Sony "Not Making any Announcements at E3" About PS4

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by William D'Angelo, posted on 12 January 2012

Kaz Hirai, who oversees Sony's video game and consumer electronic businesses spoke at a roundtable with reporters during the Consumer Electronic Show. He reiterated that the PlayStation 3 was designed to have a 10 year life cycle and there is no need to rush out the PlayStation 4.

A reporter asked Hirai about Andrew House's comment that there would be no PlayStation 4 announcement at E3 this year. House is the head of Sony's video game division. "Andy is absolutely right in that we are not making any announcements at E3,” Hirai said. “I’ve always said a 10-year life cycle for PS3, and there is no reason to go away from that."

However, even with a 10 year life cycle for the PlayStation 3, that doesn't mean there won't be any overlap between the current generation and the next generation. The PlayStation 2 which is 10 years old is still selling despite the fact that the PlayStation 3 has been on the market since 2006. While there won't be an announcement at this years E3, Hirai didn't rule out one next year.

4 Comments

Sinan45 (on 18 January 2012)

So??? You designed a console a 10 year life cycle... but if the PS3 consoles won't be sold because there will maybe be a future consoles with Directx 12, next gen graphics with massive quality and all that shit... then they will buy that console with all that shit built in... I prefer a Samsung Galaxy S 2 instead of a Nokia 3310... not because the Nokia is bad, but because the Samsung Galaxu S 2 has all that new tech and sounds like a better deal. But if Nintendo, Microsoft, Dell Alienware, Apple or Onlice launch a new console at the next E3, then PS3 have to play with the price and make a big price drop... In my eyes performance is always better than low priced consoles. But of course you would like to buy a PS3 if they is a good price drop, but still beside all that there are this new console with all that hyper tech built in.. PS3 supports Full HD... in the future there will be Ultra High Definition. It has been in development for almost 7 - 10 years now. You can read all about it in Wikipedia. UHD is 16 times better than Full HD, which means a resolution of approximately 7600 x 4800 or something like that. (UHD 7600 x 4800) vs (Full HD 1920 x 1080) Who will win? Bet on the price or quality? It's your choice. That's what I would say to this guy who says that PS3 was supposed to have a 10 year life cycle. I don't say that making the PS3 was a mistake, but ... you have to act carefully Sony. I have a PS3 now and I really want your PS4 if you got one out there in the next upcoming E3 :(