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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ToesPosted:

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Tuba
Commando_84 looks good


It actually does but why is everyone hating on sony????


Because of what happened with the PS3.


MS did do a much better job with current gen consoles.

Yea, microsoft has much better security.

As somebody before said, it's probably due to when Playstation got hacked therefore allowing users account details to become breached along with the loss of their account.

SOGPosted:

Zwrq
Centurial
Tuba
Commando_84 looks good


It actually does but why is everyone hating on sony????


Because of what happened with the PS3.


MS did do a much better job with current gen consoles.


As somebody before said, it's probably due to when Playstation got hacked therefore allowing users account details to become breached along with the loss of their account.

imgurPosted:

Centurial
Tuba
Commando_84 looks good


It actually does but why is everyone hating on sony????


Because of what happened with the PS3.


MS did do a much better job with current gen consoles.

CentPosted:

Tuba
Commando_84 looks good


It actually does but why is everyone hating on sony????


Because of what happened with the PS3.

VoyboyPosted:

Tuba
Commando_84 looks good


It actually does but why is everyone hating on sony????


Because they have failed with the PS3 compared to MS..They had the service dont for an entire month+ due to being hacked..they also were hacked several time after that..MS has Live back up within a day or two after difficulties

imgurPosted:

Tuba
Commando_84 looks good


It actually does but why is everyone hating on sony????


MS has been good to users in the past, thus gaining them loyalty...

neboPosted:

Commando_84 looks good


It actually does but why is everyone hating on sony????

imgurPosted:

Centurial
Mortar I think that it is a really good idea that they have taken into consideration what game developers ect want out of the console. I am sure that the PS4 will be rather amazing.


I hope the 720 is better.


I hope so...

imgurPosted:

I hope the 720 is decent...

DinosoarPosted:

xbox 720 ftw good bye ps3.


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