Kotaku Says Next PlayStation Not Until 2014

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Kotaku have spoken to industry sources about the future consoles for Sony and Microsoft. That’s a link to Kotaku, there, so it might not work. We’re not the sort of site that pretends they’re above linking, though, so at least we tried.

Anyway, these industry sources know stuff that most people don’t, like, er, the year that the next PlayStation and Xbox will release in. 2014, apparently, if you’re setting your watches. “Both MS and Sony are telegraphing to each other that they’re delaying, to milk the current [generation] and fill in previous craters better,” one insider told the website, suggesting some odd collaboration.

They’re probably right, of course, at least time-wise. Another 2-3 years doesn’t sound out of the question given the sort of games we’re getting, at least on PlayStation 3, there’s still live in the old dog yet.

Kotaku also say that “any new” Xbox in 2013 would just be a Kinect-upgraded 360, with a “next-gen” console out the following year alongside PS3.

“That source says that Microsoft doesn’t even know what parts will be in the next Xbox,” say the site. “They say the company’s board ‘is wrestling with whether to be profitable on day one,’ as Nintendo’s Wii was presumed to be, or to once again launch a new console at a loss, which is what Sony and Microsoft usually do.”

I don't think there's any reason for them to create a new console any time soon. I think if Microsoft do create a new Xbox though that Sony will try and rush out a new console, which would be a bit stupid. The same with Move when they realised about Kinect.

Yeah there's no problems with the PS3 so they don't need to bring one out yet, I think only a major breakthrough in technology would make them bring one out sooner