PlayStation 4 Rumors and the next 8th Generation Consoles

PlayStation 4 Rumors and the next 8^th Generation Consoles

There is a rumor running around that the Sony PlayStation 4 is set to be unveiled sometimes around 2012. However many people doubt such an early debut for a console that Sony had already decided to give a 10 year shelf-life, which we are currently in the fifth year.
Sony is hoping to outperform its predecessor console, the Playstation 2, which has sold over 150 million consoles to date. The PS3—they’re hoping—will sell more than 150 million consoles within the time frame. This goal may not be far off reach for Sony. Given today’s market trends for the number of PS3 units sold, there has been a rise in the consoles sales given that they have become more affordable over time. The figures show that Sony will be in no rush to unveil a successor to its currently popular console. When a trend begins to show lower numbers of unit sales then Sony will begin contemplating the unveiling of a new console. Furthermore, third party trends would also indicate news about a PS4, such as a decreasing number of titles being released for the PS3, but they aren’t decreasing.
Nevertheless, we should not expect a PS4 to be unveiled in the following years. It is more than likely that Sony and Microsoft will hold off in unveiling its 8^th generation consoles until they see how the innovators of the industry, Nintendo, will fair in the market place. Nintendo will yet again have an early advantage over the next generation of consoles because of its early debut. The success of the Wii U’s newest innovation will greatly influence what we may see in the next 8^th generation consoles.
Hopefully we get a glimpse of what kind of technologies Sony and Microsoft might add into its new consoles in the upcoming years, and whether or not we see development in downloadable game content. However, such a development might hurt game video game stores worldwide, like the death of Blockbusters in the movie industry.