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Sony: We know PS4's launch date

Sony has already settled on the date it intends to launch PlayStation 4, the platform holder has suggested.

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Ezz20134060d ago

What?!!....no way!!...impossible!! 0_0 /s

FamilyGuy4060d ago

All these jokes, they didn't have a set date before, only an intended release window.

It's kind of important that they know it now, that means it won't slip to next year. They also know the price that they're going for but will adjust that to keep it competitive with whatever price mircosoft announces their system to be.

sengoku4060d ago

start that production processes and have em ready.
hopefully world wide launch this year

DarkZane4060d ago

Not hopefully, it was already said it would launch this year.

Peppino74060d ago

Late October to mid November is my guess.

DragonKnight4060d ago

Wait wait wait... you mean nVidia doesn't know? They seem to know everything about the PS4, I could have sworn that they would be the first ones to know. Wow. *mind blown* /s

aCasualGamer4060d ago

"Sony know PS4's launch date"

..well, do you mind sharing that information?

GuyManDude4060d ago

@DarkZane:

It's been said that the PS4 would launch this year, but it hasn't been confirmed for all territories. It was suggested in February that the Europe launch might not come until 2014. Hopefully that's not the case.

3-4-54060d ago

Exactly. This means they have the final build/model for the Case of the PS4. We will soon find out what it looks like.

Soon could also include E3.

sikbeta4060d ago (Edited 4060d ago )

Corporation knows the launch date of its new product!!!!!!!

:/

Gazondaily4060d ago

Aaaaand when I said late November this year as a likely release date, I got spammed by a jillion disagrees. Well, I'm going to lay back and smile as today, I have won the internet.

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sourav934060d ago

It's gonna launch on the 17th of October 2013.

http://i.imgur.com/IKRyrq4....

Om3ga3704060d ago

Okay, this is literally the coolest in-game hint ever if this is true! Naughty Dog is seriously an amazing company, and I simply cannot wait until The Last of Us! :3

1OddWorld4060d ago

True or false that was very cool. Nice comment

zeee4060d ago

Nice catch Sourav!!!! I wish it were true and that this were an epic in-game hint!

cl19834060d ago

@battleaxe 8pm maybe the official line start, but it'll be a midnight launch.

StoneyYoshi4060d ago (Edited 4060d ago )

10 17 BRICK SQUAD!!!

Well considering launches are usually on tuesdays right? Well the 17th is a thursday.

nirwanda4060d ago

In england they should launch on the 25th of the month, as for most working people it's pay day and more likely to attract an impulsive buy.

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bunt-custardly4060d ago (Edited 4060d ago )

This article completely undermines the intelligence of the reader. Then having avid supporters coming here and defending the article just comes across as patronizing.

VG took a quote from Edge and turned it into something that is profound and pathetic to gain hits from the N4G audience.

Sony is a massive company made up of many bright and influential individuals who study and know the markets. To suggest that Sony only knew the release date in the last few months (internally) is laughable. Sony has a game plan and this article suggests they are a bunch of buffoons.

To add, state the bloody obvious why don't you!

nirwanda4059d ago

It's not laughable at all, until all the parts are final especially the apu nobody knows a concrete launch date.
It's actually a very good sign if true that production is going well if they now have a firm launch date planned because they will now have a good idea how many per day they are producing and how many get binned.

kamakaz3md4060d ago

i get ur joke, but with sony they never really know wtf there doing lol, i cant wait for ps4 tho

Sitdown4060d ago

Great.... now can they let me preorder it.

IAmLee4060d ago

According to an interview the Sony CEO had with 'The Sun' Newspaper, it will be released October this year and will cost £300..

StoneyYoshi4060d ago

Link or it didn't happen. Newspaper always has a internet version.

IAmLee4060d ago (Edited 4060d ago )

Apparently it was just added on by the author, my bad, but that is why I said "Apparently."

StoneyYoshi4058d ago

You actually said "According" but i get what you mean.

BABY-JEDI4060d ago

I guess if your going to launch something, it's good to know the date. Believe it or not. This can save some confusion!

Psn8004060d ago (Edited 4060d ago )

I bet America will be first but why can't they do a world wide launch because I want a Ps4 now .

showtimefolks4060d ago

great tell us E3 can't get here soon enough, and i am not excited for E3 because of ps3 i am more excited for it because around E3 comes the last of us

driveclub
Gt6
infamous
getaway reboot
last guardian

5 games i would like to see at E3

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MaideninBlack4060d ago (Edited 4060d ago )

Whew. That's a relief. /s

Blaze9294060d ago

smdh this really got approved?

GreenRanger4060d ago

I know what color my green socks are.

Fil1014060d ago

How do you know that his socks are green.

BrunoM4060d ago

There's nothing that can backpack the green socks link to source or we will take the "green socks" with a pinch of salt

LackTrue4K4060d ago

I hate all thiz rumors!!!
Release date/ the color of your green socks (green socks...lol)
I need a link!!

G20WLY4060d ago

...And are you gonna tell us?

Don't keep us in suspenders :P

Ezio20484060d ago

hahaha...lol :P
Bubble mate. ;)

dredgewalker4060d ago

Does this also mean the pink ranger wears pink underwear?

imsocool12344060d ago

I know what the color of your PS4 will be :P.

Om3ga3704060d ago

You can have any color, as long as it's black.

HappyWithOneBubble4060d ago

The color of your green socks is just a rumor.

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dcortz20274060d ago

And I know when I will be purchasing mine, when it is released :)

Jakens4060d ago (Edited 4060d ago )

Wait, are we still talking about socks?

Edit: On topic: The time can't come soon enough. I still would go for late October if I were them.

DarkBlood4060d ago

yeah at least it wont be fricking cold in the waiting lines lol

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Sony CEO says although AI "has been used for creation," it's "not a substitute for human creativity"

"AI is not a substitute for human creativity. We position it as a technology that supports creativity. Creativity resides in people. We will continue to contribute to people's creativity through technology," the CEO said.

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1nsomniac5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

...not yet but 100% within the next 10 years!

..Then Sony will use it like the drop of a hat. They're no different to the others.

isarai5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

They used to be 😞 sure it was always a business, and money's always the priority, but they used to have a very strong stance on supporting artists and creativity. "Dont f#@k with the artist" was a phrase they touted a few times back in the ps1-ps3 era, a philosophy carried over from their music branch PlayStation was created from. It's not COMPLETELY gone, but it's barely there compared to what it was back then, i just want them to return to that.

Eonjay4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

I am highly encouraged by their statement about human creativity. "Dont f#@k with the artist" is exactly what they are saying. But at the same time, I don't think people understand that Sony is a corporation. If they don't realize growth, they don't get to exist. When you say 'Sony', you are talking about a bunch of investors. To speak about them any other way is a illogical and incorrect. They haven't changed. They have been a group of investors since they became a public business.

isarai5d ago

Ugh, i really wish people would stop gambling people's livelihoods by turning a project/game into their political soapbox. Im all for statements and having your own opinion, but there's more people working on this than just druckman, ham fisting your political beliefs onto just seems inconsiderate for everyone elses job security when it can result in a failure due to people avoiding it for that reason.

I play games for escape, im so tired of nearly every AAA game blatantly dragging real world issues to shove in my face when I'm trying to take a break from it all. They don't even bother to be subtle about it, quite the opposite, it's blasted and force fed to you and it's just getting exhausting

Einhander19724d ago

People are taking a whole interview and cutting it down to clips that make him look bad and take what he actually was saying out of context. For example he also said things like this AI has "ethical issues we need to address"

-Foxtrot4d ago

@Einhander

Why defend him at this point?

It’s not taking things out of context, he said what he said.

Old ND would never talk about soulless AI taking over so many creative things they are well known for. The whole “ethical issues” is just a good PR spin people who push this crap fall back on to make their statements not seem as bad. So many AI lovers do this.

AI has no place is so many creative based things.

Einhander19724d ago

Well yeah, because everyone else is using it so they need to stay competitive. It's the same as paid online, they didn't want to go that route but their competition was making so much money they needed to add paid online just to keep up.

RaiderNation4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

AI will never replace humans in game development in terms of conceptualizing new games. Humans still need to come up with the ideas and what they want to implement. However much of the day to day menial coding could be AI driven to reduce production time and team size. I could also see AI being used for bug testing/optimization that could lead to better quality games at launch. I'm actually very optimistic about how AI can positively impact game development.

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XiNatsuDragnel5d ago

Good statement but hopefully this holds up

NotoriousWhiz4d ago

People that aren't software developers just don't understand the benefits of AI. People who's only exposure to A.I is the Terminator movie and other related sci fi films won't understand the benefits it provides.

It's not about replacing human labor. It's about making human labor easier.

Many years ago, I had laser eye surgery done. It was performed by a robot. The doctor took my measurements and calibrated the machine to make sure it would do what needed be done. And then the robot corrected my vision in 10 seconds.

15 years later and I still have 20/20 vision.

Eonjay4d ago

AI in and of itself is not a 'bad'. Money is bad. Money is evil, and corporations will do whatever they can to get more of it. They will find ways to implement AI to replace as may jobs as possible. This isn't even up for debate. It is the charge of the corporation to maximize returns for the investors. They have no choice. I'm a developer and I know that my job will absolutely be replaced. Therefore, I have decided to become an AI dev. AI has a lot of potential to help us solve problem on a scale most can't even imagine. The issue, as ever is that our monetary system only ever allows us to focus on greed and fiscal growth.

But I am a pragmatist. Perhaps an AI model can be built to help protect us from our most dangerous instincts and habits. And perhaps Congress can pass laws to protect us from people who would use AI to manipulate and control us (spoiler: they wont).

RaiderNation4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Progress is inevitable. Nobody driving cars today is complaining that the horse and buggy is no longer around. Yes, some jobs will be lost but guess what? With innovation comes new job opportunities. It's how the cycle of the job market works.

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Sony Patents To Prevent You From In-Game Harassment By Reading Your Emotions

A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.

Profchaos33d ago (Edited 33d ago )

I hope this is one of those patents that never comes to fruition.

I already dislike the fact you can pay a significant amount for a online service buy associated games and content on said service and get banned from that service over potentially a misunderstanding the bans are already handed out for flimsy reasons

I'd rather see money invested in a ban that simply removes the offensive players ability to communicate with unknown players allow them to continue party chats with friends but not with Joe blow on cod.

exputers33d ago

Agreed. Blizzard recently banned a college Overwatch 2 player who's dependent for saying "shit." Pretty harsh.

Profchaos33d ago (Edited 33d ago )

How rediculas really. You can't say a word that's allowed in most PG films and prime time TV but the game is based around killing the enemy team using guns, explosives etc.

It's just backwards.

just_looken33d ago

What your talking about is called block list

In 2006 a spaceship dropped of the playstation 3/xbox 360 i say that that generation was the last great gen with game functions/tech that has yet to comeback

Anyhow the playstation 3 if you block listed a id they could not talk to you in chatroom with either text or voice. But that was pre mind fucked 2018 when people were more human than sheep.

But hey gta 6 is coming out billion dollar budget without a single player custom character creator and without singeplayer coop off/online something saints row 1-3 had on the xbox 360.

z2g33d ago

Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.

phoenixwing33d ago

Cmon where's the pictures of your children. Don't hold out on them.

H933d ago

At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath

jambola33d ago

I genuinely get a bit worried sometimes when a friend says something that could be offensive In a party
Because I have no trouble believing some bans would happen when in a private party for saying something wrong

SegaSaturn66933d ago

I want them to censor erotic content by measuring my groin temperature so i dont get too distracted while playing black ops 2.

Popsicle33d ago

Terrible idea. Not only do I not consent to providing my biometric data, the potential for mishandling biometric data is almost a certainty. Positive stress and negative stress can produce similar changes in biometrics. Interpreting the precise emotion a person is feeling is not only invasive but could be easily misconstrued. I hope this never comes to fruition.

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Sony Could Increase Your Game's Difficulty If It Sees You Complain About It

Sony has recently published a new patent that wants to dynamically handle the games' difficulty and gameplay based on the player's emotions.

jznrpg34d ago

This is something I might use. Sometimes I play some good games but they don’t have difficulty option and are a little too easy.

Profchaos34d ago

Souls games will be like that players struggling make it harder

PassNextquestion34d ago (Edited 34d ago )

I think if used correctly it could work well

jambola34d ago

cool idea
cool idea for horror games especially
the way it's explained here sounds like it could never be forced hopefully, so that's ok with me

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