All the buzz right now is about the Sony Playstation 3 but with the Sony PSX, the PS2 and now the PS3 it begs the question is there going to be a 4th console in the series and if so when? Playstatic are guessing its going to be around 2010, I think the fact that Sony’s expected life time of the Playstation 3 console is an estimated 10 years. The way that technology is going right now, a new console will have to launch within the next 5 years to keep updated with what video game software can provide for example, online gaming and gaming 3.0.

Right now the hoaxes have already started appearing on the web, with a classic ‘Rick roll’ appearing on Youtube stating.

“The playstation 4 was announced yesterday at a sony conference in Los Angeles.
Release date: TBA 2011″

This is however untrue, no one knows when the release date is going to be although rumors are currently flying around.

Something which popped up on a very well known and respected technology and gadgets blog back in 2006 before the PlayStation 3 wasn’t even out was Sony’s Phil Harrison’s wild speculations about the capability of Playstation 4. According to him, the PS4 won’t support physical discs. At all. He said: “I’d be amazed if the PlayStation 4 has a physical disc drive”,  which sounds crazy to me? My first thought would be digital downloads.