Sony didn’t show the PS4 at the PS4 reveal. Their basic reaction to being asked, “Why wasn’t the PS4 shown?” is to answer, “What difference would it make?” They’re trying to sell a product to a mass audience, and they don’t think showing you what that product is is important. For all you know the PS4 could be as large as a dining room set, or require goat’s blood to operate.
Frankly, the entire reasoning behind a Next-Next Gen system is a little ridiculous. All you’re really getting out of the experience is slightly better graphics. The system is presumably still using the same type of discs as PS3, meaning there’s a finite amount of game you can put on the disc. We’re already dealing with multiple disc games for our current run, like L.A. Noire, Halo 4, and Battlefield 3. Better graphics means more data. More data means less disc space. Less disc space means less game.
Plus you’re playing it on the same TV you’d play your PS3 on. People were bitching because the PS4 isn’t backwards compatible with PS3 discs, meaning you’re expected to keep your PS3. They’re also saying it won’t play used games, meaning you’re a slave to retail prices on an overpriced system.
On the other hand, they’re bragging about how the PS4 is fully compatible with the less-than-popular PSVIta, via Sony Cloud, or whatever the hell they’re calling it. You’re suppose to Stream games like you’d Steam Netflix, on Onlive, which is to say: intermittently.
The big, big thing though, to me, that they won’t show the physical product. Meaning it’s not even done yet. They went ahead and announced a product that doesn’t exist. They could have announced the PS5, to the same effect. At least Steve Jobs would show you the actual product when he was shilling for Apple.
A lot of their titles were being simultaneously released on both the PS3 and PS4 as well, and the exclusives are basically sequels to AA titles.
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