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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MazurPosted:

SOG The design plays a huge part in the sales a console will make.


of course it does, when the Xbox Slim came out i was like OMG black xbox and it was somewhat thinner plus the touch button(not push) lol.

MTVPosted:

It'll be to much money for a new console

HallPosted:

Mazur
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Mitch_Lucker
Mazur
Emazing-Lights My estimate guess would be around $500-$600 as Mazur stated. It just seems more resonable seeing how it's going to be a new console.


right, i feel as though it would be close to what the Ps3 cost when it first came out


yeah same here


Yeah, i don't want it to be over $500.


doubt it's going to be under $500...


I hope it's reasonable.. I can see them spiking the price though..

HallPosted:

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SOG The design plays a huge part in the sales a console will make.


I Agree with you, the design is what draws you in


I don't care if it looks like a black box, as long as the insides are great.


No way, has to look at least cool and be somewhat small

yayPosted:

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SOG The design plays a huge part in the sales a console will make.


I Agree with you, the design is what draws you in


I don't care if it looks like a black box, as long as the insides are great.

BruPosted:

SOG The design plays a huge part in the sales a console will make.


I Agree with you, the design is what draws you in

SOGPosted:

The design plays a huge part in the sales a console will make.

yayPosted:

Mazur
Compliance
Mitch_Lucker
Mazur
Emazing-Lights My estimate guess would be around $500-$600 as Mazur stated. It just seems more resonable seeing how it's going to be a new console.


right, i feel as though it would be close to what the Ps3 cost when it first came out


yeah same here


Yeah, i don't want it to be over $500.


doubt it's going to be under $500...


Who knows. If games are going to be $70 now, I can see it being $500.

MazurPosted:

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Mitch_Lucker
Mazur
Emazing-Lights My estimate guess would be around $500-$600 as Mazur stated. It just seems more resonable seeing how it's going to be a new console.


right, i feel as though it would be close to what the Ps3 cost when it first came out


yeah same here


Yeah, i don't want it to be over $500.


doubt it's going to be under $500...

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Mitch_Lucker
Mazur
Emazing-Lights My estimate guess would be around $500-$600 as Mazur stated. It just seems more resonable seeing how it's going to be a new console.


right, i feel as though it would be close to what the Ps3 cost when it first came out


yeah same here


Yeah, i don't want it to be over $500.


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