Sony’s PlayStation 4 will be the first machine in the series to abandon the DualShock joypad design, according to online reports. CVG claims to have word from a studio source working on an unspecified Sony game who says that several designs have been tossed about, some of which are closer …
Read More »Making sense of the next-gen spec rumour mill
It’s easy to think up some numbers. That’s true whether you’re a journalist or a tech person trying to sound clever in front of a journalist. And whilst we wouldn’t accuse any of the authors behind yesterday’s pair of next-gen spec stories of making anything up, they were so wildly …
Read More »Report: PS4 50% more powerful than next Xbox
PS4 'has a run-capability' of 1.84 teraflops compared to the next Xbox's 1.23 teraflops
Read More »UPDATED: PS4 is 50% more powerful than Xbox 720 – INTERNET EXPLODES
My dad could beat up your dad. Except neither of them exist beyond the confines of our imagination. It’s a bit like that. But we’re unofficially in the run-up to the next-gen now. Imagine the last few days in the office before Christmas. You’re technically at work but everyone expects …
Read More »Next Xbox and PS4 to be unveiled near GDC, claims report
Apple style press conferences to announce new hardware in late March
Read More »PS4 and Xbox 720 to be announced in March – report
March, you reckon? Well it’s funny you should say that… A report in Game Informer magazine picked up by Videogamer claims that both Sony and Microsoft intend to reveal their respective next-gen consoles in "special Apple-style press conferences near the Game Developers Conference in late March". It adds: "E3 in …
Read More »Report: PS4 and next Xbox to launch this year
Microsoft to integrate Kinect into every next-gen Xbox, claims analyst
Read More »Analyst says PS4 launching this October, Xbox 720 in November
Baird Equity Research’s Colin Sebastian believes that the PS4 will launch in October and will be followed by an Xbox 720 arrival the following month. However, he also claims in a note to analysts that he’s heard word of early production issues with Sony’s PS4” that could delay Sony’s plans. …
Read More »PS4 reveal could come before E3, teases Sony exec
'Announcement may be made at E3 or even earlier in May', says Hiroshi Sakamoto
Read More »Sony exec hints at possible pre-E3 reveal for PS4
A Spanish language interview with Sony’s vice president of Home Entertainment Hiroshi Sakamoto appears to have confirmed a PS4 reveal in the near future. When emol.com asked if a new model would be revealed in the coming months, Sakamoto responded: "That’s still a big secret, but our friends are preparing …
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