Devs shaped PS4, wasn't designed 'in an ivory tower somewhere in Tokyo'

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Sony's PS3 was a console built on ego that had harsh executive level repercussions following it's launch. For the recently revealed PlayStation 4, which Sony has been developing for several years, they took a more democratic approach, talking to developers and publishers on what it should do.

"We've been very closely involved in the development of the machine," said Hermen Hulst, co founder of Killzone developer Guerrilla Games, to sources. "It is no longer designed in an ivory tower somewhere in Tokyo, it's shared with us, with Naughty Dog, with Sony San Diego – and together we've built the machine."

The source assumes developer consultation and discussions with publishers like Ubisoft led to the PS4 being designed in line with modern PCs, so devs could easily learn and work with the hardware. Other design elements noted were greater social integration and controller elements, like concave triggers and the headphone jack.

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MazurPosted:

Emazing-Lights My estimate guess would be around $500-$600 as Mazur stated. It just seems more resonable seeing how it's going to be a new console.


right, i feel as though it would be close to what the Ps3 cost when it first came out

MazurPosted:

yay
Mazur
SOG
NaughtyNuts the ps4 is surely going to expensive


My guess is $400-$450. (Maybe more if it's a bundle of some sort)


i would guess more like 500-600$... just because of it being a new console and everything


Knowing Sony, its going to be $600-700 on launch date, with a sales cut after a few months.


yeah that sounds somewhat right, but thinking about it, it probably won't come that close to $1000

EmazedPosted:

yay
Mazur
SOG
NaughtyNuts the ps4 is surely going to expensive


My guess is $400-$450. (Maybe more if it's a bundle of some sort)


i would guess more like 500-600$... just because of it being a new console and everything


Knowing Sony, its going to be $600-700 on launch date, with a sales cut after a few months.
My estimate guess would be around $500-$600 as Mazur stated. It just seems more resonable seeing how it's going to be a new console.

yayPosted:

Mazur
SOG
NaughtyNuts the ps4 is surely going to expensive


My guess is $400-$450. (Maybe more if it's a bundle of some sort)


i would guess more like 500-600$... just because of it being a new console and everything


Knowing Sony, its going to be $600-700 on launch date, with a sales cut after a few months.

MazurPosted:

SOG
NaughtyNuts the ps4 is surely going to expensive


My guess is $400-$450. (Maybe more if it's a bundle of some sort)


i would guess more like 500-600$... just because of it being a new console and everything

SOGPosted:

yay
SOG
NaughtyNuts the ps4 is surely going to expensive


My guess is $400-$450. (Maybe more if it's a bundle of some sort)


I thought I saw a quote somewhere stating it was going to be 199?


$199 for a new PS4? I would definitely think you're seeing things, there's another article somewhere roughing out the average price it will be. $400 is a very understandable price for a next-gen console, understand that it will probably come with the usual things such as a controller, headset etc.

yayPosted:

SOG
NaughtyNuts the ps4 is surely going to expensive


My guess is $400-$450. (Maybe more if it's a bundle of some sort)


I thought I saw a quote somewhere stating it was going to be 199?

BruPosted:

Thanks for this info

SOGPosted:

Diary
Soulful
SOG
NaughtyNuts the ps4 is surely going to expensive


My guess is $400-$450. (Maybe more if it's a bundle of some sort)


Hopefully just the $400, by the time it's released I should be able to afford that.


Gonna start saving up now!


Pretty much, or just wait until Christmas.

SecretlyPosted:

Soulful
SOG
NaughtyNuts the ps4 is surely going to expensive


My guess is $400-$450. (Maybe more if it's a bundle of some sort)


Hopefully just the $400, by the time it's released I should be able to afford that.


Gonna start saving up now!


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