Sony Won't Invest As Heavily In PlayStation 4

donniebaseball23 writes "Sony CFO Masaru Kato told investors this week that the company won't be looking to put the same kind of massive R&D into PS4 as they did with PS3. PS3's costs were astronomical because of Blu-ray and the Cell chip, but Sony's bottom line can't take another similar hit. Analysts are speculating that this will leave the door open for competitors like Microsoft. 'PS4's hardware could be less impressive than the PS3 at its launch. I think Microsoft will really be able to put the screws to Sony in the next console war,' Panoptic analyst Asif Khan commented to IndustryGamers."

Yeah, right.

[MyFirstNameIsPaul]

That's assuming that mobile phones don't become more powerful than consoles.

Re:Yeah, right.

[Galactic Dominator]

Why would anyone ever dream of developing a console that is weaker than a mobile phone?

Nintendo did.

Re:Ouch...

[artor3]

Combined with the active hostility Sony treats its customers to since it came out, you'd think the PS4 would come with hookers and blackjack just to get people to bite.

Don't worry, I'm sure the new Grand Theft Auto will be a launch title.

Re:This only mean

[phantomfive]

You can try what I do, a game called 'real life.' It's a lot like a game but your achievements are a lot more tangible [xkcd.com]. Really, accomplishment is great. [google.com]

There's also a sub-game called 'Slashdot.' You can tweak people and get karma for it, and the graphics are amazing, better than anything on an xbox or PS3 (ha! in terms on pixel density it's true!).