Next Xbox and PS4 Rumored For an E3 2012 Reveal

New rumors point to Next Xbox and PlayStation 4 reveals at E3 2012

According to a new rumor, Microsoft and Sony will reveal their next generation systems at E3 2012. The report comes from MCVUK, who claims that "unnamed sources" have told them of the plans from the two console makers. MCV's third party publishing sources say that Microsoft "has signaled to partners" that a reveal is imminent.

The reveals could be prompted by Nintendo's own intentions to re-reveal the Wii U to the gaming world this summer, and steal some of the buzz from the company. MCV's sources don't expect price or launch date details for the new consoles from Microsoft or Sony, but rather an introduction to the new system, much like Nintendo did at E3 2011 with the Wii U.

Nintendo's Wii was the runaway winner for much of the current generation, selling consoles by the boatload. Microsoft and Sony both tried to imitate the Wii's success by catering to a more casual audience with the Kinect and Move motion controllers. This time around, it looks like Nintendo is once again looking to change the way people play games and interact with their system with the Wii U Tablet controller, which is rumored to have a whole slew of functionality built in.

Microsoft and Sony might not be ready for the next generation, but as was previously thought, Nintendo won't move ahead unchecked. That is of course, if these rumors turn out to be true.

If the rumors hold true, E3 2012 could be an exciting glimpse into the future of next generation gaming.

By Al McCarthy on January 6, 2012

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Heavenswarrior121
Cant wait for the ps4 :) but i have a feeling that where going to have to pay to play online but its worth it so nobody should complain,aslong as they dont charge way to much
Allen
I doubt Sony will do pay to play online. It’s one of their strongest points and there really is no reason for pay to play. They make so much money off the consoles (well maybe not this gen for Sony) and so much off the software for them, along with the online pass (which in my humble opinion is way better than having to pay for sure. I like my games new anyways).
But I sure as hell hope to have a PS4/720 reveal. I have a feeling next gen is going to epic on a level by which has never been seen before.
GhostSniper
Yeah there’s no way Sony would make PSN a subscription service, then the cheapskate PlayStation fanboys would have zero reasons to get one.
Cool dude
Im sorry, as online gaming gets bigger and bigger. There is now a higher chance of pay to play service even in PS. Maybe not Nintendo. But definitely Xbox Live.
Biggest E3 yet.
WiiU, Xbox 720, Ps4
SHOWDOWN!!!
OmegaMan88
GO PC!
Slee
Wait. So the Wii sold more consoles. This is true. But if you think it “won” the current generation, you’re smoking something illegal. Few games are bought for that console that are not 1st party. Few developers make games on it. The few that do see VERY little market for their games. The novelty of the Wii-mote control scheme has worn off. At the end of the day, the dollar is all that counts to the companies. But if you’re talking next-gen console gaming, Nintendo is not even playing in the same state of MS and Sony.
josh
unnammed sources my ass.
I’d believe that there would be a reveal coming soon for sure.
But apparently if any random dick says something about the PS4/Xbox + its a legit rumor.
I’d hope a reveal would be coming soon, but the current gens are selling still selling good numbers.
But it’s definitely time for some new tech, not to say PS3 isn’t too legit as it is.
cuz it is. It produces astonishing results even still.
AKA Zzz
It’s going to be called the XBOX Infinity
- Cool dude
  Lol, good thing.
  If they called it Xbox 720.
  Allen would be all like.
  “MEYJOR LOL. POS Xbox LIVE pluss XBOX 720??? WUt 720 !?? LMAO, IMO. $h** Scam!! WTF 720??? More LIKE XBOX 720p!!!!!! POS 720p SUB-HD GRAPICKS LMAO FAIL M$!!!”
  And he would be like:
  “LMAO, $1,500,000… XBOTS IMO………. blah….blah..blah. LMAO…Rip-Off, LMAO.. blah, blah, blah”
  And he would be like:
  “POS CONSOLE XBOT 720!!! IMO LOLOLOL… 720p POS GRAPICKS, Good job MS”
  Hahahhaahhahaaaa… Im just laughing my head right off now. ahhahaaaa.
  Sorry allen but I just had to say it. No offense bro, were cool.
- AKA Zzz
  I think it fits nicely. 720 is too gimmicky. Plus the website I got the information from a few weeks ago had some neat little infinity logos:
  http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=infinity&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=y23&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&biw=1920&bih=923&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=f2YAxM0pyxR4nM:&imgrefurl=http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/41700/41717/fc_infinity_41717.htm&docid=FSC9J9YuXT4iFM&imgurl=http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/41700/41717/FC_Infinity_41717_lg.gif&w=541&h=700&ei=b_wIT8zAAYOb8gOy6LHqAQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=217&sig=102180533516570389137&page=1&tbnh=161&tbnw=118&start=0&ndsp=32&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0&tx=62&ty=81
  These were, of course, dressed up in green to look like XBOX designs but they looked really nice. Plus the rumours are saying that stuff like Xfinity will be a marketers dream. Xbox, Xfinity, Xeverything.
- Allen
  I don’t even understand what you said cool dude. Glad you were enjoying your self though, ha ha.
  Oh I will rag on the NextBox but it realy all depends on what M$ does and how their console holds up to the competition. I may have nothing to rag on them about except pay to play. Which honestly, I would love to see Xbox come out with a reliable console, full of features and at a decent price and for them to not completely drop support of the 360 as soon as the nextbox comes.
  But I’m sure it won’t be. M$ has done too many scams for them to change their ways now. Hell they’ve done all these scams and the gamers have rewarded them for it. They will never change now.
- Cool dude
  We get it. You hate xbox. You dont have to remind us…… Sheesh. Say whatever you want. Just try not to look like a low-life fanboy in the process.
- Allen
  People need to chill. If I jokingly say something take it as a freaking joke, I went out of my way to point out it was a joke so chill out.
- Cool dude
  Uhm… lol, ok… really?
  Because were so used to hearing you whine about the 360 that we don’t know which is a joke and when you just want to look stupid.
Tbone
Looking forward to seeing what both have to offer, 2013 is perfect. Graphics are great now, but neither system has the memory needed any more.
Heavenswarrior121
Lmfao @ cool dude that was funny but allen just realy hates xbox,i dont like xbox either mever did and never will sony will rule till the world blows up lol
- Cool dude
  Its alright for people to hate Xbox as long as you can accept that its alright for other people to hate PS.
  You get what im saying?
- Allen
  It’s okay to hate PS, but why would you? Every complaint about Sony is so minor
  PS –
  Took out backwards cap, longer load times (initial install only)….Is there anything else?
  360 –
  I don’t need to list out why I hate Xbox
- Cool dude
  “Every complaint about Sony is so minor”
  Of cource you would say that. Because your loyal to their products and services. You would never know what wrong with the Ps3 till the day you become open minded about all these things.
  And we know that day wot come anytime soon.
- Allen
  I am being open minded right now. How about you fucking list it for me buddy. That’s what I was opening that up for.
  I listed the only things I could list that were bad about Playstation. What you got?
- Allen
  Sorry, I forgot you don’t like curse words. Seriously, just about everyone that fights with me about this stupid console war doesn’t even have anything against Sony or the PS3. I bet you don’t even have a list or any reasons to hate PS.
- Cool dude
  Its up to the person if they want to hate or not.
  Haters be hatin.
  Allens be trollin.
  Theres no reason to hate Xbox or PS till you make one up.
  IF your a low life fanboy, of course your gonna make crap up just to make that feeling of hate appear and make your side feel “superior”.
- Allen
  What? That doesn’t even make any sense dude. Do you just completely ignore my list of reasons I hate xbox?
  (1) Drop support of original Xbox (no repairs, no services, no customer service and no game servers). That was dropped on paying customers.
  (2) Made Halo 2 for PC Vista only. I could understand now because XP and Vista don’t support Direct X 11. But Vista didn’t do anything XP couldn’t do. This was a clear scam by M$ to push sales of their new at the time OS.
  (3) RROD – I don’t care who you are. RROD affected millions of customers and no it wasn’t minor like you will play it off to be. A lot of stress and heart ach, people out of a console for weeks at a time, sometimes back to back – while all my friends had me laughing my ass off at them while they paid $399 for a console to $hit out on them.
  (4) What the hell is the deal with all the proprietary upgrades? Why does a freaking Wifi adapter (which should have been there in the first place) cost $100 freaking dollars. Dude, and the limited sized $120 HDD really doesn’t help the consumer out either.
  (5) Why keep with the same old media? 360 gamers keep blowing it off, I don’t care but $hit your own exclusives don’t even fit on a single DVD. Sony put Skype in PS Vita, why won’t M$ just put blu ray in their console. You know Sony puts Windows in their PC’s and all over the world all sorts of tech giants pay for other peoples tech, and it’s not like all of the profits for Blu Ray would go to Sony and that HD DVD add on was just always lame.
  (6) Pay to play – not necessary and the fact that so many ignorant people out there just pay for it I just don’t understand. Retailers don’t tell their customers (in fact game stop and best buy often push for 360 sales and hide the fact that Xbox is the only one pay to play). PC has always been free online play and it’s undenyable that PC is the best of the best. So WTF?
  (7) Why the hell is xbox 360 still sold at $299? It doesn’t have a damn thing even remotely worth the retail cost and the comments that come from M$ execs make me want to puke. Basically they are just making too much money and it still sells so why lower the cost. The same can be said for xbox live. It sells so why lower the cost, in fact why not increase it.
  (8) Why does Xbox make you pay for xbox live before they allow you to purchase a sub to Netflix or Hulu? It’s total BS and there is no reason. The reason is they want to make money and are forcing you to pay them before you can pay for a sub. Freaking lame and I would feel pissed on if I had to do that.
  (9) The disk scratching of 360 games is due to the lack of a $0.25 piece which m$ didn’t put it in there because it would have cost them millions (by the time they figured out what was going on many were already produced) and that it would have delayed their precious launch time. Meaning they care more about themselves and their money than putting out a good reliable product.
  Everything about Xbox is a total scam. They don’t care about you not even the slightest and they don’t care about putting out a quality product.
  Sony on the other hand put all the best technology in the world in their console and is devoted to giving the best experience and highest quality product.
- Allen
  Oh and I didn’t make any of that up and I would love to see a list like this of any Xbox fanboy that hates Playstation.
  Actually I’d love to see a list like this for anyone that hates PC gaming, Nintendo or Playstation. Because I guarentee that none of those have done anything like the scams xbox has done.
- Cool dude
  That list is solely based on rage and fanboyism. Thanks for wasting your time writing all that crap down.
  “is devoted to giving the best experience”
  Ohh really? I heard that Psn was down for three weeks.
  Yeah, I thought so.
- Cool dude
  Ps: Dont waste your time. Do your work (or whatever).
  Pss: People will never listen to you, specially if they know if that person is biased.
  Psss: You dont need to write 100 page novels to prove that you hate xbox.
- Allen
  LOL, just what I thought, you got nothing, just a sucker that has an issue because you are an xbot and all pissed off that I have this huge list of xbox 360 problems when no other gaming platform in the world has anything remotely wrong with it like xbox.
  that’s okay, you all just run away, act like you got something against Sony when you don’t. Ignore the fact that xbox costs the most and gives the least, ingore the fact that M$ are a bunch of money whores that don’t give you $hit for your blind loyalty.
  I pity you and your shameful waste of hard earned money.
  Oh and Xbox live was down for 2 weeks jack ass. Sony gave us great compensation. Xbox gave you a lump of dog $hit as compensation.
- Cool dude
  No, man! I didnt say anything because I didnt want to argue with such a pathetic fanboy.
Bacon
I still prefer the names “X3, PS4, and Nintendo Revolution”
- AKA Zzz
  Yeah but that’s because you’re an idiot, Bacon.
- Cool dude
  Bit harsh there Zzz
AKA Zzz
And yes, I will be buying a PS4 just as I bought a PS3. Allen has been mad at me all this time without knowing that I actually contributed greatly to the Sony effort by buying a PS3 :) Yeah I hate on it sometimes because I do honestly feel like 360 has the better service but I’m no fanboy brah, I play good games, not exclusive games. All systems, aka GAMING for the win.
- Allen
  I’m not mad at you. I hate Xbox and your avatar but you’re alright Zzz
Roach
Lets just hope the SDF (Sony Defense Force) doesn’t come in full swing next generation.
abc
whoever provides with better exclusives would get my money. no kinect and move sh!t. i like my gaming using a controller while sitting on my couch. enough with the motion gaming sh!t. thats for losers anyway.
hardcore gaming all the way.
Bacon
Let me guess one of their marketing quotes will be “to infinity and beyond”…. Yea that’ll sure catch the kids attention :-P
- Cool dude
  Thats actually a good guess. Since MS is looking to expand kinect to families.
DALEW676
remember those good old N64 days when no one would fight over stupid online nonsense or hardware specs for playing a good game. now its my hardware is better than yours. its the experience. remember that everyone. doesnt matter if your black or white (RIP MJ) or Playstation or XBOX. if you are glad at paying $60 a year for an internet service with minor glitches thats fine. if you like free internet service but dont mind security threats (bad on Sony) then thats fine too. both systems have their flaws and both Fan Boys have theirs. its just a gaming system. go complain about how your kids’ schools are teaching your kids badly and get something done about that. not about how sony makes a better system or vise versa. i dont want my kids to know me as the guy who fights over stupid consoles then fight for their future in learning. YES I HAD A DADDY MOMENT (F&!@&!@&!@& OFF) PEEWEES.
bozmanbeyond
WOW whats going on??? It says 5 comments on the main and 38 on this page and my comment from earlier is missing. Thats crazy…