PS4 For 2010
Sony VP goes nixes Ken Kutaragi move equals ‘no new Playstation’ rumours as far-fetched
Ken Kutaragi: he moves so Sony doesn't have to.
Speaking in an interview with Australian-based, Smarthouse, Vice President of Technology for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Paul Holman, is quoted as stating that the Playstation 4 will not be available until 2010.
In the more immediate future, Holman pointed out that the PAL PS3 that will be available to gamers in March will be a slightly different beast to the one currently available in other territories. He states that the PS3 will have had a firmware upgrade and at least 20 new games in time for launch.
According to Smarthouse, Holman claims:
Of course, all this means is that, well, it'll have a firmware upgrade and the number of releases that you'd expect between December and March (we'd hope for more). But at least the lad is trying to make the most of what's been a torrid time for Sony. Placating PAL-based users - what with the impending release of the Wii in those territories - can't be the easiest of tasks - especially if standard update is all you've got to play with.
Back on the PS4 beat, an interesting aside also came out of the interview regarding the recent change of management at Sony.
The theory that Holman sought to negate is that the move ‘upstairs’ of father-of-the-Playstation, Ken Kutaragi, means that Sony is going to go the way of Sega and drop any future hardware development.
Holman’s response to this is intriguing: “To say that there will be no PS4 because of a management change is a bit far fetched”.
The phrase, “a total bunch of total bullshit… totally” is, of course unlikely to come out of the mouth of a senior Sony executive. The phrase, “categorically untrue”, on the other hand is certainly more solid than, “A bit far fetched”. After all, it’s only a decade ago that the idea of having video-phones that weigh the same as a packet of smokes was considered, “far fetched”.
In the more immediate future, Holman pointed out that the PAL PS3 that will be available to gamers in March will be a slightly different beast to the one currently available in other territories. He states that the PS3 will have had a firmware upgrade and at least 20 new games in time for launch.
According to Smarthouse, Holman claims:
"The PS3 has an awful lot of processing power and we will harness this power with firmware upgrades and new features. It will become as much a media centre for the home as it is a gaming machine and the introduction of new capabilities such as the ability to download third party operating systems to the PS3 will see several new capabilities added to the system. We have already seen one European Linux application running on the PS3 and over the next few months we know of several others that plan to launch a product for the PS3"
Of course, all this means is that, well, it'll have a firmware upgrade and the number of releases that you'd expect between December and March (we'd hope for more). But at least the lad is trying to make the most of what's been a torrid time for Sony. Placating PAL-based users - what with the impending release of the Wii in those territories - can't be the easiest of tasks - especially if standard update is all you've got to play with.
Back on the PS4 beat, an interesting aside also came out of the interview regarding the recent change of management at Sony.
The theory that Holman sought to negate is that the move ‘upstairs’ of father-of-the-Playstation, Ken Kutaragi, means that Sony is going to go the way of Sega and drop any future hardware development.
Holman’s response to this is intriguing: “To say that there will be no PS4 because of a management change is a bit far fetched”.
The phrase, “a total bunch of total bullshit… totally” is, of course unlikely to come out of the mouth of a senior Sony executive. The phrase, “categorically untrue”, on the other hand is certainly more solid than, “A bit far fetched”. After all, it’s only a decade ago that the idea of having video-phones that weigh the same as a packet of smokes was considered, “far fetched”.
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Comments
Joji 6 Dec 2006 12:30
1/9
Should they really be talking about PS4 when PS3 isn't even totally out to buy yet? That's very premature. There's no telling that PS3 will be enough of a success to warrant another.
alexh2o 6 Dec 2006 12:58
2/9
hang on a second... so your telling me i shell out £500 on this next gen beast only to have it outdated in 3 years?!?! come on sony! you got to be kidding me!
5 years is a nice healthy console like span, i expect the ps4 to be going on sale in xmas 2011. (with a bluray hd2 drive and "MotionWand" controllers!)
5 years is a nice healthy console like span, i expect the ps4 to be going on sale in xmas 2011. (with a bluray hd2 drive and "MotionWand" controllers!)
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tyrion 6 Dec 2006 13:26
3/9
Joji wrote:
Should they really be talking about PS4 when PS3 isn't even totally out to buy yet? That's very premature. There's no telling that PS3 will be enough of a success to warrant another.
Sony didn't bring it up, they were replying to that anal-ist who said that the recent management shuffle meant there would be no PS4.
alexhooren wrote:
hang on a second... so your telling me i shell out £500 on this next gen beast only to have it outdated in 3 years?!?! come on sony! you got to be kidding me!
Well the original story says "A PS4 will be launched by Sony but not until at least 2010 claims the Vice President of Technology for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Paul Holman." However, the original story shows no quotes from Paul Holman that back this assertion up.
ohms 6 Dec 2006 13:47
4/9
Joji wrote:
Should they really be talking about PS4 when PS3 isn't even totally out to buy yet?
Talk of the PS3 began within weeks of the PS2 launch.
alexhooren wrote:
hang on a second... so your telling me i shell out £500 on this next gen beast only to have it outdated in 3 years?!?! come on sony! you got to be kidding me!
So far every Sony machine has had 6-7 years until they are replaced by the 'next gen' system, so I doubt, even if the PS3 is a relative failiure, that this would change that drastically.
One thing that annoyed me about XBOX was that it was killed when it was still in it's prime, and more people were buying it. Everyone I know with an XBOX bought it in the last year and a half (including me).
If the 360 doesn't become the clear market leader will it also be killed in 3-4 years to make way for the next xbox??
majin dboy 6 Dec 2006 15:17
5/9
"So far every Sony machine has had 6-7 years until they are replaced by the 'next gen' system, so I doubt, even if the PS3 is a relative failiure, that this would change that drastically"
you have to think that if the PS3 is a failure,will sony even commision the PS4?
you have to think that if the PS3 is a failure,will sony even commision the PS4?
hollywooda 6 Dec 2006 15:39
6/9
So the PS3 is future proof to any other console!!!......... (ohh apart from the PS4 that's round the corner.)
DoctorDee 6 Dec 2006 16:04
7/9
Joji wrote:
Should they really be talking about PS4 when PS3 isn't even totally out to buy yet? That's very premature. There's no telling that PS3 will be enough of a success to warrant another.
When I went to the UK press launch of the PS1, Sony had a road map, about which they talked openly, showing the PS2 3 and 4 - and that was back when? 1995.
As for the PS3 being a failure - do you REALLY believe that?
DoctorDee 6 Dec 2006 16:09
8/9
majin dboy wrote:
"So far every Sony machine has had 6-7 years until they are replaced by the 'next gen' system, so I doubt, even if the PS3 is a relative failiure, that this would change that drastically"
PS1 launched in the UK in 1995. PS2 launched in 2000. So PS1 had five years.
PS3 will launch in 2007 - so PS2 had seven years.
I can't see a PS4 in Europe before 2012.
SuperStupid 6 Dec 2006 17:04
9/9
Excuse me, but where exactly where has he "quoted as stating that the Playstation 4 will not be available until 2010" ?
I dare you to find that quote, because as it happens, it doesn't exist.
The only mention of Playstation 4 he makes is to say, as you reported:
""...to say that there will be no PS4 because of a management change is a bit far fetched."
To jump from that to "PS4 for 2010" represents you missleading of your readership.
I dare you to find that quote, because as it happens, it doesn't exist.
The only mention of Playstation 4 he makes is to say, as you reported:
""...to say that there will be no PS4 because of a management change is a bit far fetched."
To jump from that to "PS4 for 2010" represents you missleading of your readership.