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Sony CFO denies PS4 development

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 01 Jun 2011 12:34 User comments (4)

Sony CFO denies PS4 development Last week we reported that Sony CFO Masaru Kato implied the PlayStation 4 was already in development after saying increased R&D costs in Sony's books were largely due to next generation console development.
Today, the CFO has cleared up the statement, saying it was misconstrued.

"As for home consoles, the PS3 still has a product life," said Kato originally. "But this is a platform business, so for future platforms, though I can’t say what we are going to release when, our development work is under way."

Those costs were mainly because of the PS Vita (NGP/PSP 2) he confirmed today, adding:

This is a good opportunity to clarify this. Some people misread what I said.



Any time we launch a product, from that day we already start thinking about the next one. This is just a general statement.

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4 user comments

11.6.2011 13:50

PS4 development began one day after PS3 launch.

21.6.2011 14:37

@Azuran totally agree they will tell us about it when there ready after MS maybe.

31.6.2011 19:00

Originally posted by Azuran:
PS4 development began one day after PS3 launch.
haha exactly!

42.6.2011 18:36
joseve
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Originally posted by Azuran:
PS4 development began one day after PS3 launch.
i'll even go further... the ps4 was being developed BEFORE the ps3 was launched.

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