I bet you the PS4 will be a very good system to have

[darkchrono]

With it looking like the PS3 is going to finish third behind the xbox360 and the Wii I bet you sony is going to make the PS4 a much more reasonable system to own than the PS3 (the expense of the PS3 and its games is what pretty much made it fall behind).

I would assume that the PS4 will be a cheaper system to buy and the games prices will be a little more reasonable as well. It's funny because if you go to alot of stores there are still just as many PS2 games on the shelves as there are 360 games.

[Hambone]

The console race has only begun, my friend.

[Big D]

If the current consoles are anything to go by, then the PS4 will basically be just a PC with a controller. I think the current generation are veering away from what traditionally made consoles accessible and fun - the 'plug-and-play' functionality, rather than endless nitpicking over customisation, system requirements, and constant bugs, upgrades and patches.

[DMKA]

lol, fanboys.

[unfinished fantasy]

lol, fanboys.

pc ftw!

[Cyric]

TBH, I think consoles have officially gone as far as this generation will go. In order for Sony to be able to replace the PS3, it's going to need 3 features: holographic, hi-definition, and interactivity (for lack of a better term). Basically, the 'screen' would hover over a mat that you stand on, while the game plays around you. Sort of the like the Wii-motes, you'd have some sort of special equipment to wear for the mat to pick up your movements.

[darkchrono]

I think all the ps4 really needs is just a lower price and improved graphics from what the ps3 had.

The only thing I think that would be cool for the ps4 to have that the ps3 doesn't have is the ability to install the entire game onto your hard drive so you don't have to bother with putting the cd's in everytime you play.

If they did that couldn't they make it so once the game is installed the first time the only ps4 it could be reinstalled onto is the original ps4 it was installed on (so people who didn't buy the game couldn't borrow it and install it on their own gaming system?

[Sarc the Swordsman]

I want the PS4 to have the ability to transport you into the game you play in!

...ahem. I'm not too bothered about the PS4 yet, it'll be overpriced when it comes out, so I won't go out of my way to get it.

[Dreddz]

If Sony is keen to push digital distribution then maybe it will be a download-only console. I could see that happening because we won't see the PS4 till 2011-12 and a lot of things could happen between now and then.

[The Shoeless Hobo]

If Sony is keen to push digital distribution then maybe it will be a download-only console. I could see that happening because we won't see the PS4 till 2011-12 and a lot of things could happen between now and then.

That would be horrible. It would take me a month to downlaod a game and my download limit would rocket over the monthly limit.

[Mirage]

yeah, expect internet connection technologies to stay as they are today for 4 more years.

[Goldenboko]

If the current consoles are anything to go by, then the PS4 will basically be just a PC with a controller. I think the current generation are veering away from what traditionally made consoles accessible and fun - the 'plug-and-play' functionality, rather than endless nitpicking over customisation, system requirements, and constant bugs, upgrades and patches.

I disagree. I can't speak for the PS3 because I didn't want it. But the XBOX and Wii have provided easy functionality. A few bugs here and there, naturally, but all of the games I own (especially for Wii) have been easy to pick up, and fun naturally.

[darkchrono]

And although the ps3 requires updates to the system all the updates are automatically included in the cd you buy so all you have to do is pop in the game you bought and the update will happen automatically.

[Bolivar]

It's funny because if you go to alot of stores there are still just as many PS2 games on the shelves as there are 360 games.

That's because the PS2 is a very much alive console, with apparently 130 games being released this year.

If the current consoles are anything to go by, then the PS4 will basically be just a PC with a controller.

The PS3 already is

The PS3, upon its release, was a very far-sighted machine, and its potential has yet to be even concepted. In the meantime, the cheaper system that darkchrono suggested Sony "needs" is already out, alive, and is so far the most widely owned console of all time.

[cloud21zidane16]

I wouldnt say the PS3 has come third yet, i think the novelty of the Wii will wear off eventually and the PS3 does have a lot of good games out now so it could compete with the 360.