Analysts: No PS4 any time soon

Posted Dec 1, 2006 at 3:14AM by QJ Staff Listed in: PS3 Tags: Christmas, Financial Times, Microsoft, SCEI, Sony, Yuta Sakurai
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Meet the rest of Sony's broodEven as we're just getting used to cuddling up with our PS3's and Wii's this Christmas, it looks like them analysts are looking forward again at the yet-to-be conceived PS4.

"I cannot now imagine a PlayStation 4" was the opinion of Nomura analyst Yuta Sakurai voiced on Sony's future plans, in an interviewed by the Financial Times.

"The appointment of Hirai could be the start of a shift from hardware to software," Sakurai had said earlier, pointing out that Hirai, Sony's new SCEI COO President, had been focused on software management in his earlier career.

On a related stint, we've got KBC analyst Hiroshi Kamide discussing what he thinks is Kutaragi's newest role: managing SCEI's dealings with third-party publishers and patching up soured relations due to the PS3's delays and shortage issues. Other analysts oppose Sakurai's speculation, stating that Kutaragi, now SCEI CEO, will still have a lot of say in the everyday affairs of the corporation.

There you have it: No PS4 any time soon. With that out of the way, we're wondering what sort of name Nintendo and Microsoft will have for their new consoles: Xbox 360= Xbox 720? Wii = Wii2 (Read: Wii-W**).

Via Games Industry

 
 
 

Comments

by - 2006-12-01 05:43:10
wow

duh the ps3 just came out, god damn
by senjutsu - 2006-12-01 06:44:08
errrr so what analyst think is... real now? lol

stop talking about speculation, lol. It's not like we can jusdge the ps3 this year, you have to let a least one full year to judge, imagine is we judged the xbox 360 last year lol. we would have said: wtf are those 3 lights? NO, I'm not buyin! same, always the same. just watch, it's the best way! ps: buying my ps3 in january, and my wii in june!, had an x360 but returned it, I just hated the hardware ( my problem, not the xbox30, even if I had some M$ problems, like an E74, dunno what it is :S )
by - 2006-12-01 07:05:21
they are so smart

D
by Spector - 2006-12-01 09:40:30
Longevity

No way they'd even mention PS4 after all the talk of this console will have the longest life span (which I honestly think it will have). Sony should just draw some awesome looking mech on a napkin and whenever people ask about PS4 say this is some concept art on the idea.
by - 2006-12-01 14:07:45
hate analysts

do they actually make money these analysts? I just think it's stupid, I as an amateur analyst analyze an amazing abandoning of any cares of what any analyst will ever say again by the end of next year! And the guy that said "I cannot now imagine a PlayStation 4", he's just stupid
by - 2006-12-01 14:23:20
Next-next gen?

The generation of consoles after this wouldn't be right without a Playstaton. I grew up with the Playstation, it used to be all I knew about videogames. A generation without sony? *cries*
by - 2006-12-01 16:04:50
wii-wii FTW

lol wii-wii. lmao "dude how long have been playin with ur wii-wii?!, allnight long!"
by - 2006-12-01 18:38:04
Oh brother

Analysts "predictions" ...ok let me fix this.....opinions... should all be taken like anyone (even a kid's) opinion so nothing new here, move along.
by - 2006-12-01 22:36:22
lol

Wow, those analysists must be rocket scientists.
by - 2006-12-05 23:52:39
list

analist!

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