Rumor: PlayStation Meeting Will Reveal PS4

Just hours after the PlayStation 2013 site was revealed on Twitter, The Wall Street Journal claims that the PS4 is being announced at the PlayStation Meeting that is taking place on February 20. What a surprise!

Just hours after the PlayStation 2013 site was revealed on Twitter, The Wall Street Journal claims that the PS4 is being announced at the PlayStation Meeting that is taking place on February 20. What a surprise!

Just hours after the PlayStation 2013 site was revealed on Twitter, The Wall Street Journal claims that the PS4 is being announced at the PlayStation Meeting on February 20. What a surprise!

A source “familiar with the matter” spoke to The Wall Street Journal, confirming that the PlayStation 4 will be announced on the 20th. Along with this little leak came tiny bits of information on the hardware being revealed:

  • More of a focus on interaction instead of the power-focus they had when developing the PS3.
  • No more Cell processor – AMD will be at the PS4’s core.
  • Optical drives still intact, instead of switching to all-digital distribution.
  • 2013 release.

Whoa nelly! This is some exciting stuff, especially considering the rumors of a brand new controller and a new user interface (though I do like the XMB, don’t get me wrong).

One thing I am worried about is the switch from Cell. Developing for the PlayStation 3 was overly-complicated because of the Cell processor, and all but a few models of the console had to drop PS2 compatibility because of the processor difference (among other things). Will this new console not be backwards-compatible?

Whatever the case, we’ll find out more once the PlayStation Meeting takes place on February 20 at 6:00 PM EST. Time to stew in what we know about the PlayStation 4 so far.

[UPDATE: More PS4 info leaked.]

(via VG247)

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Ashley's been with GameSkinny since the start and has a crippling Darktide problem (Ogryn mains, let's goooo!). Currently addicted to Lethal Company and RoRR, feels no fear of game overs. Totally not a crazy person. Nope.