No PlayStation 4 at E3, says Sony

Sony’s Kaz Hirai has dashed the hopes of PlayStation fans by revealing that Sony will not be making any PlayStation 4 announcements at this year’s E3, at a CES roundtable meeting.

Reports suggested that the PlayStation 3’s ten year life cycle would be cut short to compete with the announcement of the Xbox 720 (which is still set for an E3 unveiling if all goes well), but it would appear that Sony is sticking to its guns for the time being.

Time will tell what effect a gap of a year or more between the Xbox 720 and PS4 releases will have on the PlayStation 4’s sales, but it could be bad news for Sony, given that the Xbox brand is now firmly established.

Bring on E3 we say, where we expecting to see a whole host of gaming delights and announcements.

CES 2012 coverage

Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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