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PS4 IS AT THE END OF ITS CONSOLE LIFE CYCLE
| reoccurring revenue via membership services and related systems should help offset some of that.
Kodera also said that PlayStation VR is growing, but the industry’s growth is below market expectations. PlayStation Vue (their television streaming platform) is facing “harder-than-expected” competition, with both PS Vue and PS VR aiming to further their growth under a realistic outlook.
| Kodera also noted that Sony “beefing up first-party titles wouldn’t just mean more new IPs,” and that their strategy includes “franchising successful IPs and refreshing existing IPs.” Naturally, he teased that fans should “expect more exclusive titles for PlayStation Platforms.”
It’s a bit of an odd statement to make less than a month from the biggest game industry convention in the world, this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo,
| but it lines up with typical Sony hardware life cycles.
The PlayStation 4 launched back in 2013 for North America and Europe, followed by a February 2014 release for Japan. Its predecessors have typically been announced six years after the previous hardware console, meaning the fifth Sony home console will probably be revealed next year.
| Who knows – anything could happen at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, or later this year at Sony’s annual PlayStation Experience (where they like to announce things as well). Would you like to see a new hardware console from Sony, this soon? Sound off in the comments below!
http://nichegamer.com/2018/05/22/sony-ceo-john-kodera-ps4-is-at-the-end-of-its-console-life-cycle/
| I want playstation to release vita sequel as a response to Switch but sadly that's very unlikely...
| Pretty uncommon view on that but... Vita is still alive. And doing pretty well. Just as an example, atlus is planning to make Catherine full body release on both vita and ps4. And considering the kind of game it is. It's a pretty good choice. Like visual novels getting port and releases on it.
| >>292132 it's not alive in any sense of a way it's been dead for a few years now. And PlayStation even stopped making physical release for Vita recently
| few VN on Vita doesn't make it alive
| Vita is dying but not dead yet. Necromancy is a thing anyway. And about "dead for years" you should really check sales in japan across those past "dead years". Filthy gaijin not getting anything but nijonjin still going. If u really want dead console, microsoft is doing incredibly well at sucking.
| And about the thread, i think that a new home console in z couple years wouldn't be bad in itself. But it depend way more of how much tech will go further in that couple of years. For now, a new home console isn't needed in anyway. I would be more interested in dev and market to really explore the medium and support to optimize their shit. On whichever support they will be made.
| This probably should have been in video games or at least technology, but I haven't heard this. Thanks for sharing.
| OMG, WHO CARES?
| Looks like this is transcript of YungYea's video. Looks familiar...
But im not too surprised at this, Sony is at least trying to do something with their consoles.
| I don't understand the issue. Just change the software maintainer/distributor and everything is fine.
| Greedy Sony is Greedy.
| Just wait for Death stranding to be published.
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| We’ve learned that Sony Interactive Entertainment is projecting the PlayStation 4 is at the end of its console life cycle.
The news comes via the new Sony CEO, John Kodera, who in a statement to WSJ said the PlayStation 4 is “finally entering the end of its console life cycle.”
The Sony boss said to analysts and investors that while the console entering the end of its life cycle would have a negative impact on the unit,