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Rumor: AV-centric Playstation Not Far Away

A new Playstation could be less than 18 months away according to a Sony insider. The device will include the same chipset as the current PS3 but where it will differ from the current model is in the drive bay and in the attachment area. It will also include an extensive software suite for the managing of content being streamed to a TV or Hi Fi source.

Ken Kutaragi, the retiring chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment said in an interview last week that he clearly understands how the PlayStation game consoles should evolve in the next three generations, or fifteen to twenty years from now. He also said that in future it will be possible to create fully Internet-based game consoles.

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ITR6230d ago

Well that didn't take too long.

23478ueyur_9382236230d ago

"The device will include the same chipset as the current PS3"

Sounds more like another SKU.

Whoops, that was supposed to be a general reply.

23478ueyur_9382236230d ago

I guess that's possible, though people would crap on Sony for eating their words. (If you remember back, they said something like every PS3 customer being "elite.")

QuackPot6230d ago (Edited 6230d ago )

....PS4 in 18 months...
....PS3 maybe the last console made by Sony...

ALL BS.

To us sensible folks who have no intention of misleading:

...PS3 with improved A/V function(most likely slimline) in 18 months...
...PS3 won't be the last console from Sony with future gens(4,5,6) maximized for the net & A/V...

Clearly we enlightened folks sees things as they truly are.

By the way: Ken had to go. He made too many mistakes with the PS3(delay, pricing, underestimating the competition and developers). But the PS3 will recover in 2008 when the games library size and quality grows, net service improves & price drops.

Now if only the true open-minded gamers would be so patient as to wait instead of passing judgement already, only six months after realease. But alas, u can't teach an old dog new tricks.

DeadlyFire6230d ago

It is indeed the slim one. They always come in the 3 year mark. You can bet that this will cost at least $100 less than PS3 price tag. I do believe that a price drop may come in July-August on the PS3 though.

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Lord Anubis6230d ago

lol, what they are talking about is the AV PS3 not a PS4

23478ueyur_9382236230d ago

Care to explain what it is exactly? (If you've any details on it.)

Blasphemy6230d ago (Edited 6230d ago )

This is bs theres is now way they are going to release a plastation 4 in 18 months. maybe a ps 3 slimline but not a ps4.

VirtualGamer6230d ago (Edited 6230d ago )

This just in from our Tokyo bureau: according to an interview conducted by Japan's Impress, Sony's Ken Kutaragi has gone on record with a "promise" for what he's calling an AV-centric PS3. In other words, audio and video capabilities first, gaming second (if at all), in a device built around the Cell-processor platform. Ken says that the device would certainly be more expensive, reflecting the prices and margins expected on high-end consumer electronic devices such as TVs, Blu-ray personal video recorders, etc. -- not the relatively cheap, but powerful gaming rigs sold at a loss under Sony's Computer Entertainment division. Impress speculates that the device could cost as much as ¥300,000 or about $2,500. The new Sony-branded living room box would, in Ken's (translated) words, "be a standard AV component sized box with a more powerful, power supply unit, anti-shake insulator, twice the main memory, and 2x HDMI to split sound and video output." More Cell-processor devices in the living room? We say bring it, Sony.

http://www.engadget.com/200...

Hope this clears things up

23478ueyur_9382236230d ago

Oh, cool. So I guess that'd be for people who have things on their mind ahead of gaming.

MikeGdaGod6230d ago (Edited 6230d ago )

i remember reading this months ago. it was said to be for those that weren't that interested in gaming, just high-end electronics.

Keyser6230d ago

Yeah, I read this on Crave soon after the PS3 release (probably Dec). They said it would have that huge price tag also.

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6 Games That Make You Feel Overpowered As Hell

While some video games overwhelm you with sheer scale, titles like Asura's Wrath and Doom Eternal make you the boss player right upfront.

solideagle2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

where is GOW (original trilogy)?

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Wolfenstein: The New Order Is The Last Of Its Kind

Wolfenstein: The New Order turns ten years old today, so we decided to play it again and discovered just how much of an extinct kind of game it is.

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SovereignSnaKe1d 2h ago

It's an outstanding game and so was The Old Blood. Also a lost era of gaming. Interesting, I received a physical copy of The Old Blood 9 years ago today from Poland. It was digital only in North America initially upon release so I had to import.

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Wolfenstein: The New Order - A Highly Rated FPS That Hasn't Stood the Test of Time

Wolfenstein: The New Order launched 10 years ago today, but can it stand up to the modern FPS titles it inspired?

Seth_hun1d 8h ago

I disagree. Its still a fantastic game, with very good gunplay and a surprisingly loveable cast of characters and a good story trough many different and interesting setpieces

hiawa231d 5h ago (Edited 1d 5h ago )

All The New Order needs for my tastes is a this gen enhancement patch.

ChasterMies1d 4h ago

I played New Order a couple of years after launch and I give it an 8/10. The shooter holds up because it is focused on being a good shooter. There is no crafting, no RPG elements, no open world find the question mark Weapons are fun. Enemies are fun. Levels offer a nice mix of stealth and shooting. You get to be the predator; this isn’t a game about fending off waves of enemies while a robot companion unlocks a door. Most importantly, New Order is the last of a dying breed of single player shooters.

Skuletor1d 3h ago

Singleplayer shooters are still getting released every year, just look up "boomer shooters" and you'll find an an abundance of them. AAA fps campaigns, not so much.

Last year had Trepang2, RoboCop: Rogue City, Turbo Overkill, Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, Dread Templar, Sprawl and more

DustMan23h ago

The games you mentioned are not from AAA developers. Wolfenstein likely had a budget that was probably as big as all those games you mentioned combined. I'm not knocking the new wave of retro shooters. I absolutely love them (I think some get much higher review scores than they deserve though). I just really wouldn't describe Wolfenstein as purely a boomer shooter based on the relatively cohesive story, with cut scenes and is fully voice acted. Full set piece moments.

AA development seems to be focused keeping the single player solo experience alive. But the big developers are only concerned about the MTX and milking players who enjoy multiplayer.

ChasterMies15h ago(Edited 15h ago)

The age of AA shooters. I’m not saying it’s a bad thing. I like less expense, shorter games.

Abear211d 3h ago

Weird all the Wolfenstein articles.

Can you guess what will be announced at Xbox showcase?

DefenderOfDoom21d 3h ago

What Machine Games did with Wolfenstein franchise is awesome. The game play definitely to me , is still very fun to play !!!

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