Will There Be An Early PS4 Reveal?!


Submitted by UnashamedVandal; January 14, 2013

Its is strongly understood in the world of rumours, that the PlayStation 4 and 'Xbox 720' will both be revealed by Sony and Microsoft at this years E3 Expo. However, according to reports from CVG, Sony's next console could be revealed even earlier than E3 in June.

 

Sony Home Entertainment Vice President Hiroshi Sakamoto spoke to emol.com last week about the situation and hinted at the possibility of an early reveal date for the PlayStation 4.

 

"That's still a big secret, but our friends are preparing PlayStation. I can only say that we are focused on the E3 gaming event, scheduled for June. [However the] Announcement may be then...or even earlier in May."

 

The VP then followed this up by saying...

 

"In that time we expect to deliver great news, but we must wait until May at least."

 

The translation of the quote is particularly on point, even so it does suggest that not only will Sony's next console feature at this year's E3 but it might be announced even earlier. This is fantastic news for all Sony fans. The PlayStation 3 was released much later than the Xbox 360, which gave Microsoft a huge head start in the market...it could be pay back time for Sony, as they looked to take an early lead in the next gen race.

 

Let me know your thoughts.


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# Payback time? — Juan Rain 2013-01-15 08:24
How does announcing PS4 in May constitute payback for releasing PS3 a year after Xbox 360? An announcement is not the same as a release/launch. They will both likely launch in October/November 2013, though perhaps Japan will get PS4 before that (so what?). By the way, it is likely Microsoft will announce before E3, as well.

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# RE: Payback time? — UnashamedVandal 2013-01-15 09:48
This is true, however Microsoft aren't speaking as publicly as Sony about their next console, therefore there is less to report. Also, Sony stated that they refused to be late to release their next console like they did with the PlayStation 3 and suggested that they would release their next gen console before Microsoft, this was news that came out a while ago.

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# RE: RE: Payback time? — Juan Rain 2013-01-16 07:40
This is deja vu all over again. I remember E3 2005 when Sony said they would schedule their press conference to occur before Microsoft's, and would keep changing their press conference time in reaction to any change of time by Microsoft just so that Sony would have the first press conference. It struck me as petty and childish on Sony's part, since they were trying to take the thunder away from Microsoft's showing of the Xbox 360 (though MS had already done a reveal on MTV in May 2005).

Sony is not going to win merely by releasing weeks ahead of Microsoft. Besides, they were a year behind MS with the PS3 and they did a darn good job of catching up, so they shouldn't bother boasting about releasing before MS this time around. Conceptually, it's not that tough for Sony. They just have to release a good console at a decent price with decent first party games and make it easy for 3rd parties to develop to.

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# RE: RE: RE: Payback time? — UnashamedVandal 2013-01-16 10:29
Yeah, I understand where you are coming from, it is a bit petty. End of the day, Sony eventually caught up with Microsoft, but as a company, getting the upper hand this time around would mean they could control the market much more comfortably.

They will need that extra time to gain more sales in North America, because that is where the Xbox 360 still out sells the PlayStation 3. I'm not saying that they will release the PS4 before the 720 just because someone from Sony said they will, however it will certainly give them the advantage they could have used with the first time around, rather than playing catch up for 3/4 years.

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