The Xbox 720 & PS4 are, once again, unofficially on their way
Matt Hawkins It’s that time of the year, in which we reflect where we’ve been and where we’d headed… specifically, when new consoles are finally going to hit. And while nothing official, the numbers being thrown about certainly feel legit and plausible.
Granted, it helps that, the closer we get, the more plausible things are going to sound, or at least have to, by default. Anyhow, rumors started circulating the other day about the PlayStation 4, courtesy of Develop, who states that “preliminary work” work on PS4 games have begun. There’s (obviously) no details on what is being put together, and whom, but given that Sony has a whopping 16 different first party developers, it’s not such a silly notion to believe that at least one is doing something.
… That’s not what it’s going to look like, btw, just a wacky artist concept. Anyhow, the expected release date for the system is 2014. Which again makes total sense; the PS3 will be about 8 years old at that point, which is definitely enough time to move onto things. Even though it took a while for the platform to catch its stride, things are going well at the moment, though we all that nothing lasts for ever.
Meanwhile, Develop also reports that on the MS side of things that development of the so-called Xbox 720, which they have dubbed Xbox Next, is in full swing. That one is due a year earlier, in 2013. Which again makes total sense, since that’s around the eight year mark for that console, one that’s more than lived a good, long life (and continues to do so).
… Again, another wacky Photoshop, sorry. The only game that’s been rumored to be worked on is another Fable from Lionhead. Just watch it have problems upon its release, with studio head Peter Molyneux claiming “Sorry, but the new system just isn’t powerful enough to capture all the ideas that our imaginations have!” Like always.
Hey, what else can be said? The 360 & PS3 were not going to last forever, as much as we’d hope. Many developers have been clamoring for better tools and more powerful hardware, so I guess that time is now. And admittedly, that ceiling that game developers and publishers have been complaining about is starting to sound less and less like excuses.
Then again, if today’s systems can do this…
… Then the new toys had better be able to top that with no sweat. Though whether manpower, not tech, will be able to do so is an entirely different matter.
The only thing I worry about is how all our digital content will transfer to these new boxes. I put a LOT of money into Rock Band tracks alone, and I had better damn well be able to access them still, and I mean ALL of them. Nothing’s worse than 5% not carrying over. That’s assuming that there’s backwards compatibility, which unfortunately, is something that’s not very popular these days.
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