Sony held a conference for its investors and resolve thedifficult question of why these turbulent PSN hack, the costs of research anddevelopment have increased recently.
Masaru Kato, Chief Financial Officer and Executive VicePresident, Sony has answered the question. He said that while the PS3 has a lotof life left in it is already in progress "for the future from thebeginning." He also said that he cannot discuss, which means that you havenot even heard anyone mentioning a successor to the Sony PS3 in the nearfuture.
It confirmed that Sony is already working on the PlayStation4. It's good for their competitor in the console space is planned.
E3 next month, you can expect Nintendo to reveal Wii 2 Thereis also a rumor that Microsoft is planning to steal some thunder from Nintendoalso inform the next Xbox during the show. If this happens, you can expect toappear on both consoles this holiday season next year.
Regardless of what Microsoft is doing, the Wii 2 should bemore powerful than the PS3, that is, from 2013, Sony has sold a device that canbe disarmed. Advantage of Blu-ray is also lost as the Wii 2 is scheduled forBlu-ray.
With PS4 in development, Sony may opt for its launch windowcarefully. Normally, the company operates in a cycle of 10 years for eachconsole, which means the PS4 should not be expected before 2016. However, Sonymay have its hand forced if both Microsoft and Nintendo launch next year. Ifthey do, the PS3 is very old in 5 years.
