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Sony to support PS3 until at least 2015
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Sony have confirmed that the PS3 will be supported with first-party software for at least another 3 years.
What do you think this means for the future of the system?
Would such an announcement encourage you or put you off investing in the system if you weren't already an owner?
Is this Sony's first real admission that a replacement system is on the way?
Assuming PS3 and PS4 will co-exist for a while (let's say 2 years) does this confirm a 2013 debut for the PS4?
What do you think?
What do you think this means for the future of the system?
Would such an announcement encourage you or put you off investing in the system if you weren't already an owner?
Is this Sony's first real admission that a replacement system is on the way?
Assuming PS3 and PS4 will co-exist for a while (let's say 2 years) does this confirm a 2013 debut for the PS4?
What do you think?
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I don't think I'll get a PS4 straight away. I'll wait and see what people think first and wait until there are some titles I want so probably 2014 before I replace the PS3.... unless the PS4 doesn't play PS3/PSN purchased content, in which case I'll be keeping it forever.
I do think the PS4 will be with us late 2014/early 2015.
Unsure if there were any this year, however.
I would have thought them saying that is to assure people that once the PS4 drops next year, the PS3 will still get games, so buy our new profitable version.
So if the PS4 is out 2014, I buy 12 months later (2015) perfect!
My PS3 will mostly likely become nothing more than a Bluray player, a fitting retirement.
I really hope so.
Power 7 would be close enough to the cell processor to emulate it.
the ps3 was a power monster when it game out, the ps4 will be a wet lettuce i will have to see what it is like before i change up as it wont be the big leap from ps2 to ps3 and we have already got hd graphics and online gaming so slightly more hd wont be a big enough draw especially using off the peg pc components
nope it wont be backwards compatible
The other thing is if it is not backwards compatible as well, then I cannot see there being a big market for it, as it is not going to have loads of games on release and it is predominately a games console.
I don't know how popular PS4 will be as we are now in recession so wonder if they will still sell lots?
What more can they add to it than what the PS3 all ready has?
The graphics are still good enough maybe have 4 or 8 K but that won't be much use yet.
It would be nice if it was quieter as my 80GB PS3 seems quite noisy.
Blu Ray is still a good format and maybe they could have the PS4 do 4 to 8 K blu ray disks that is all I can really think off.
Not sure how you can say that when there's been nothing officially released about the details of a PS4 :rolleyes:
There's a faster read speed now! Modern Blu-ray drives are 10x Read Speed compared to the PS3's 2x Read Speed. Obviously they can't change drive stats now, rarely would a company ever do that post launch, but yeah, if they DID use the 10x drives in the PS3, that would really sort out any streaming problems or Install requirements!
edit: Scratch that, there's now 12x BD drives on the market!
....and if they utilise the BDXL format for the next console they'll be able to more than double the current PS3 disc capacity up to 128GB. Handy for all that extra geometry and texture detail.
yeah, because they really want to kill off the ps3 as soon as the ps4 comes out and also this isnt going to be a powerhouse like the ps3 was its just going to be a cheaper console e.g. no cell processor inside:rolleyes:
As for the PS4 specs, who knows. The Cell is much cheaper to make now than it was in 2006.