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Ads coming to Kinect:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/21/busine...x.html?hpw
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Sony statements:
Jack Tretton:

Quote:Forbes: When will you start talking about PlayStation 4?

Tretton: PlayStation 3 is really just hitting its stride. And technologically, I don’t think it’s possible to provide any advancement beyond what we have. What we’ve seen from the competition is trying to add features that already exist in PlayStation 3. We invested heavily in that, we rolled a very heavy rock up a steep hill, through the launch period. But now I think that all pays off, and we’ve got a long run way behind it. So, I wouldn’t look for any discussion of a next generation PlayStation for quite some time.

I think there’s ground to be carved out for everybody. But I didn’t see anything about Nintendo’s announcement that said ‘Oh, we’d better get working on rolling out a new PlayStation here pretty soon.’

Our attitude is kind of ‘welcome to the party.’ If you’re looking at being a multimedia entertainment device, if you’re looking at high def gaming, that was 2006 for us.

From Sony Spain, translated here
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=434701

Quote:

Indyana Wrote:SCE executive (James Armstrong, VP SCEE, CEO SCE Spain+Portugal) made a much clear statement about the PS4 graphics.

How do you imagine the next-gen, better graphics, new controls or both?
- It's difficult to say now. I don't believe we are going to have a console with much better graphics than the ones the PS3 offers now. I think the future will be in offering the best and most accessible experiences to consumers. The target will be to expand the gaming population and to try to design games for women.


My English isn't very good and it will take me more time than I would liked to translate properly the whole interview.

Highlight of Sony E3 conference?
- PS Vita, great controls for everyone.

Highlight of PSV?
- Controls give a lot of authenticity to games, great experience.

PSV target?
- Gamers 14-30 years old looking for a true handheld experience.

PS3 10 years plan?
- PS3 = 299€, Playstation consoles left market at 99€ or 149€, lots of time ahead.

Wii U will launch next year, does it accelerate PS4 launch?
- PS3 has lots of life, they expect to sell 500k in Spain this year and become the best selling console of the year.
(2010 Spanish sales= Wii > 700.000, PS3 ~600,000, DS > 500.000, 360 <300,000 )

- Good luck to Nintendo, it's good for the industry, they will have to show they are bringing something new. Nintendo has a different target , Playstation = gamers and casuals, Wii = families.

PSP plans?
- 129€ good price for boys and girls 6-14 years old. Spanish developed gameslike Cars 2, Geronimo Stilton and Mistery Squad will launch this year.

3D and Sony, new standard or fad?
-Sony has bet on 3D a long time ago, videogames will be very important, new HDTVs makes difficult for families to buy a new 3DTV, it will take time but all TVs will be 3D.

How do you imagine the next-gen, better graphics, new controls or both?
- It's difficult to say now. I do not think we are going to have a console with much better graphics than the ones PS3 offers now. I think the future will be in offering the best and most accessible experiences to consumers. The target will be to expand gaming population and to try to design games for women.

- Lots of market research = women want a Playstation, but there aren't games for them. Online and digital downloads have to evolve too. Don't expect too much on next-gen graphics.

Sony plans for women?
- It's important to expand gaming population, focus on males=selling only to a half of the market.

Will digital downloads kill physical media?
- No, physical media has lots of advantages for consumers. Digital sales will increase.

Digital sales help avoiding piracy?
- PSN sales have no piracy, helps because there's a lot of piracy, PSP for example, LOTS of piracy in Spain.

PS3 piracy damaged Sony benefits?
- Yes. Lack of piracy is very good. High risk industry, high development costs.

Lessons learned from PSN outage?
- Learned a lot, no product 100% secure, contracted best companies to help us, no fraud detected because of hacked PSN.


Source in Spanish:http://www.3djuegos.com/juegos/articulos...ny-europa/

Wii U is looking better and better all the time...

It sounds more like they're saying they aren't making a PS4 yet. I'm not surprised. They've invested so much at this point that if the Wii U is only just catching up to it, they've got no reason to lose another few million just subsidizing new hardware. A slight upgrade over the PS3 is a big step for Nintendo, but not worth it for Sony.

As for MS, we'll see. Kinect advertising? Huh... Well so long as it doesn't worm it's way into actual games, whatever. It does seem along the lines of that Yarvis car game or those Burger King games though...

That's okay I read an article about video games having "like" buttons pop-up during cut scenes.

As for PS4 I bet its a slim with move integration and 4 controller ports ZING

The first model already had 4 ports, though not exactly "controller" ports since they're all wireless now, and even if you wanted more ports for recharging, any USB hub will do.

How much are they going to drag us out of the game? Achievement notices are already pretty annoying in a story we're intended to take seriously. I mean, some of those achievements, especially in the earlier RPGs, popped up at the most inappropriate times.

"Don't betray me bro" - Watched your brother and lifelong friend betray your entire village to the enemy in a horrific blood bath as he taunted you to chase after him if you want revenge.

Imagine something like that popping up mid Epic Noooo. Yeah, there's a reason I turned off alerts.