Next PlayStation will be revealed February 20th

[Lil' ½ Dead]

Sony said we'd 'see the future' of PlayStation on February 20th, and it appears to be true: The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the company will not only reveal the next PlayStation at the event, but actually put the new video game console on sale later this year. According to the publication's anonymous sources, both the next PlayStation and Microsoft's next game system will compete head to head going into the holiday season.


Though Sony CEO Kaz Hirai and others had originally telegraphed that the next PlayStation might not be ready as soon as the next Xbox, it appears to have been a feint. We may see what the so-called PlayStation Orbis has to offer in as few as three weeks. In the meanwhile, you can pick through Sony's video teaser to see what could be our first glimpse at the game system.

WSJ: Sony's next PlayStation will be revealed February 20th, arrive later this year (update) | The Verge

[realneil]

Thanks for the post Kevin. Should be an interesting heat-up between them and Microsoft.

[MattyMatt]

I am hoping it will be backwards compatible. Just want to see which console Last Guardian will launch on to be honest.

[Cyberburnout]

Sweet. I look forward to its release. From what I hear so far it suppose to have some serious hardward. Packed with AMD 7000 series GPU. Some reports says it will have dual gpus. We will see.

[Lil' ½ Dead]

http://psmeeting.gametrailers.com is where to go for live coverage today. Things begin at 5 PM ET / 2 PM PT from New York

[realneil]

Thanks Kevin!

[Lil' ½ Dead]

PS4 has 8 GB of GDDR5 RAM! ...never expected anyone to pursue 8GB of GDDR5... How much is this going to cost?


GDDR5, its just too expensive.

[Lil' ½ Dead]

Sony held its streaming worldwide press conference to announce their new console- the Playstation 4! We don't know what it looks like yet, but we do know about the Dual Shock 4 controllers, the Playstation Eye, how Gaikai cloud gaming will change the experience (or how it could), and a taste of what's to expect with games and technical ability.

My favorite thing showed off in the entire presentation was the Quantic Dream tech demo, which showed off a high level of detail in a mock-up of an old man's face. Jesus Godoy also watched the PS4 announcement with me and says he liked Killzone: Shadow Fall the most, though we can both agree that it doesn't look like anything the PS3 couldn't produce, at least for the time being.

Gaikai's cloud gaming could also be a gamechanger- that is, if they're able to actually deliver on the promise of making every Playstation game available, and not for a prohibitively expensive price, though, it's still incredible that anyone could "try for free" before buying.

So, what do you think? Did Sony deliver enough to sway you (fast load times, more creative promise, "Share" functionality, for example), or are you still not sold on it? After all, we still don't even know what PS4 looks like or what it will cost to buy and play. Some people will always be PC gamers, others will always stick with Xbox or Nintendo-- would you ever leave your gaming device of choice for a sexy new PS4?

Jesus and I discuss our thoughts on the announcement.