVE)"

Shall I continue? xD

[FITgamer]

PS5 is coming, but they aren't going to talk about it. If they came and said "Yes PS5 will be out 2018 or 2019". Then no one is going to buy the new PS4 they are releasing this year. Best not to talk about next-gen until near the end of this one.

[subtenko]

"Hey sony, its ps6 coming out"

employee: "well I think we are focused on ps4 now"

"zomg, they arent gonna make any more console!!!!"

[subtenko]

Shu yoshida sneeze after us asking him about crash bandicoot. Does this mean crash bandicoot it coming back for a sequel on ps4? Could this be a hint? XD

[DigitalRaptor]

How can a company or its representatives know what is likely to happen 10 years into the future?

Sony will go exactly where people expect them to go based on the leaked plans for the PS4K.

[XeyedGamer]

Um..... Beyond

[uth11]

Speculating that there may be no PS5 seems silly with all the Neo rumors floating around. Sony isn't sure there's a market for a PS5, but they're sure there's a market for a 4.5

[Liqu1d]

How dare you use logic.

[Tankbusta40]

Anyone who listens to these guys must be tabloid readers. Sure Sony isn't going to make a PS5, after PS4's wild success...I suppose Glock is going to stop making 9mm's after this year also?

[Immorals]

Release the Neo with an expansion slot, similar to their HDD port, but for GPU/CPU. Futureproof until Internet is good enough for quality streaming.

[s45gr32]

That is what Sony is working on right now with the PS Now. Sony did not release PS Now just for backwards compatibility, it released it to test out at what price will consumers accept paying PS Now monthly. To test it for any lag, streaming, etc. issues so by 2020 is fully functional. PS Now is PS 5 end of discussion, the console hardware is dead and buried deal with it.

[BoneMagnus]

They are not going to admit that a PS5 is on the horizon because they want people to buy the PS4.5 Neo. Simple as that.

Personally, I already put a 2T hard drive in my PS4 and I have a 1T XBone, and many games to finish on my 360 and PS3; I'll wait until a PS5 before buying another console.

[Tankbusta40]

Agreed, I have absolutely no use for upgrading a console every 2.5 years...thats called computer gaming

[Arrow2283]

Is it me or does it seem like this new lay out of N4G just sucks.

[s45gr32]

Playstation Now replaces consoles end of story. Pros of Playstation Now:

Crossplay
Bigger audience (Playstation Now on PC, mobile devices, and as an application for smart tvs)=more profits
Family share plan
Lower costs (transportation, manufacturing, hardware testers, etc. all gone )

Ability to download Playstation games from a wide variety of digital stores (Amazon, Target, Gamestop, etc.) and store say games on external hard drives

Cheaper games through a digital competitive market no more $60 for every game

Digital Refunds for every game

Its cons are:

Lag
Internet Speed

Pros outweight cons end of story.
Is time to end games hold back by inferior outdated hardware
Is time to end non-competitive console disc market
Is time to lower the price for gaming

Upgrade-able consoles equals the death sentence for Sony/Microsoft

Same audience = less profits
Higher costs in manufacturing, transportation, etc.
Higher price games
More DLC, More Microtransactions, etc.

Game developers will need to optimize not just for PCs but for consoles and ensure every console game works on every new console.

Console Gamers lose its 3 tenents of owning a console:

Affordability
Accessibility
Ease of Use

The reality is the hardware of consoles is done and buried deal with it.

[Vitalogy]

"Cheaper games through a digital competitive market no more $60 for every game"

In what alternative dimension you saw this? Most of the times you can find retail games almost half the price compared with digital counterparts LOL

[s45gr32]

PC gaming market, check it out.

[Liqu1d]

No, PlayStation Now is an additional way to play games. It's not a replacement for consoles.

[s45gr32]

It will replace consoles, think about it. Sony releases PS Now on PC, mobile devices, as an app for smart tv equals higher profits, revenue, and a bigger audience. Is no longer constrained by inferior outdated hardware......

[RegorL]

Sony has built a great foundation, there are things they can do for years. Actually a console built around a GPU with an added CPU to do things the GPU can not do with asynchronous compute.

Memory - it is the GPU that let the CPU share a bit of its bandwidth not the other way around.
- more memory
- faster memory (especially HBM)

GPU
- more and improved CU
- more cache
- better compression
- higher frequency

CPU
- more(?) and improved cores
- more cache
- higher frequency

The supplementary ARM (actually a BMC as seen on servers)
- improved video compression
- more memory to buffer higher resolution video out
- will see reductions in chip count (1 SOC + SDRAM)

I see no reason to start over, it is quite solid architecturally

[Jag-T1000]

It's time to shut things down. We can go outside now. You will be free.

[MasterCornholio]

Just curious.

But how does Sony go from having the best selling console to abandoning the console market?

[sloth3395]

they want to turn to a streaming service they said with PSnow they want to get all games on it including vita and PS4 down the line. so I wouldn't doubt if they go cloud computing and just stream all games in the future

[Austin48]

The PS5 will happen the PS4 is the best selling one so they would be stupid to not make another console. Plus it's to early we are just now halfway through the PS4 cycle.