Report: Ubisoft on Xbox 720 projects for 2012, 'major' Sony dev shifting to PS4

by Richard Mitchell on Nov 16th 2011 2:30PM

And the rumors just keep flying. The latest comes by way of Edge, which reports that Ubisoft is currently working on projects for Microsoft's next console using "target boxes" designed to emulate the system's projected specifications. Supposedly, these boxes contain components provided by Microsoft, with actual development kits expected to be in the hands of studios by the end of the year. According to Edge, a 2012 launch for the console remains likely.

Meanwhile, the site also reports that a "major Sony-owned studio" is no longer working on PlayStation 3 development, fully shifting its resources to the next iteration (we're going to go out on a limb and call it the PlayStation 4). Furthermore, said studio has apparently been "involved in the development process of the graphics technology" used in the upcoming console.

Now what Sony game could possibly need more graphical horsepower? Oh, wait.

Tags: 2012, microsoft, next-generation, playstation, playstation-4, ps3, ps4, xbox

Reader Comments (182)

A part of me is ready. Unfortunately, that part of me is not my wallet.

@Rise2theTop

As long as the two consoles don't launch within 6 months of each other, I think I can handle the cost.

@Rise2theTop

I won't be buying either console when it first comes out, it just isn't worth it to me.

@Rise2theTop I'd like to buy them at launch, yet I'm also afraid again of repeating the RROD and YLOD fiasco. I can't trust MS and Sony to make reliable consoles, at least not at launch.

@Rise2theTop

My body is ready.

...But my wallet ain't.

@Dubiousity

True, realistically I have never bought a console at launch, usually sometime about a year later or so, once the library is built up some.

Bring on the Wii U!

@Rise2theTop
lol! My thoughts exactly.

@Dubiousity

We can probably expect hardware problems and crappy launch games when the new consoles come out, as usual.

For once I hope I can convince myself to avoid the launch hype and wait about 6 months to 1 year before getting the new consoles.

With so many awesome games coming out every year nowadays, causing big gaming back-logs for most people, I think our gaming back-logs from the current generation can tide us over for 6 months to a year into the new generation.

@nerdydesi1 I agree but on the other hand you know the longer a console is out they tend to cheapen up things a bit. So d@mn if you don't d@mn if you do

@Co

lol

The WiiU has already been formally announced. PS4 & NeXtbox haven't. Duh.

@Rise2theTop

I can safely say, I'm not at all excited about anything next gen right now.

@nerdydesi1 fiasco? YLOD affected less than 2% of all units (less than the industry standard, and less than the % of Wiis that died from wiiconnect24) RROD affected around 60%.

@Extinction

Based on what? No one knows the real figures, either for the PS3 or Xbox, nor would anyone would likely to know.

So stop using statistics, that aren't facts or from websites which can easily create figures based on a very small select number of consoles.

@nerdydesi1 The yellow light on the PS3 happened to like 0.0000001% of launch systems, and it was an easy fix. Mindless goons such as yourself are too easily misled to live in modern society.

@Dubiousity

I'm in the same boat, I just cant imagine games looking any better than they already do. And they're still pushing the limits of current gen's hardware every year.

@nerdydesi1 Strange, I still have my gen1 PS3, with no issues whatsoever. I'm wondering how many people with the yellow light issue actually had their consoles in a cabinet or something that trapped heat. That issue was completely a heat related issue.

@Rise2theTop
Pro Tip: Skip a Generation or 2!

Launch Generation Consoles are usually half assed and end up RRODing or what not. If you grabgeneration 2 or 3 they'Ll have at least fixed the bugs and heck maybe even changed the processor, makeing it a bigger beast at a better price!

@ClanPsi The PS3 has a bigger problem than the YLOD (easy to fix?), which is the Blu-ray failures. I've owned three PS3's now, 1st had Blu-ray failure, second had Blu-ray and an apparent fried motherboard, and the third I got because when I took the 2nd in to get repaired, the guy tried to screw me by giving me a lesser system and not telling me so I ended up with a new 160GB system. At any rate, PS3 failures are *not* as low as you think. Nintendo's Wii was the only system with very few failures from a company not prepared to screw every last one of us over. If only Nintendo would make a system to compete against MS and Sony...

@Dubiousity
I agree. The only console I bought at launch ever was the Nindendo 64 and I regreted that for a long time. Not that's a bad console by any means, but it was enraging that months would come and go and you'd hear no news of game releases.

Meanwhile, PSOne owners,,,

@Teeree I had two Wii's die. Just sayin'.

Please don't call it xbox 720

@Timjoy

Well, by whoever's leading the silly Microsoft Marketing team, the name numbers have to be greater than those on Sony's consoles...

I've always wondered why Ballmer and co didn't just decide to go "Xbox Infinity" just to end the battle of numbers.

Xbox DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS

@kentuckyfried

Xbox Beyond
then Xbox Forever
then afterwards Xbox Returns.

I'd buy it.

@Timjoy Another full circle lands you back where you started...

@Timjoy
At this point you should really expect it to have a name that's even dumber than Xbox 720.

@Timjoy

They're going to call it windows phone xbox

@kentuckyfried
Because then Sony would just call their next console the 'Playstation Infinity Plus One' and have the upper hand.

@VEX Infinity Plus One == Infinity

@daraikenu
Please don't call it Xbox Forever(or Xbox & Robin)... the image of 'Bat Nipples' on an Xbox is horrifying.

@daraikenu

And then we'll see Xbox begins and The Dark Xbox.

I like (see: hate) how "style" in console design is based on whether or not you can stack a flat surface on top of the console.

Guess that's how they make sure they're on top of the competition!

@Frostblade10

I see what you did there.

@Frostblade10

it's just to get it to visually stand out on websites and in papers.

I loved how that is just a stretched out pic of a PS3 and controller.
Anyway as far as new PS & XBOX all I can say is no comment

@SonyPS And why exactly am I being down voted? Wow you people make me laugh. You act like I said something offensive or rude

@SonyPS Neither, because you stated the obvious. Very obvious comment is very obvious.

@SonyPS that was just the 11 year olds making their run, the more sensible members always end up adjusting it

@romevi
he stated that he loved how it was just a stretched out ps3, not that it was a stretched out ps3. He was stating his opinion NOT DECLARING IT AS A FACT. Then he asked why he was being downvoted and you replied with neither.He asked one question and you replied to it like he asked 2 things. Your response was a complete failure, and like the rest of the idiots going by your same logic that downvoted him YOU ARE A FAILURE.

@xenophy well thank you (:

@xenophy

Because his comment is not relevant to the Topic. What he posted is very Obvious, even Captain Obvious would be able to see the Obvious.

Anyone else feel like they should extend the release for the new consoles so you can save up in the meantime?

@Dhexodus This console generation has already lasted longer than most.

@Dhexodus

So start saving now..

@Dhexodus

Get a job. It's not like saving up $400 to $500 in a 12 months is that hard. People buy new phones in shorter time periods than this.

@nerdydesi1

No, actually it hasn't. The average lifespan has been right around 6 years. For Sony it's been 6 and 6. For Nintendo it's been about 7, 6, 5, 5 (which averages to 5.75). Sega's early consoles were rushed out but the Genesis-Saturn gap was 6 years, and the Saturn-Dreamcast gap was 4 years.

We're pretty much right on par at the moment. New consoles in 2012 would fit the trend almost perfectly. We're lasting just as long as almost every other gen.

@Dhexodus You can save 20 bucks a month for the next 2 years and you would have enough for a $400 console plus a game.... dont understand when people talk about "saving" for things so far off.

I am more than ready for new consoles! Let's hope for 2012, before the world is supposed to end! : )

@nerdydesi1

I wonder if pushing for the consoles to be ready before 2012 is causes them to release without proper testing mid 2012, and inadvertently creates skynet? Thus ending the world before years out.

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