Sony CEO: We’ll Show Our Next Console Only After Microsoft Shows Its Own

January 25, 2013 - 5:17am

Sony president, Kaz Hirai, seems to be content on repeating the company’s PlayStation 3 launch mistake by holding off PlayStation 4 (Orbis) release until Microsoft has launched its Xbox 360 predecessor (Durango).

"Why go first, when your competitors can look at your specifications and come up with something better?" he explained to British magazine, The Times.

With both Orbis and Durango specs nearly finalized, most enthusiasts expected official announcements to be made during this year’s E3 expo in June. This looks less likely now.

This quest for processing power superiority has lead Sony to release PlayStation 3 a full year after Xbox 360. When Sony’s consoles finally made it to the market in 2006, its main competitor had already enjoyed a market lead of 10 million units sold. Even worse, Nintendo Wii was released around the same time PlayStation 3 was launched but it still managed to overshadow both consoles before the end of 2007, effectively proving that raw processing power is not the decisive factor in this market.

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A (mostly) good strategy

While it is true that both Microsoft and Sony are already too late in the game to make any major changes based on what the other reveals, the fact of the matter is that the choice of one apparently minor feature can be a game changer. Examples: The Dreamcast boasted the GD-ROM which was superior to DVD-ROM in every way Sega could envision. It held data in such a way that allowed for more robust graphics. (which is why when Dreamcast games were ported to later system some of the visuals suffered despite newer consoles being more powerful.) - Unfortunately, the GD-ROM wasn't suited for DVD-Playback. When Sony included DVD playback in the Playstation 2 the Dreamcast failed because if you weren't buying a PS2 for games you were buying one to watch movies. More recently we had the war between Blue Ray Disc and HD-DVD. The xbox 360 came out first playing DVD movies. A year later the PS3 came out with the ability to play Blue Ray discs. Even if Sony wasn't making as much money per unit by including Blue Ray, it ensured overall profits by winning the format war. Microsoft at the last minute tried to include the HD-DVD player add-on, but it was too late. While it is unlikely that the disc drive will be as big of an issue this time around, it is an overall fact that the person who goes last can include something in their console that changes the game without any major change to design. On the other hand, if they wait too long they will give the Wii-U needless market share. Sure, Nintendo shot itself in the foot by requiring updates so large that consoles keep breaking brand new, but people are getting over it. I think whoever holds out longer will earn the most over the next 10 years from their console.

Subject

Well, don't forget that the 360 was having issues early on as well, easily getting red rings of death just for bringing them home, over heating, scratching up your discs easily, etc. Give Nintendo time and they will patch everything up just like Microsoft did. Unlike Microsoft who kept denying that the 360 had problems (especially with the over heating), Nintendo knows there's still problems and are actively trying to fix them. They even do free repairs when you ship them out to them which is also a great plus.

Sony please don't throw in

Sony please don't throw in crazy technology that going to allows to achieve super computing powers. We just need to play a game. Quad core, few gigs of mem and a decent GPU that all we need. Emotion Engine = FAIL CELL Broadband =FAIL PS4???

You guys need to be in school instead of gaming all the time....

Do any of you proof read your comments before sending them, or is everyone a bunch of kids??? Looks to me like the most of you need to be back in school learning your grammar and how to spell, instead of spouting off at the mouth about graphics and which system is better!! Half of these comments make NO SENSE at all, and the other half have so many misspelled words and horrific grammar that its barely understandable! Wow! Lmao

So what if we're bunch of

So what if we're bunch of kids and so what if you think we should go back to school and learn. You're just jealous because you can't misspelled words and make horrific grammar like us do. Go troll some place else. Don't thread shitting, stick to the topic smartass.

Trolling Trolls

Before criticizing other's grammar, consider proof reading your own ... ("Looks to me like the most of you," "spouting off at the mouth," "make no sense") Sadly, trying to make yourself feel better by bullying others left you open to it. You are far from perfect. Thus, to have any validity in your lucid attempts at trolling, try shooting for easier targets henceforth. Btw., Sony is having a major press conference on the 20th. Let us cross our fingers for a ps4 release.

grade: B-

* proofread is one word... * "the most of you" (extra "the")... * "it's barely understandable" (it is, contraction). Multiple extraneous punctuation. Recommendation: Repeat 4th grade.

Grammar and Grandfar

I Know, it's like the less then coherent ramblings of a neurotic monkey scribed by a spanish crack whore and translated with Babel Fish back into English. I would get more sense out of a conversation with my poo.

Uh, Yeah.

"and the other half have so many ..." Correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't that be "the other half HAS?" I believe so, because the word "Half" is singular, and has would go well with singular. ALSO, "Horrific grammar that its barely understandable" It should be "it's" LEARN2APOSTROPHE

Actually....

The problem with that sentence isn't in "and the other half have so many". The next part "misspelled words and horrific grammar" should read "misspelled words and SUCH horrific grammar". LOL sorry couldn't help it.

Dont hate But love the games

i must say some of the comments are very amusing, the passion and pride that some people express is brilliant. i my self love to play the games that come out on these consoles. but i wouldn't go as far as belittling someone for having or expressing an opinion. Irrespective of which console i play, its all about the games that are released on those consoles. Sony has an idea and a plan, it may pay off or it may hurt them very badly. but son long as the game developers keep up the good work, all is well. Ultimately its not going to be massively different when it comes down to the technical side of it, because all the platforms/consoles (with the exception of the PC) will have to take into consideration of the fact that when a games developer develops a game they will base it so that the games can be played on all consoles, it would be way to costly for them to create games per console, unless of course its a console exclusive. the only advantage the PC would have is the fact that if the developer later released a higher res texture pack for pc gamers to install. I would recommend trying to acquire all consoles that way you can experience majority of your games on a preferred console, any exclusive titles on the other console and any moddable games such as the elder scrolls franchise on the PC and of course the Nintendo classics on the nintendo line of consoles. Happy Gaming to All.

wah wah its all in ur own opinion u. care to much

Its so intertaining to listen to girls complain about whats better do ur research beforw complaining and making garwntees and bets pc is better for graphics but its all in what u like are u willing to sacrific. For consol play over pc i am because i just never could get into pc but it is better in the visiual department for sure but wii u it sucks in my apinion and it sucked when it was just wii i honestly jaave no right to say so other then the fact i just dont like it so refuse to touch it x box and playstation i like for different resons but its all in. The difference beetween what games come out soly for one or the other and . Not both i like playstation a little bit more just because i enjoy the controller over x box. No. Real reason other thwn the way they fit my grip

For everyone out there PC has

For everyone out there PC has the best graphics by far yes, now when we get into the head hoauchos like PS3, the 360 and wii/wii u heres how it needs to put out there PS3 had the HD disc yes but that is a special coating to not let scratches happen and PS3 it not really that great like everyone say did you know that most PS3 games are only 720p NONE reach the 1080p/1080i. Now on to the 360, the 360 has the white back dvd style disc which is always in danger for scratches (which is why you should always install your game you don't get the dirty things) which can cause you game to not work obviously but if doing so your load times are faster and your disc doesnt move so no scratches now to graphics with the 360 i would say to be fair 65% of the 360 game will play in 1080p 1080i which is something that for some all people love from what im seeing here. Now on to the wii u and wii ehhh not a fan so i cant say i hate them or love them just not my area of gaming but to continue with nintendo for everyone out there SERIOUSLY go get yourself an old NES or SNES so you can appreciate what we have now hell try out an atari if you can you would get a kick out of some games off of that one, it has one of the first contriversial games on the atari all in all though just have fun what the need with all the bickering

FYI

And for those of you that don't know what the controversial game is, its called look it up your own self, people need to stop putting their time into researching somebody's stupid question, if its like fixing an emulator/console then yeah that's different, but " Where can I get ROMs"? Come on! Look it up yourself! I spend 50-60% of time on the internet researching stuff, the rest is youtube, where I do some research at that.

Fail.

Firstly, PS3 doesn't make games. It plays them. Second, that is a completely biased opinion that not all people agree on. I disagree. I think it is a tie amongst the three major consoles (360, PS3, Wii) being that there are so many multi platform games, and then there are the classics for each console (Halo, Mario, God of War). With that said, I own an Xbox 360, and I love the games that are available for other, but I would appreciate seeing some PlayStation games on Xbox. But anyway, saying "Everyone knows PS3 makes the best games," (note your comma fail) is a bold statement. Besides, there are PSX games that would effortlessly take the cake over plenty newer games, including PS3. I'm excited to see how the new consoles turn out, and hopefully some more games go multi platform, although I don't see it likely.

Who Cares?

It Dosent Matter If Your 12 or 21 i you have the time to sit here and argue about graphics that suck on both consoles then you have the time to go study and go to collage and learn to make your own games and consoles..thank you everyone!

PC -besy graphics-

kids before spamming a site with "Xbox is the best graphics" just because you own one is not right. I would have just left this alone but PC is in the lead with graphic, how so? Well graphic go hand and hand with resolution. For instants I like my videos in 1280x840 or higher why because it looks way better the 480x240. Just next time kids do you research and use your brain and don't say random things because its just annoying to the ones the know this simple stuff already. ~Z

you ppl

R freaking nerds. The wii u sucks and Xbox 360 with connect is best the Xbox can has the most best graphics the wii has the world's worst graphics ever in history so the moral of the story is Xbox is the best and wii u and the normal wii sucks

wii

EEEEEEEE YUP THE WII U IS THE MOST ADVANCED SYSTEM AND IT HAS THE BEST GRAPHICS RITE NOW SO YOU ALL WHO HAD ARGUED GO SUCK BALLS!

This is just ridiculous.

You are both probably 12 years old and have no real gaming experience. PC gaming is better than any other home console by a landslide, if you have the right computer. Even if you don't, Wii U's graphics are only better than the original Wii. PS3 and Xbox both have better GPUs. Do your homework next time, kids.

PC good in graphic but sucks!!

Yeah, PC gaming always have more better graphic than console every year, but not for people whom not always spending all their money to upgrade their PC. Like while my PC's could run PES 2011 and also PES 2012, but when PES 2013 was out, its sucks u have the game but u can't play it because u need to upgrade ur PC. While console have more plus value, it could last up to seven years with games that PC also have with a decent graphic, like my PS3 console.

I second this

the pc has the best graphics and problem will do so for a long time you can even look at the resolution chart and graphs to see that......Do people do research before the comment.

whatever

funny shit how yall dumd fucks defend video games companies like they belong to yall, damn these f****ing companies even charge u to play their games, if atleast they would give em to yall for free, none of yall fucks work for sony microsoft or nintendo, why in the shit make fool of urself defending a company that who know if the owner is fucking ur mom or some,. get a damn life, shitttt.

Seriously?

1.) There are too many grammatical errors here to count, and you used "yall" so many times I nearly had a brain aneurysm. Don't think too hard about that one, or you may have one yourself. 2.) Of course companies charge you to play, how else would they make a profit? That's what this whole business is about. 3.) The only one making a fool of himself here is you. Trust me, you're going nowhere.

ignorance

I'm not gonna lie but I'm a sony fanboy but what people need to realize is 1) both systems have flaws. 2) not every system is built the exact same so some break easier than others 3) the whole controller argument is flawed because you can get 3rd party controllers and its a matter of preference because to me the xbox controller feels too big and uncomfortable because I'm use to the playstation controller from ps2 & ps3 4) stop these arguments there will never he a winner

PS4

Where does Kaz actually say "Our new system will be released after the next Xbox"? Nowhere. This has been blown way out of context (shocker!) all over the Internet. He simply said Sony wouldn't show or announce anything before Microsoft shows or announces theirs.

Not a very smart article.

"Sony president, Kaz Hirai, seems to be content on repeating the company’s PlayStation 3 launch mistake by holding off PlayStation 4 (Orbis) release until Microsoft has launched its Xbox 360 predecessor (Durango)." That wasn't their big launch mistake, their big launch mistake was its introductory price. Sure, it launched a year and a half later but that didn't hurt them *too* much. Plus, most people only expect the PS4 to launch a few months after the next Xbox so it's nowhere near as big a disparity. I'm sure Sony's offerings will continue to outshine Microsoft's, with Microsoft's only real strength being advertising. Well, that and the casual appeal of Kinect, but I think that's what's gonna lose them their hardcore market.

Why the fuck does an article

Why the fuck does an article about PS4 possibly being released after the release of X720 get like 2 pages of comments about which console that has been released years ago is the best? This article is about the upcoming consoles, not the past ones so everybody could just take their arguments and go somewhere else.

Who really cares?

I have all 3 and i play on all 3, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. The Xbox 360 is the best selling console because it has the best support, developers can easily develop for it and microsoft ensure these developers are paid a fortune for the best games. The PS3 is more a media platform than a games machine, PS online is utterly terrible in every sense, especially when compared with Xbox Live, their is simply no comparison. PS Online is both unstable, and unsafe and only now have Sony decided to revise its security, Little to late really. However the PS3 is a very capable machine and the blu-ray drive is always useful. We all know the PC will always be ahead of consoles, and frankly who cares? if you want to keep spending hundreds or thousands on new parts or machines every year go ahead, you are clearly as silly as the manufacturers hope you are. Games still look great on both the PS3 and Xbox even after this many years, so with the new hardware i cannot wait to see what they will produce. Roll on both PS4 and Xbox 720 i say, competition is a good thing and i hope these two companies continue to compete, as this serves us (the consumer) better hardware and better deals in the long run.

I don't have a 360 so I can't

I don't have a 360 so I can't vouch for how their system handles, but I've never had a problem with it being unstable (assuming by unstable you mean disconnects a lot). Admittedly I vastly prefer PC gaming to PS3, but from what I've played on it, it seems fine. And as for it not being secure, I'd have to ask if you think the 360 would have survived a similar hacking attempt... if I've learned anything about anonymous, it's that they are surprisingly efficient at taking down secure systems. Playstations big mistake was earning their ire, not having a crappy online service. And even if it is both those things you have already said, just remember: you get what you pay for, which in the PSN's case is nothing.

smh

look you guys, the pc fan boys the ps3 fan boys and the 360 fan boys, I have a wii a ps3 and a 360. the 360 died within 1 year of moderate gaming. Microsofts customer support is just plain un helpful and the value is terrible. picure this.... a 4 gig. 360 goes for... around 200$. a 80gig ps3 slim goes for around...250. whats the better value? the ps3. xbox fin boys argument better game quality... lets look at that, shall we? the xbox uses DVD format disks. the ps3s game disks are blu ray. the ps3s online community is healthy and lacks as many little kids and squeekers. another xbox argument is the controller sucks. well, get a 3 party controller. they make controlers thar are like the 360 for a ps3. sony made the right move delaying the ps4. when Microsoft makes there console I hope its not a piece of steaming, overheating lump of shit. ps:ive had 5 360 die on me, 2 computers die, and ZERO ps3s die. and customer service is fomamal. I had a download GTA EFLC that they messed up, they gave me twice what I payed. I bet xbox doesent give a shit about the gamers. if you don't bieleve me, try to call there security team. and asy why your banned 4 life. they read back the e-mail I got. I know what I did, I just wanted to try them. they say we cant disclose that info. its like going to trial for murder and the procution says we know you did it, the judge asks for proof and thay say" uh uh we cant dislose that info or how we got it. PS3 FTW

Wrong

wrong the xbox thats 200 is better priced cause you can buy a 250gb harddrive for 50$ and bam now you have a 254gb xbox for the same price you got a 80gb ps3 ... thats what i did mine also came with the kinect so for 250 $ you can get 250gb xbox 360 with kinect and the ps3 is 80gb and you still have to buy all the accessories if you want them

Regarding value vs hdd.

Regarding value vs hdd. On the 360: You cannot add the hard drives together, you must remove one and install the other. You will lose the 4GB and gain 50GB. You are also limited by buying the enclosed drive only from Microsoft. On the PS3 side: You can remove the hdd, and replace it with any 2.5" sata hdd (500 GB=$54.99+tax & shipping). I would have to say PS3 is the better value on this point.

They die to.

My PS3 is sitting in the floor next to my tv dead. My xbox, still working fine. PS3 won't even let me eject the game so I can sell it. It's dead and greedy!

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