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"ZeaLot@work" <mr.rieper@gmail.com.NOSPAM> wrote in message 
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> Saltiniai teigia, kad taip vadinamasis 'Xbox Next' startas 2013 kaledoms
> labai tiketinas, panasiu metu tikimasi sulaukti ir PS4  o.0'
>
> http://www.develop-online.net/news/38917/Sources-point-to-2013-launch-for-Xbox-Next
> http://www.develop-online.net/news/38916/Sony-studios-begin-PlayStation-4-projects
>
> *** Sources point to 2013 launch for 'Xbox Next' ***
>
> Several projects already underway for new Microsoft system
>
> Microsoft and industry partners are working towards a 2013 launch of the
> next generation Xbox, Develop understands.
>
> Multiple sources across the industry, from processor chip manufacturers to
> middleware firms, have told Develop they expect the console to be fully
> unveiled at E3 2013, months before its release. The collection of data
> points to a 2013 launch for the system across all main regions, though 
> early
> 2014 remains a possibility.
>
> Few in the games business expect Xbox Next to be in stores before the
> holiday side of 2013 - this Christmas and the next will likely see 
> Microsoft
> marketing software for Xbox 360, Windows Phone and its Kinect motion
> controller.
>
> Microsoft has declined to comment.
>
> * Develop understands that Lionhead is working on a project internally 
> named
> 'Fable Next', which will launch on the new console.
>
> * Epic Games' new Unreal Engine would likely be available sooner than the
> 2014 date recently given by studio founder Tim Sweeney.
>
> * One source still insists that an EA studio already has rudimentary Xbox
> console technology on desks. EA has flatly denied the claim.
>
> Further data on the so-called 'Xbox Next' project comes amid new 
> information
> showing that preliminary work on PlayStation 4 games is underway.
>
> The Xbox 360 has sold more than 55 million units worldwide since its 
> release
> in October 2005.
>
>
> *** Sony studios 'begin PlayStation 4 projects' ***
>
>
> But PS3, Vita and Move games will remain the major focus for years
>
> Preliminary work on PlayStation 4 games has begun at several internal Sony
> studios, Develop understands.
>
> A trusted source connected to the matter has told Develop that various 
> game
> projects are at very early stages, though didn't reveal which of Sony's
> sixteen first-party studios had been delegated the work.
>
> Few in the games business expect a new PlayStation to launch before 2014 -
> the next few Christmases will likely see Sony marketing software for PS3,
> Move and its new Vita handheld.
>
> A Sony spokesperson has declined to comment.
>
> The discovery comes as rival platform holder Microsoft continues work on 
> its
> next-generation system. Develop has published data from various sources 
> that
> points to a Christmas 2013 release for the so-called 'Xbox Next'.
>
> It is a company convention at Sony to remain constantly engaged in R&D 
> work
> on future platforms - in fact PS Vita development began soon after the
> release of the PSP in 2005. But Develop has been told that several SCE
> studios now have teams working on PS4 game concepts that could jump into
> full production if given the green light.
>
> Many developers believe PlayStation 3, which first launched five years ago
> and has gone on to sell more than fifty million units, remains a high-end
> machine.
>
> In a new interview with Develop, Epic president Mike Capps said it would 
> be
> a "very tall order" to build commercial hardware that is a generational 
> leap
> forward.
>
> "I mean, PS3 is still very bad-ass," he said.
>
> What is clear is that Sony is some distance from finalising the technology
> behind its next generation console, and any early input from internal game
> studios will be a relief to the development industry.
>
> Last year, Worldwide Studios (WWS) boss Shuhei Yoshida said Sony has 
> learnt
> from past mistakes and is now asking game developers to help shape future
> technology.
>
> "We wanted developers in meetings at the very beginning of concepting new
> hardware," he told Develop.
>
> In February, SCE chairman Kaz Hirai said Sony was "not deliberating on 
> PS4".
>
> The company has built a strategy to support consoles with new games for
> about ten years, and the experienced executive pointed out that PS3 has 
> not
> even reached its fifth year yet.
>
> In May, Sony's chief financial officer Masaru Kato explained to investors
> that "future platform" development work has caused a spike in R&D costs.
>