No PlayStation 4 at E3, says Sony

January 11, 2012 By Rick Marshall

The next iteration of Sony's PlayStation gaming console won't be making its debut at E3 or any other time soon, according to the company.

Rumors of the PlayStation 4‘s imminent arrival have been greatly exaggerated, according to Sony.

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Sony reps denied rumors that the company was planning to reveal the PlayStation 4 during the upcoming E3 trade show. In fact, the company is still planning to stick by its vision of the PlayStation 3 — which was released in 2006 — as a product with a 10-year life cycle.

“We are not making any announcements at E3,” said Kaz Hirai, who oversees Sony’s gaming and consumer electronics division, during a roundtable event at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show. “I’ve always said a 10-year life cycle for PS3, and there is no reason to go away from that.”

While some might lament the lack of news about the PlayStation 4, it’s not entirely unexpected — especially with the PlayStation 3 finally beginning to gain momentum due to its high-end graphics capabilities and other features that were ahead of the curve when it was first released.

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Eric Quach at 9:15am 12th January 2012 who the fuck cares. I like my CS 1.6. i canplay that on basically any 6year old or so computer
Michael Davis at 2:15am 12th January 2012 With technology today a ten year life cycle is impossible. The ps3 was old a couple of years ago. If sony wants a true 10 year console the next one needs to be released next year with a 24GB video card with like 15 exaflops and about 4000 cores, at least 128 gb of ram and like 4 octocore processors with biological and nanotechnology, pure augmented reality, mind control input, and the ability to display onto a 180 degree concave screen, all of which doesn't quite exist yet, while fitting it into a package that would cost less than a thousand dollars. Only then could it possibly manage to still be cutting edge in 2022, and even then it would still be too old and too slow by then, completely surpassed by some new technology that none of us can even imagine yet. And since creating a device that powerful and forward thinking is impossible anyway, we must conclude that any company that is presumptuous enough to believe that they can create an electronic entertainment device that can remain viable for a decade, is delusional and should thus not be trusted. PC gaming cards far surpassed the capabilities of the ps3 about 6 months after it came out. So according to Sony, Killzone 3 is pretty much the best we can hope for and will be stuck playing games that can't possibly look any better for at least the next 3 or 4 more years?! And then they expect us to be happy with what will most likely only be a marginally better system for another decade after that?! Thanks a lot assholes. It looks like gaming might be coming to an end.
Osman Aziz at 1:44am 12th January 2012 10 year life cycle? what a lie.. i bet one will be out in 2013