PlayStation 4 also set for E3 2012 reveal?

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Sony will also "show" its new console - presumably PlayStation 4 - at the annual E3 expo this summer, a foil-wrap-fresh report has claimed.UK trade website MCV (http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/next-xbox-and-ps4-set-for-biggest-ever-e3/089421) provided no further information. The tip apparently came from an "exemplary" and "ultra high level" source."Obviously we can't reveal our sources," wrote MCV writer Ben Parfitt (https://twitter.com/#!/BenParfitt/status/155200878213734400) on Twitter. "But you have my personal word on this - the source is exemplary, 100 per cent concrete, ultra high level."He added: "Really, really wish I could name him/her/them/it but obviously cannot."Sony UK told Eurogamer this morning that "we don't comment on rumour and speculation".Microsoft is widely expected to show a new Xbox - or two (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-11-24-microsoft-plans-two-versions-of-its-next-xbox-rumour) - at E3 2012. And an announcement may come even earlier - as soon as next week at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES).Has knowledge of a new Xbox forced Sony's hand - a company that has been outspoken about its long-term, 10-year plan for PlayStation 3?Jim Ryan (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-11-23-sony-it-would-be-undesirable-for-ps4-to-launch-significantly-later-than-the-competition), PlayStation Euro boss, suggested so - telling Eurogamer in November that it would be "undesirable" to concede another head start advantage to Microsoft with the next generation of consoles.What an odd, waterfall-like situation it would be if Sony had rushed to dilute Microsoft's thunder - only to discover that Microsoft had itself rushed to dilute Nintendo's Wii U thunder. What fantastic machinery we'd be sold as a result.If this report does turn out to be true, Sony may have little more to show of PS4 at E3 than target renders and a basic strategy - an announcement rather than a reveal, if you like. Cast your mind back to E3 2005 and the infamous target render footage of
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsNudumdzzg on PS3 for an idea of what to expect.Microsoft is expected to launch the next generation Xbox around Christmas 2013. A PS4 may be further off, judging by Sony's recent commitment to The Last of Us - a likely 2013 PS3 exclusive built by Uncharted maker Naughty Dog.

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