Ben-DutkaWe're just so used to hearing about the next console in a sequence, it's a shock to hear the word "if."
While many still assume Sony will eventually produce a PlayStation 5, the company isn't ready to talk about it. In fact, they're not even willing to say they'll make a fifth home console.
Game Informer's Lorne Lanning revealed he had a private dinner with Sony boss Shuhei Yoshida during this year's DICE event (as cited by Attack Of The Fanboy ) and the following exchange took place:
"I said, ‘What does the PlayStation 5 look like?’ And he said, ‘You mean if…’ And I was like, ‘Whoa. Are you willing to say that on stage?’ And he said, ‘Yeah, it’s an if.'"
We keep hearing about the updated PS4 and Xbox One consoles (the latest report said Sony's upgraded machine will be significantly more powerful ), so maybe Sony and Microsoft believe the new units will keep going for a while. And don't forget that lots of experts and analysts think this is the final generation of consoles, that the industry will ultimately want to give consumers a universal machine that plays all games (like any movie player plays all movies).
Could PS4 be the last PlayStation console? If so, what do you expect to see in the future?
You did say that some would be though. In fact I think I had a brain malfunction. What I really meant to articulate was that some games would "left behind" in that old Playstation systems simply can't play new games and so they are incompatible with those who haven't upgraded.
Last edited by WorldEndsWithMe on 4/21/2016 11:14:05 AM
I doubt it. We will see a PS5. Just a matter of when.
^ No. If anything old games should run smoother and overall better on newer consoles.
Consoles are PC's now. It's no longer how it was back then, where there was a genuine hardware limitation (e.g. trying to play a Blu-ray PS3 game on a PS2 that only supports DVD discs…)
On top of that, games are digitally available now, so there is no genuine reason for older games to be locked out of newer consoles.
You just agreed with me man 🙂
they're gonna make another console. However im taking it as it might not be called Playstation then. Maybe they'll use the old PS VR name and start calling it Morpheus or something like that
Just call it a PCStation and be done with it!
That would have been an incredibly creative journalistic question right? We need video game journalists who behave like that a bit more. Our press is terrible at pushing these companies for information. They are basically in bed because without being treated decently by the main company, no gaming offshoot entity like an IGN can survive. So they have to just eat the "We don't comment on rumors and speculation" bit without further investigation.
Actually, with the PC at least, there is a site that recodes old games to work on new systems. GOG. If the consoles open up their systems, it is entirely feasible that something like that could be done with their games as well. However it would take money from the pockets of Sony and Microsoft. So probably never happen.
However console becoming more like a PC is a GOOD thing for the consumer. To say otherwise is a bit ignorant.
Last edited by wackazoa on 4/22/2016 10:52:00 AM
What if Sony skip PS5 and go straight to PS8K…
I think it's reasonable to assume that they're planning to take the joy out of gaming and give us a Workstation. Sounds terrible at first but it will get worse the more you think about it.
Lorne's second question should've been, 'What does the "If" look like'?
It has a nice ring to it. The playstation If. I think the playstation 5 sounds better, but I'm not a marketing expert.
OH MY GOD! I KNEW IT!
Ok let me calm down lol.
So basically it's official guys, consoles have transformed into PC's…
However I still think there will be a 'next' console and I'm pretty sure that they will call it PS5. I just think that from PS4 onwards, nobody will have to worry about 'backwards compatibility' anymore because they will all work (just like how old games work on a PC).
This can only be a good thing actually.
If that means that the old games collection no longer dies with the console when a new one is purchased, I'd say this is a huge step in the right direction. That always was my biggest peeve with consoles.
Wouldn't it be that if they make a PS5/Xboxwhatever, is because they've come up with a new architecture? I mean, where do you go from x86? And we all know that an incremental upgrade in processing power and memory isn't enough to warrant a full number change. So yeah, Sony may have hit the ceiling.
Last edited by Cesar_ser_4 on 4/21/2016 12:58:50 PM
Universal hardware is an idea that's been thoroughly discredited time and again. I also would not call PCs universal hardware because it's more about Windows and x86 being universal, GPUs come and go with low level drivers sitting under Direct X. It's not really a universal hardware platform. It's more a software environment, but even that is fractured.
Think about this, 4K screens are truly at the limit of human vision. Even full HD 1080p screens are close on that, depending on your viewing distance.
I've seen people mention *K almost jokingly, and they should continue to keep 8K resolution in the joke region.
But what I am gettign at is that the ceiling on games is not the hardware as such, it's the resolution. Once we have systems capable of 4K at 60fps, there is really no need to go any higher. Personally, I'd question the need to go beyond 1080p60. But since we know that most people's vision and their ability to perceive detail rests somewhere between 1080p and 2160p resolutions. Beyond that it's pointless.
On the other hand, let's say that you can continue throwing better and better GPU/CPU hardware at gaming. If we are no longer pushing resolution higher, which we really won't need to do in future, I see a greater focus on physics, particle effects, image quality, filtering, aliasing, and so forth. Beyond that real time ray tracing.
Without an upgrade to our eyes, resolution beyond 4K is absolutely pointless. Image quality, and elements such as real time ray tracing may be the console industry 'battle grounds' of the future.
This desire for a "universal" system is retarded. The industry needs competition. Otherwise it will go down the path of mediocrity. There's a reason Samsung and Apple make cool devices. Each offer a unique experience to the user.
We already have a 'universal system'.
It's called the PC.
Should be 8K not *K…
Maybe they'll go the nintendo route Ladies and gentleman i give you the *NEW* PlayStation 4.
I would agree that a PC is not "universal hardware". A PC is "open hardware". You can choose your OS, your CPU, your GPU, your storage device, your case, your……. So that makes it open in the sense that it is yours to do with/make how you want. Also dont discuss Universal and PC right now, Windows is in a bit of hot water on that.
As far as competition, "open", encourages competition. Thats why you can go on newegg (or Amazon) and find millions of PC parts. Yet there are only (Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo) 3 consoles.
I dont mind Apple's smaller product's (I have an iPhone, iPad, iPod and maybe latter Apple TV) but unless you do production for business, their computers are overpriced and just not as good. And honestly their prices would come down if they had a bit more competition in their field.
Last edited by wackazoa on 4/22/2016 11:03:33 AM
I don't use a PC because Apple makes a better computer for my graphic design needs and I much prefer their OS to Windows.
Last edited by Jawknee on 4/21/2016 4:03:36 PM