PlayStation4 - News/Rumor/Speculation - Over 1 Million Sold on Day 1

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Oblivion:
PS3? A beast? I smell bullshit. It's starting to show it's age. Sure, Battlefield 3 may be awesome or whatever, but I'm waiting for Unreal's new engine. PS4 here I come.

Chozo Ghost:
It always goes without saying that the three console makers always have their next console in the works. They pretty much begin work on the next console from the moment the last one enters into production. We may only start hearing about it now, but needless to say they've been in the works since 2006/2007.

lolmonade:
Count me out. Maybe it's because I don't play many PC games and don't have a state-of-the-art rig, but I don't see the need for an upgrade. Nintendo was the only one that was in a dire need to get to the current console industry standard for the sake of 3rd party support, but until I know a hardware refresh will result in a compelling new gaming experience, I'm sure I'll be sitting out this new generation until midway through like this past generation (with the exception of the Wii).

Stogi:
BnM, where are you getting the R&D numbers?

I think there is some confusion over the news. What is being reported basically is that building their own semi-conductor plant for the PS3 was a bad investment. They give no word on specs or even other investments. Simply that they are going to be smart from now on. While you can translate that to a meager PS4, I think that just means a more realistic product for the market which is very reminiscent of Microsofts business plan.

oohhboy:
It wasn't necessarily a bad investment building that semi-conductor plant, it was their mistaken belief that the PS3 would sell like crack and that they could extent their investment by expanding the uses for the CELL in other products. Of course none of it panned out leading to a massive over investment that effectively went idle. What made the plant a bad investment was when they couldn't leverage it to do anything else while paying a premium on their own internal product.

I believe they have increased their R&D because at least internally, they no longer believe in the "Ten Year Plan" which they had initially planned for and executed till now. Anybody with half a brain could have told them such a plan wouldn't work and now they have to do a crash program. Not the best way to go about things.

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