Jack Tretton on PlayStation 4
June 17, 2011 / 04:27 PM EDT / (@salromano)

Its announcement, along with the announcement of the next Xbox, has been rumored time and time again. Sitting in the same room as Sony Computer Entertainment America president and CEO Jack Tretton, Forbes decided to pop the question — when will we hear about PlayStation 4?

“PlayStation 3 is really just hitting its stride. And technologically, I don’t think it’s possible to provide any advancement beyond what we have,” Jack told the biweekly publication. “What we’ve seen from the competition is trying to add features that already exist in PlayStation 3. We invested heavily in that, we rolled a very heavy rock up a steep hill, through the launch period. But now I think that all pays off, and we’ve got a long run way behind it. So, I wouldn’t look for any discussion of a next generation PlayStation for quite some time.”

The competition hasn’t exactly prompted them to jump start new hardware production, either.

“I think there’s ground to be carved out for everybody. But I didn’t see anything about Nintendo’s announcement that said ‘Oh, we’d better get working on rolling out a new PlayStation here pretty soon.’

“Our attitude is kind of ‘welcome to the party.’ If you’re looking at being a multimedia entertainment device, if you’re looking at high def gaming, that was 2006 for us.”

Sounds like PlayStation 3 owners won’t be buying new hardware anytime soon — unless we’re talking PlayStation Vita.

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  • legendarydynasty1992

    This makes since. out of the big three (ps3, 360, wii). the ps3 has the most, longest life cycle even if people say it is not the most selling console. Take you time sony. I am enjoying ps3 right now and dont rush ps4. I want the ps4 to be something truly technologically advanced and a big leap from ps3.

  • Sal Romano

    Awesome. My money is safe.

  • Zero

    I’m still not sure we need new consoles. One of the biggest things holding them back is the GPU. Usually a specific video card is built for the console, but fan noise, heating, and power consumption are still a problem.

    When you go out and build a Gaming PC, you have far more room to adjust where you need to. And you have a nice case, with room for a big and fat, or slim but long graphics card to make your games look great. Or, you can even have it water cooled!

    Most console use something with a mobile gpu chip, or a really small thing that slightly resembles a graphics card, but still looks like one of those less than 100 bucks budget cards you see on newegg. They usually have one dinky fan, and aren’t all that powerful.

    Part of it is the price, they have to ship tons of these, and the gpu not only needs to be stable and have a long life cycle, but also perform and please the user.

    Even now, on PS3, at times you can listen and hear the gpu fan going to town trying to keep things cool. And the 360 is even more audible than the PS3.

    I personally built my PC, and would build all my future builds under the same pretense, or keywords if you will: Quiet and Powerful.

    I don’t want my pc to sound like a jet or something when I game, and If I’m going to build a PC to game, I wan’t to try and get the very best where it counts, and the first thing is the Graphics Card.

    This is kinda what the PS3/360 has. ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150100 ) or ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814142053 )

    Perhaps a bit smaller, and more compact for space.

    I’m sure many of you look at that and say, those look rather unimpressive, and old.

    I could go on and on about this, but I would hope the PS4 or Xbox 720 or whatever they are called, go for something much stronger. At least as powerful as a 460 or 6850/6870.

    The next step would be more memory, something 1gb or more.

  • KingKelloggTheWaffleHaggler

    I dont want “next gen” till 2015

    • rockman29

      @KingKelloggTheWaffleHaggler: Yea, toss me a new console in 2015 honestly.

      We haven’t even got a single Team ICO title out for PS3. I don’t want to hear about a new generation after Playstation 3 yet.

      Let the competition launch early. If Playstation 4 comes a year or two later, with good hardware and a great price, then Sony will have a buyer in me.

      In other words… agree with the posters above me. A PS4 should be a leap and some beyond PS3, I’m happy for my wallet, and 2015 (even 2014) is A-OK with me. When I buy a next-generation console, I want a next-generation console.

      Until then boys :)

  • Leonix7791

    Things just getting started for me…:D

  • http://xcite79.1up.com Keegs79

    It needs to be said that its also good for Vita. They admitted taking away resources for the PSP to concentrate on the PS3.

  • Kkdog4Sado

    I love Sony.

  • whiteferrero

    yeah it’s way too early for a ps4

  • Kobracon

    Oh thank GOD! Good on ya, Sony. You’re keeping to what u said the first time PS3 came out: That it would last at least 10 years. Don’t be pressured by Ninendo’s Wii U (which I HIGHLY doubt the rumors of it being more powerful than the PS3) or Microsoft. The PS2 lasted a long time and the PS3 should be the same.

  • Locksus

    “599 US dollars!”

  • ZacKazual

    I agree with all of you.

    Sony is thinking ahead with keeping the PlayStation 4 off the radar for awhile. In my opinion, very few developers have really tapped the potential of the system, and given a few more years, not only will we see more unique games hit the market, but games that use the ability to transfer Data back and forth between the Vita and PS3.

    I don’t know about the rest of you, but what I’m looking forward to most in the remaining years of the PS3, is Proper, Fun, and Unique Move integration into future titles, Cross game saves between HD collections and their Vita Counter Parts, and one more redesign of the console…one that brings some of the features of the Fat PS3 (4 USB ports, Heat sensitive buttons) while adding new, useful features like (going out on a limb here) a docking station for the Vita, maybe a controller redesign that fixes the L2 and R2 buttons or an alternate controller layout made for FPS’s in mind. The list just goes on and on!

    Long story short…there is SO much time for Sony to make the PS3 the ultimate entertainment system, especially with the Vita to help it conquer our living rooms.

    • rockman29

      @ZacKazual: ” …very few developers have really tapped the potential of the system…”

      This is exactly what Carmack has been talking about in his latest interviews.

      He says unlike the Playstation 1, there is no expert or developer who knows everything about the Playstation 3, simply because it’s not possible. The PS3 is just far more complex than the PS1 for anyone to have tried every reasonable or best method of doing this or that.

      That man speaks his mind, and nothing but, and he’s a smart man. He gave long, long talks at E3 this year. People should check out his interviews on PCGamer.com.

  • DarthXehanort

    PlayStation Vita for me, please.