Playstation - Gamescom 2012

[Nitey]

Nice, looks like Sony has gotten a lot of people on-board with the idea of Wonderbook

[billm0066]

The PS2 also had a projected 10 year life cycle and the PS3 was released before that timeline. They can release the Playstation 4 and continue their 10 year life cycle plan for the PS3.

This year we've seen the new Starwars game that is basically a next gen console ready game. We have Watch Dogs, a vastly superior Battlefield 3 for PC and the reveal of Unreal Engine 4 along with a fully powered CryEngine 3. You have publishers already said to be working on next generation projects. We are ready for the next generation, it will be disastrous for both console makers to delay any further or else developers will focus their major titles on to the PC platform(Or rather, go the same route as Battlefield 3 and make the PC version greatly superior).

Do you want to bet we wont see a ps4 until 2014 at the earliest? We are already almost 3/4 of the way through 2012, and we all know it's not being released this year. 2013 has a lot of heavy hitters coming, so why release a new console then? We will be lucky to see it in 2014.

Game development takes years on the really good games like Uncharted and Killzone. I'm sure developers are working on next gen stuff, but if it takes them years to complete, that's pushing them out a couple years at least. Look how long it takes to make Killzone, and you want to increase the graphics and other things? That just adds to the time and development costs.

PC gaming is pretty much dead, so developers wont flock to it. There is not very much money to be made because of piracy. When you make a console game, it means everyone with that console can play it. You make a game with unreal engine 4, my $900 tower I bought 1.5 years ago wont even run it because of the crummy video card. I'm not upgrading my computer to play a damn game, and most people will say the same thing. However my launch ps3 will still play any game that is ever made for it.

How many developers are really pushing ps3 to it's limits? Only a handful. Most are just multiplats that are getting ported over. There is no reason for sony to release a new console right now, because it makes no financial sense. Unfortunately money is the driving force to their decisions, and you are not looking at it from that perspective. You are looking at it from a a gamers point of view. Portable games are a really hot market right now, which is why ps vita and sony certified phones are being pushed hard. Low development costs and higher profits.

[Nitey]

Come on Arsenal, come on Arsenal! <3

[snooper71]

Until dawn, day one!!!

[Ghost-Rhayne]

Until Dawn! :O

[Soldier 95B]

Come on PS3 Slim 2.0 where are you?!?

[Equinoqs]

Rain looks fascinating.

[Thorzilla]

Shit man, Rain looks amazing.

[snooper71]

E3 redeemed!!!

[AaronSOLDIER]

Japan Studio FTW

[Ghost-Rhayne]

Rain and Until Dawn, yes please! Day 1.

[Nitey]

Sony's investment into new IP is fantastic this late in the generation.

Sony doesn't understand gaming anymore.

[Fon]

Do you want to bet we wont see a ps4 until 2014 at the earliest? We are already almost 3/4 of the way through 2012, and we all know it's not being released this year. 2013 has a lot of heavy hitters coming, so why release a new console then? We will be lucky to see it in 2014.

Most of those heavy hitters are coming out in the first or second quarter of 2013, the best time to show a new hardware is at E3.

Game development takes years on the really good games like Uncharted and Killzone. I'm sure developers are working on next gen stuff, but if it takes them years to complete, that's pushing them out a couple years at least. Look how long it takes to make Killzone, and you want to increase the graphics and other things? That just adds to the time and development costs.

That depends on how much easier it is for developers to work on the console. It took them a long time to work and get used to with a different and difficult architecture. If they somehow make the next gen Playstation developer friendly, then a two year cycles sounds about right. The PS4 is said to be in development since 2010, we won't see heavy hitter titles right away but we will see PC counterparts like Starwars and Battlefield 4 go to PS4.

PC gaming is pretty much dead, so developers wont flock to it. There is not very much money to be made because of piracy. When you make a console game, it means everyone with that console can play it. You make a game with unreal engine 4, my $900 tower I bought 1.5 years ago wont even run it because of the crummy video card. I'm not upgrading my computer to play a damn game, and most people will say the same thing. However my launch ps3 will still play any game that is ever made for it.

PC gaming is actually becoming bigger and at this rate, it will be the norm for core gamers.

How many developers are really pushing ps3 to it's limits? Only a handful. Most are just multiplats that are getting ported over. There is no reason for sony to release a new console right now, because it makes no financial sense. Unfortunately money is the driving force to their decisions, and you are not looking at it from that perspective. You are looking at it from a a gamers point of view. Portable games are a really hot market right now, which is why ps vita and sony certified phones are being pushed hard. Low development costs and higher profits.

They have pushed the console to it's limits, what developers are doing now is finding new tricks but their canvas is very limited now.

[Nitey]

Puppeteeer and Rain both need to be on Vita. O_O

Japan Studio 4lyf

NaughtyGods

[neoxthexone]

That was dissapointing.

[AaronSOLDIER]

Still not much for me to buy a Vita though.

[snooper71]

Psthree, where did you go?

[*goo]

Killzone Mercenary looked much better than Black Ops Declassified. If I need a shooter, I know which one I'm probably going for!

[Nitey]

BlackOps: Declassified looks like sh1t! Probably needs to though to maintain 60fps

KZ:

[Ghost-Rhayne]

Sony's GC presser was better than their E3 by miles haha. That was awesome. Those new IPs rock, Puppeteer looks kinda crazy. Haha CoD looks like ass :S I'm SUPER chuffed that I'll be getting R&C, Sly 4 and PSABR FREE on my Vita. Liberation and KZ:Mercs looks awesome.

[Chille]

9/10 best conference ive seen in years, my favourite announcement has to be cross buy, I was planning to get the vita and ps3 version of all stars anyway, but this omg, sony <3. The 1GB storage for cloud is awesome too

[AaronSOLDIER]

Killzone Vita looked awesome though, not into FPS and I'd totally get one mainly for that.

[Ghost-Rhayne]

Can't wait to see more of Until Dawn. Looks like they had some Saw type contraptions going on in that bitch haha.

[Nitey]

Fantastic conference [for Vita owners]. Pleased with most of what was announced and discussed for the Vita

I need Tearaway now, now!

Was refreshing to SCEE focus on Vita as much as they did after SCEA completely disregarded it at E3 this year

[Fon]

Sony's GC presser was better than their E3 by miles haha. That was awesome. Those new IPs rock, Puppeteer looks kinda crazy. Haha CoD looks like ass :S I'm SUPER chuffed that I'll be getting R&C, Sly 4 and PSABR FREE on my Vita. Liberation and KZ:Mercs looks awesome.

They definitely showed a good lineup of new games. Hopefully Rain and Puppeteer will be available for Vita also. The biggest Vita game was Killzone, looks really good but I hope that it doesn't end up like another Killzone 3. Another one was Tearaway. Great concept!.

Call of Duty looks almost exactly like Resistance: Burning Skies >_>