PS4 Announcement Possible at E3

[Thorpesaurous]

This article was from GameInformer:

Engadget's Spanish language site published an interview with with Sony VP of home entertainment Hiroshi Sakamoto today, in which Sakamoto hints that a major hardware announcement from the company is coming around the time of the annual E3 convention.

According to Engadget's translation, "He told Emol (translated by Engadget Spanish) in response to a question about "a new announcement related to the new PlayStation," that while the news is "still a big secret," the PlayStation side of Sony, "are getting ready for it."

After a follow-up question regarding whether the news was a "big announcement" or "something complimentary," he stated, "Probably the former, on that date we hope to deliver big news, but we must wait until May at least."

Obviously, it's -- while this is hardly a confirmation -- it's easy to read this comments that the next PlayStation console, codenamed "Orbis," is being set to be announced at or around the time of E3. Sounds like this should be a very interesting show indeed.

With a similar thread about the possibility of the new XBox being announced there as well, this seems relevant, although both leaks are extremely vague and non-committal.

[Rose]

Originally Posted by Thorpesaurous

This article was from GameInformer:



With a similar thread about the possibility of the new XBox being announced there as well, this seems relevant, although both leaks are extremely vague and non-committal.

I'm almost positive that M$ is announcing the next Xbox at E3, just because of the countdown. Nothing else makes sense, because there's no reason to make a revamped Kinect unless you're doing a new console that uses the Kinect since it has such a smaller market anyways.


And since I don't think Sony wants to be playing behind this time (and certainly not a year back like last time) I think we get an announcement there as well.

[Timmy D for MVP]

I fully expect both systems to be announced this year.

I fully expect both to reveal their systems on their own terms (not at a conference).

And I fully expect Sony to do everything it can to beat Microsoft out this time. I don't think the people running Sony enjoyed being the last out of the gates last time.

[takai]

Absolutely no doubt they will. Plus they even said they'd let Microsoft go first, and Sony's E3 conference is always last. Nintendo has already set the bar with all the new game announcements for the WiiU as well.

[Kungfro]

Looks like it will be a lot sooner then E3.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJj88pXdd6o