by Matthew on September 24, 2008
I had a hunt around for PS4 concept designs the other day and didn’t find much at all. Anything I did find was just old PS3 concepts with the number 3 scrubbed out.
When do you think the concepts will start rolling in as to how the PS4 will look? It seems that the target for electronics now is a black, polished, shiny type look like the new LG TV’s and the PS3. Will the designs follow suit in 3 – 4 years time? or are we looking at some way of hiding or integrating the PS4 with other technology in the home? It could be that there is no physical medium to play games from meaning that no access to the device is really needed and thus, it can be hid in a book shelf.
What’s everyone’s thoughts on this?
Maybe we should hold a competition for the best PS4 concept design. Let me know what you think of that idea.
by Matthew on September 3, 2008
So far there are three contenders for the next gen console race. The PS4, XBOX 720 and the Wii 2. So far Sony have said that they are releasing a Playstation 4 as they knew what went wrong with the PS3. The XBOX 720 (not an official name) seems to be in production as MS have said…
Q: What’s the planning cycle?
A: We start thinking about the next generation before we shipped the Xbox 360. It doesn’t start with a date. It starts way upstream with silicon development. From that comes a series of data points. You start making early technology choices. It’s an evolving thing. Stuff doesn’t become concrete until you get inside a window of when you have to ship, more than 18 months or so out.
As for the Wii 2… we are just hoping that this thing arrives as the Wii was just plain genious and changed the way people play games.
Drop by our Playstation 4 forums and let us know which next gen console will be released first.
