It's great news folks. by next gen it won't really matter that much what specs console has, since it is going to be crazy powerful. So difference is going to be BUDGET and talent, basically like in movie industry. So sony will always push with their games. Making it easier for 3rd party who make 98% of software is really key importance.

irrespective of how the games are going to look next gen.. it won't be laughed at like this time. the press, in general, learnt it the hard way. Uncharted, KZ2, Heavenly Sword are the games that were so looked down upon and never got the attention it should have got.

ironically, the press can't stop talking about GOW3, UC2, KZ3, LBP 1/2, GT5 to name few. no matter how much one ignores he/she can't ignore the quality of PS3 exclusive games.

Looks like PS4 is well into development but I also believe that it'll be a long time before we see a PS4.

thats what i was trying to say bubbles and well you know great minds think alike lol

That's all fine and dandy, but I don't only play exclusives. I want to play 3rd party cross platform games too, and I want them to at least look and perform as good as they do on the competing consoles.

I don't really buy the idea that a console has to be hard to develop for in order for us to see improvements. Games on the 360 have continued to get better too, even though it was easier to develop for. Gears of War 3 and Halo Reach both look a lot better than previous games in those franchises. Developers will always find ways to improve things. I really don't believe that you have to make the console hard to work with in order to see improvements throughout the lifetime of the console.

In any case, I care about exclusives and cross platform games and I want them to both look great on my console of choice, so I am very happy that Sony is planning on making their next console more developer friendly. In the long run we will get better games all around, exclusives AND cross platform games.

I also want to see multiplatform games that can perform well, that's why I said this:
"I hope they make it easier for devs to do simple things (to keep costs down) but I also hope they keep the complexity so that we can see developers really push themselves along with the hardware as the years go on."

Obviously hardware is not the only factor of game development. But I do believe that complex hardware can aid in adding depth to game development over time.

Personally I don't think that the just between Gears 1 and Gears 3 is a big as the jump between the likes of Uncharted. And Halo 3 wasn't a very visually impressive game to begin with so the jump to Reach isn't based on what the hardware could do as much as it was what the developers wanted to do. I don't see those game as pushing the boundaries of what is possible on the 360 just showing up what it can do.

I mentioned to exclusives and an example, not as a rule.

I feel like there is a difference between pushing the hardware and showing what it can do.

Now, I'm not saying your wrong, just that I'm looking at it differently.

if they go again with 10 year cycle i would be willing to pay for that you get what you pay for in life

and ps3 is an great example of that

but my gut feeling is ps4 will be 399-499 at the most it will use the latest bluray atleast 500gb but by than 1tb would do the game the latest wifi netwrok

and we have ourself a ps4 i just can not waite to see what IBM will do for ps4/xbox720

another $600 console that can play the latest movie meida free online ect or another console that has rrod e74 PBOD ect yeah I know what I would pick.

but i demand PS1,PS2,PSP,PS3,PSP2 BC for that price. with usb 3.0, 3.5"HDD support, BD-XL and a CPU-GPU-memory combo capable of getting 120 fps @ QSXGA resolution...

:P

One game that Sony payed $200 million for. lol
Also, you sure were quick to get triggered. Maybe your the one who needs a hug?

War is causing gas prices to rise. Transport of everything requires gas so the prices of those items go up as well. So it does have an impact

The blockage of the Straight of Hormuz due to the US-Iran war has affected raw components used in semi-conductor manufacturing such as bromine, aluminum, and helium. Iran had attacked the liquified natural gas (LNG) plant in Qatar which is a large producer (1/3 globally) of helium which is used in semiconductor etching. So it's the both the war and the RAM crises.

It's actually not hard at all. Shawn Layden said he started it. Shawn Layden has confirmed that he was behind the strategy to bring PlayStation exclusive games to PC. Regardless of whether you hate Jim or not this wasn't his idea. It happened during his watch, but it was started before he took over. Below are links with him confirming it started with him

https://www.gamesradar.com/...

https://x.com/i/status/1444...

Wtf why all that anger. PlayStation is dominating on every level. Besides I think there is a little more to hiring a CEO than just who is available. Its not like its a athlete your team wants to buy.

S2Killinit

live service failures, chasing trends, closing studios. yes dominating

Sony is Dominating because competition is not existing. Compared to previous gens this is the poorest in terms of software offerings.

Last gen we got Uncharted 4 Lost Legacy and TLOU2 from ND alone.

This is so far a remasters gen, with no competition to lift up the quality

Floppy 😆
No pun intended