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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Tire of the pussified people of today

Can the world move on from being offended by everything someone says now... some uses the word retard, and someone else's whole world comes to a halt. Really, you that sensitive? You can't go on because someone said a word you don't like. The way people are today is simply pathetic, get over it, put your big boy pants on and move on.

Tard

Did you fail to complete the good ending of inFamous 2? I'm pretty darned sure that will be the canon ending. If not, go replay it boyo. You'll see why there is no Cole McGrath.

grammar nazi

"...release until Microsoft has launched its Xbox 360 predecessor." Predecessor means "to come before". How can Microsoft launch a console in the future that comes before the 360? I think you mean "successor" or one that comes after. Not meaning to be a grammar nazi, but it just reminds me of when the Irate Gamer was hammered for the exact same thing.

Why, Playstation, WHY!?

Personally, I have adored Playstation all my life and cannot wait for the PS4, but why does the inventor of the PS4 have to act like retard and not man up and show us his latest creation? I rest my case. :p

They showed blah blah blah....

Your a smartarse, you need your head caved in. Get your teeth kicked into gums with steel tips. Then have your knuckes & wrists stomped on, shatter your bones into shards. I'd love to give you one of my 'personality adjustment' lessons.

Im disabled

I'm in a wheelchair and I take huge offense at you using the word retard!!! I'll pray for you tonight but im certain youre going to hell for things like that!

get over it.

Being offended by something implies that there is something wrong with it. I'm white, and I'm not going to get offended by someone saying, "hes acting like a white guy." My advice to you would be to dig out your sideways tampon and get the fuck over it.

ur in a wheelchair n offended

ur in a wheelchair n offended by retard.. im lactose intolerant, i hate steak, and panzies.. r u a retard cuz ur in a wheelchair? or r u in a wheelchair bcuz ur retarded? only in this wonderful modern age can someone squirt a tear cuz they got their feelings hurt!! if u was in jackfuckistan u wouldnt be in a wheelchair, u'd be doin the doggy scoot across the ground like a puppy with worms. just stating facts, i really hope i didnt offend u.. pussy

Im disabled too.

Really? You take offense to retard? There`s no correlation between mental disabilities and wheelchairs, other than the fact that SOME have mental disabilities ontop of the physical. Stop letting words dictate your self worth.

fwiw

you should know better than to take offense by something that wasn't meant as an one. he neither called 'you' a retard in order to offend you nor did he say something derogative about physically or mentally disabled people in general. and btb, others may as well be offended by you believing that your praying may have any influence whatsoever on their life and/or afterlife. but surely it wasn't your intention to offend anyone by saying that - or was it?

Oh come on, what sort of

Oh come on, what sort of logic is that? The usage of the word 'retard' in this case is crude and offensive to mentally challenged individuals. The original commenter meant for that word to be used as an insult, equating being "retarded" to being stupid. I can't believe you actually defended that dude's use of the word and pretty much told someone who is mentally challenged that they shouldn't be offended by it since it wasn't directed towards them or anyone of their community. It's mind boggling tbh.

Retard

Retard is the accepted psychological word for a diminished I.Q.. Look it up in the DSM. It is also the command for slowing down the tempo of a piece of music. I.E. both meanings mean slow. You equate retardation with being stupid because, essentially, that it what it means. Not saying it's right but I live in a country where people are allowed to say things, even if they are offensive. My advise to you is to build a bridge and get over it. There is no freedom from offense.

3 year old tech?

Good luck updating the video card on the PS4. By the way PC's have had 8 cores for 3 years already. Get ready to spend $500 on a platform that will have dated physics and graphics at launch with no mods and a limited library of games.

3 year old tech?

Good luck updating the video card on the PS4. By the way PC's have had 8 cores for 3 years already. Get ready to spend $500 on a platform that will have dated physics and graphics at launch with no mods and a limited library of games.

Wow

Wow i cant believe all of the bitching and moaning over which console is better. I own a ps3 and not an xbox. Why? cuz that's what i grew up on and wanted. But hey if someone showed up at my house and gave me an xbox i would use. The only thing i really like about the xbox is that you can listen to music while playing games, And the fact that you can install your games onto the hard drive to make them a lil more stable and less laggy. But for me i chose the ps3 over xbox any day. Ive seen more xboxs break down/ freeze then i have ps3's. Also what makes really like the ps3 is how simple the xmb is, its all laid out for you, i dont gotta look through menus trying find one thing like on the xbox. but all in all its the buyers choice and opinion.

In my humble opinion, console

In my humble opinion, console manufacturers are shooting themselves in the foot with the image they're creating for themselves. At some point they'll have to concede some profit to maintain a level of quality, if they want to continue to exist long-term. A yearly-release edition of Call of Duty might not have been so obnoxious when you could still buy used games because they weren't requiring that you pay full market price for mountains of uncreative, ideologically sanitized mass-market crap. Honestly, DRM is looking like a more attractive option at this point.

hahaha

loyal sony customer will come back... it doesnt matter about competition... plus there are some people that just plain hate microsoft... so thus you have it again.... AND! the xbox 720 rival doesnt have blueray... sony invented it, its the greatest thing on the market... eat your frickin heart out! there is no way you can top it! good luck trying!

Actually, no. Ivy Bridge 22nm

Actually, no. Ivy Bridge 22nm architecture and PCIe 3.0 are the greatest thing on the market. And consoles lack upgradeability. If Sony wants to market its machine to the social media user, it should have built a new smart phone. What gamers want, is games. Not gimicks. Sony and Microsoft are gonna have a hard sell this year with all of the insanity coming up about disc-locking technology.

Interesting

There are some truly ignorant people here. I have had both for many years as well. The PS1 was my first console ever, and it was wonderful. Then I bought the Xbox after a few years of playing strategy games like Command and Conquer Generals, and of course counter strike. When I obtained my Xbox, halo was the first FPS that I had played that was well thought out. (Mind you, I said "the first "I" had played. And at that point I had played very few, so don't give me crap about it.") Then the 360 followed. I started getting into the Call of Duty franchise, per recommendation of many of my friends. Anyways, I visited a friends house at some point. (ive had the Xbox 360 Elite (the black one) for about a year now) He was playing a PS3 RPG by the name of Demon Souls. After getting a chance to play that game, I was instantly hooked, and quickly bought a PS3 Slim. (I was disappointed that it did not have PS2 platform capabilities that came with the first gen PS3, which was a downgrade. I was disappointed.) I have many games for both consoles. Now, im also a final fantasy fan. So I used the PS3 mainly for the final fantasy franchise, which led me only using the PS3 for RPG's. (not including The elder scrolls and Fallout games.) So I cant really say anything about PSN since i've rarely used it. But the few times that I have played on there, there are very few hackers that actively exploit FPS games during ONLINE matches, which is true on both Xbox and PS platforms. I am slightly biased since i've mainly used XBOX live For Shooters since the beginning of my console years. I know for a fact that neither gaming communities suck. Also, to the person who said that Halo and COD don't take skill, you ARE mistaken. Just the fact that there are even tournaments held for those two games alone proves that there is obviously skill involved. Let alone the fact that there are individual WINNERS. (*gasp*) All first person shooters take a fair amount of planning, strategy, and reaction time to master, even more so when they're online. There was, is, and always will be, CAMPERS on EVERY platform in EVERY online game. And to the PC lover, there (surprisingly enough) was ONE game that had 120-140 player matches. It is called MAG. Its a PS3 game. I didn't discover MAG until several years after it was released, so I decided not to buy it, assuming it was already a dead game. Im not sure how successful it was though. ANYWAYS, both platforms are wonderful, though I use them for two totally different types of games. Sales DOES NOT determine which consoles are better, to an extent. They are both great. Everyone is just biased. All the "fanboys" are just kids who have grown up on a certain console or other, and is simply biased because he doesn't know anything else. And when he sees a chance to announce his "console allegiance", he will, and he will also talk shit about anyone that opposes him as much as possible. I say that, but honestly I would prefer if people wouldn't argue about this unless they've ACTUALLY owned both consoles and truly gotten to KNOW each console before talking trash about them. Always know both sides of an argument thoroughly before arguing one point, otherwise youll be bound to lose the fight. And I also think illiterate people who cant fucking type or spell worth shit should just stay away from computers. It drives me insane when they enter an argument, because every single person, no matter which side, will tell him to fuck off. All they do is make themselves look like bumbling fools that aren't capable of being worth anything more than the shit that comes out their ass. Anyways, my rant is over. Oh, by the way, for you "teen fanboy" haters, I myself am a teen, and I don't think ive said anything that labels me as such, let alone being "stupid", "Ignorant", or a "Dumbass". I look forward to any replies to my post, as I am curious about what people have to say.

ive flipped flopped between

ive flipped flopped between consoles my whole life, since the NES (yes i said it!!) - genesis, n64, psx, dreamcast, ps2, then finally xbox 360 (ive owned 5 - 2 stolen, 3 red rings of death) a month later i got a ps3 (ive owned 3 - 1 fell off a truck while i was moving, 1 stolen, i still have the other) aside from the fact that i've never had a ps3 stop working for no fucking reason at all (even with 24+ hr gaming sessions) my girlfriend knows nothing about games, she is of the opinion that the games look better on the ps3. i tend to agree. i also enjoy the ease of linking the ps3 to my laptop, and the fact that u dont have to pay a fee to use the PSN. im not sayin that i will never own another microsoft console, im sure a fiend will eventually give me a stolen one, but i am saying i will never BUY another microsoft console

DUUUUDE!

Man, that was like the inagural speech or somethin', man. You were loading out my servers with that comment. I had to spend 5 minutes trying to read that thing, but I agree.

I very truly agree with this

I very truly agree with this statement dude. I started with the genesis, in terms of consoles, But switched to the psx. From then i got into rpg's and tps/ stealth games. I had both the ps2 and the xbox growing up, upon their release. I saw very similar styles on each, yet i always saw xbox as slightly complicated and at first, it was more glitchy. But then again, so were most games. 15 years ago, the industry was still in an infacy state, seeing as nintendo had introduced new 3-d models of games. Since then, the systems have gotten amazing but the fanbases annoy me to no end. All i get is hate all school now from all my friends, which i take in stride, because i am a ps3 owner, solely by sentiment and cost rather then qualms about its performance. Ive seen both consoles have their issues. Sony isnt perfect, neither is microsoft (as im sure we all know, many of us owning or having used their pc's or consoles). I still have my old base model xbox, and i usually use it as i always have, to play older rpg's. My ps2 and my shooters are on there. Generally the more toon style ones, like Jak and Daxter, or ratchet and clank. I also have my ps3. I use it simply for everything. I am not severely opinionated on either console. I only know the xbox makes games look so good, but its frame rate suffers sometimes due to this. And the ps3's processor being what it is generally doesnt have as good graphics, but it manages a more stable frame rate. Both systems have their glitches, hackers, and idiots, as you simply stated. And it really does not make a difference. Honestly, i would own an xbox 360. I just dont have enough funds myself to pay for the memberships, and so i choose ps3 based on that fact. I can still play the large, open world or free roam games i love, like Deus Ex, Prototype, infamous, or Dragon Age, or even a good shooter like battlefield, or even Black ops on this console. It does not matter. The titles are the same for each. There really should be no arguement on 'which is better'. So i very much agree with you. :) Nice to see a more informed point of view every now and again.

Woops

I wanted to restate. I meant that at that point in time, I'd had my xbox for a year. Its been much longer since then. Also, ive never gotten the red ring of death, not even once in all my years of owning a 360

o boy

Listen i have just read every single comment in this blog. This is the dumbest thing i have heard anyone argue over. Jeeze guys go play ur games and be happy with wat you have. I dnt have anything because they are both a waste of time. Idk i guess people will argue over anything

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