Sony Executive Teases Incoming PlayStation 4 Announcement

Brace yourself

by Sammy Barker Mon 14th Jan 2013

We all know that the PlayStation 4 is almost certainly on its way – it’s just a matter of when at this stage. Well, chatting with Chilean news website El Mercurio Online (great name, by the way), Sony’s vice president of home entertainment Hiroshi Sakamoto has hinted that a reveal could come as soon as May. That’s in less than five months, folks. Oh boy...

“Our friends at Sony PlayStation are getting prepared," he told the website. "For now, I can only say that we’re focused on the gaming event E3, set for this June. The announcement may be then, or possibly earlier in May.”

Sakamoto doesn’t work for Sony Computer Entertainment, so his comments should be taken with a pinch of salt. However, we imagine that his role in the home entertainment department would give him access to some of PlayStation's plans.

The good news is that if the platform holder is preparing for a pre-E3 reveal, then there’s a big chance that we’ll learn more about it soon. Are you excited? Let us know in the comments section below.

[source emol.com, via neogaf.com]

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.

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XCWarrior
Mon 14th Jan 2013

More proof that the gaming industry is starting to care less about E3. But it also makes sense to do it earlier if there is going to be less than 6 months of hype for the system.

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get2sammyb
Mon 14th Jan 2013

@XCWarrior E3 is so noisy, that I think it makes sense for them to effectively "dominate" the headlines before hand. This is something that Sony's been doing for a while.

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rjejr
Mon 14th Jan 2013

I just love announcements for announcements. Oh, and countdowns for announcements are good too. And release dates and pre-ordering for games that will possibly never ship - Last Guardian.

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get2sammyb
Mon 14th Jan 2013

@rjejr The Last Guardian will be a PS4 launch title! Count on it!

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eliotgballade
Mon 14th Jan 2013

any news on the PS5 ? (sharply ironical taunt)

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Sanquine
Mon 14th Jan 2013

IF PS4 launches with killzone 5 it will be a instant buy no matter the cost/

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JavierYHL
Mon 14th Jan 2013

instant purchase once final fantasy series hits

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3Above
Mon 14th Jan 2013

FF Versus XIII and The Last Guardian? Ill be standing in line to preoder!

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charlesnarles
Mon 14th Jan 2013

I'd love to know if I need to spend $20k on a 4k tv in order to get a native res. We all know we'd like to : )

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KALofKRYPTON
Mon 14th Jan 2013

@charlesnarles
It's a fair bet that 4k will NOT be native resolution for games. Movies and such, yes, but a catalogue full of 1080p games would suffice.

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hYdeks
Mon 14th Jan 2013

I'm personally happy with my ps3, I could careless for a ps4 announcement right now

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FuzzyYellowBalls
Mon 14th Jan 2013

I'm just not interested at all in a PS4 or Xbox720.
I have all the consoles now, but I'm just not sure I'm going to be getting another any time soon... maybe couple years down the road. I don't know though. I can't imagine what they could do better. I don't really care about graphics. Maybe if Move/Kinect is more immersive... that would give me a reason to buy. But a new console for just shiny new graphics? No.