Date For Your Diary: 2011 - The Console Wars Cometh
This whole ‘rumour followed by swift denial/retraction’ malarkey is starting to sound like an established marketing campaign for some companies. Yesterday we looked at the slim Xbox and today we’ve got a new Wii slated for 2011. It seems only fair then, that we round things off with something from Sony and people have already been talking about what the PS4 will bring to the table when it comes out in 2016. Well the latest news seems to be that this release date is being brought forward, with 2011 a more likely juncture and one of the main reasons being the fact that Sony wants to get it up and running before Microsoft’s new console. It seems as though the PS4 will be based on the Cell Broadband Engine processor, making it twice as fast as the PS3, and some are already suggesting that it may drop Blu-ray and focus on faster wireless speeds and large internal capacities so people can download what they want to play/watch. This will of course make it a lot cheaper, allowing it to compete in the price stakes with Microsoft and Nintendo without being forced to appeal to people who want HD. So all of the rumours, hearsay and conjecture seem to amount to the fact that 2011 will be the date for the next round of the console wars. Should be interesting. - Paul Lester [TechRadar] PS3 Sony consoles
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Original post by nafiz