Sony wants you to know that Playstation 4 is comming this holiday season , but not what it will look like.
The japanese electronics giant talked its upcoming console for the first-time wednsday and Presenters played games that were projected on screen in a converted opera house, but the playstation themselves were hidden backstage.
"i don't know that the box is going to be somthing that's going to have dramatic impact on people's felling about games. It will be a color and size fairly comparable to previous consoles " said Jack Tretton , CEO of sony Computer Entertainment of America, the U.S based arm of Playstation Business.
The PS4 will be josting for attention this holiday season with Microsoft's sucessor to the Xbox. Deatils on that device are expected in June . Xbox 360 came out a year before PS3 and has been more popular, largely because of its robust online service, Xbox live, which allow people to paly games with others online.
Sony did reveal that the inside of PS4 will essentially be a "supercharged PC" much like an Xbox. That's a big departure from the old and idiosyncratic design and should make it easier for developers to crearte games.
The PS4 is arriving aimd declines in vieo game hardware, software and necessary sales. research frim NDP Group said game sales fell 22 percent to $13.3 billon in 2012. with the launch of PS4, sony is looking to attract people who may have shifted their attention to games on facebook, tablet computers and smartphones.
