PS3 Went Wrong - PS4 Will be Better
PS3 Problems
A recent round table discussion between Kotaku, Engadget, Gizmodo and Sony there were some interesting conversations to be found. One such was about the PS3 and what went wrong with it. The good news is that they know how to fix the problem. Representing Sony was Jack Tretton (CEO) Sony Computer Entertainment America. The short version is that Sony has always focussed on hardware. With the PS3 they did both tasks, but the hardware and software teams did not really speak together. The hardware people created the PS3, dumped it on the laps of the software guys and said “here, work with it”.
A recent round table discussion between Kotaku, Engadget, Gizmodo and Sony there were some interesting conversations to be found. One such was about the PS3 and what went wrong with it. The good news is that they know how to fix the problem. Representing Sony was Jack Tretton (CEO) Sony Computer Entertainment America. The short version is that Sony has always focussed on hardware. With the PS3 they did both tasks, but the hardware and software teams did not really speak together. The hardware people created the PS3, dumped it on the laps of the software guys and said “here, work with it”.
In Jack’s words, “we know what we’re doing,” but it’s going to take a long time to atone for past missteps.
In essence, as Tretton says, the PS3 was not developed in collaboration between the two teams. As a result of this, the software team has been cleaning up the mess made by the hardware team for years.
If Jack Tretton and Kaz Hirai are the ones working on the next gen PS4 (which is no doubt coming out in a number of peoples views) then we can be sure to get a console polished up the way it should be, built by collaboration of the hardware and software guys.
Seems like something waiting for although do go and buy a PS3 still as some good things are available on there and the PS4 is many years away yet.
Via: Gizmodo
Sony PS4 coming in 2011 ?
That's the latest hint dropped by Sony's big cheese Kazuo 'Kaz' Hirai.
Speaking to CNET, the PlayStation overlord dropped a heavy hint that we'll see the next console hit shelves at the beginning of the next decade.
Extolling the PS3's virtues as a games deck, Kaz said the console would have a lifespan of 10 years, but hinted that its successor could be here sooner than we thought.
"PlayStation 3 is going to be a console that's going to be with you for 10 years," he said, adding "We're not going to ask the consumers to suddenly buy another PlayStation console in five years time, and basically have their investment go by the wayside."
Comparing the lifecycle to that of the original PlayStation and PS2, Kaz reckons there's room for significant overlap, and although he refused to give direct predictions on the PS4's launch, it's not the first murmur we've heard of its development.
Still, with Sony suffering production troubles with its current next-gen offering, and shortages all but guaranteed for Christmas, it's nice to know they've got their thinking caps on nice and early for the next member of the PlayStation family.
