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by Jeff Mattas, Aug 22, 2011 12:00pm PDTSome sad news has come out of Gamescom 2011 for those who were hoping that Sony might be revealing a new PlayStation 4 console any time in the near future. According to Sony worldwide studios boss Shuhei Yoshida, the company will "seriously consider" creating a new console only "when the [PlayStation 3] platform becomes something game developers are not able to improve their creations with."
In an interview with Eurogamer, Yoshida asserted that Sony hasn't yet embarked on the great PS4 development adventure, largely because the PlayStation 4 still has plenty of room for developers to grow.
"When you see games coming out on PS3, both the traditional type of games as well as new kind of games using PS Move, there is a lot more we can do from the game development standpoint," he said, before concluding, "So as long as we and our developers can create new experiences that are more exciting to consumers, I see no need to transition into newer generation."
Right now, the upcoming PlayStation Vita is a huge focus for Sony, as is the PlayStation 3, which just received a juicy price-cut.
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In a Gamescom 2011 interview, Sony's Shuhei Yoshida states that as long as developers are able to create new and exciting experiences, talk of a PlayStation 4 is premature.
In a Gamescom 2011 interview, Sony's Shuhei Yoshida states that as long as developers are able to create new and exciting experiences, talk of a PlayStation 4 is premature. : Shacknews
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Look at the top 50 selling PC games on VGChartz (not perfect, but most reliable free source of data). Tell me how many games on that list have been released in the last year. Two years. Five years. Other than World of Warcraft, I think I saw two games on that list.
By the time you get to the bottom of the top 50 for Xbox 360 (or PS3, or Wii), most of the titles are in the past few years, with a few standouts as old as 5 to 6 years old. Black Ops 360 alone sold 12.87 million units.
If you just look at the raw data, the PC's best days ended about 5 to 7 years ago. That's not to say PC is dead. And I've been a PC gamer since the mid 80s, but I'm also been in the industry since 1998. And it's simply the way it's moving. PC as a market segment has recovered a tiny bit, thanks to Steam and other digital distribution services, but it's still not where the money, and therefore development dollars are going.
If you need a velocity argument, look at the VGChartz list of "Fastest to 2 million" titles top 50. Guess how many of those titles are PC? One. World of Warcraft Cataclysm. That's it. Every other title on that list is a console game.
I hope lots of indie's and groups like Valve continue to help keep classic PC gaming alive, but at least for the forseeable future, it is a niche market.
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