Why the PS4 will probably not be named the PS4
2013 is coming, the PS3 is not getting any younger, and rumors on the PS4 are increasing. Some people were expecting an announcement at the Tokyo Game Show this year, but that didn’t happen, so we’re now all looking toward E3 2013 for some sort of public announcement from Sony themselves.
I was discussing with a source close to Sony’s game division, and we were commenting on some random article on the web that claimed the PS4 kept changing names. As far as I can tell, there as always been only 2 somewhat “official” names for the PS4: PS4, or Orbis.
This led my source to explain the PS4 would probably not actually be named the PS4.
That was for internal reasons at Sony he couldn’t immediately remember, but after thinking for a few seconds we all reached the same conclusion: the number 4 being an unlucky number in Japan (depending on the context, it is pronounced the same way as the word death, which is why you’ll never give 4 flowers as a present in Japan, or why some buildings don’t have a 4th floor), the next Playstation will probably not be named the Playstation 4, for cultural reasons.
Will the name Orbix stick? Not sure, as this might still be an internal codename, just like the Vita was initially codenamed NGP (Next Generation Portable)
Just thought this was an interesting anecdote to share, and we will see if it turns out to be true… I mean, Final Fantasy 13 was ***, so clearly number superstitions mean something (ow, just kidding, stop throwing me those rocks! Ouch!)
(Thanks to my source, he’ll know who he is)
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At this point im not crazy about ps4 I have a bad feeling
dude the worlds gonna end before it comes out lol
With the luck that Sony has had recently a change in name might help
Besides I have better luck on Friday the 13th 😀
Its like with the ipad or next xbox the next Playstation is named Playstation and the next xbox is named Xbox
Better name for it 破产者
Joke I hope 🙂
MY MOTHER WAS A SAINT!!!!!
Im not excited about orbis at all… I should be, but a new system from a failing company reminds me of how disapointed I was when the dreamcast failed and how disapointed I will be when the vita gets the boot too. Sucks though, sony really makes top notch hardware. Mabey when it gets hacked ill get one to replace my computer and thermostat.
O_o Sony’s failing?
Outside of Japan, yes.
Inside of Japan too. The amount of PSP’s STILL bought brand new today is like 5 to 1 over the Vita.
I believe it’ will be orbis, because “circle of life” in latin is “Orbis Vitae” Get it? They can do some pretty solid marketing around the whole concept.
dont give sony any money making ideas 😛
Don’t say that ***. If you want to post a *** comment like that, explain why they shouldn’t make money. If you don’t respond to my post or you try to be funny, your a inconsiderate dumb ***
Nice, it is made to be hack again hehehe
100% in new name will be PlayStation. So I think it will be just Sony PlayStation
Polystation
That already exists and i hadone, they’re like a plataform that has duck hunt and mario games. I had one.Seriously.
plataform?
I’ve got confused sorry, in my language we call videogames plataforma.
Thanks Wololo! wow I’m going to stay away from anything to do with the number 4 and now I understand why people always say first on the comments lol.
I think worldwide version will be ps4 and Japan one Orbis.
it doesn’t matter what name it will have what matters is how much it would cost in the end.
PS4 is codename: “PAYSTATION” 4 more bucks.
If its called Orbis atm that’ll be its internal name like NGP which is a better name than Vita.
They might go the same stupid way as Apple and just call it Playstation.
Dont these big companies this we remember previous devices? There is already an iPad, there is also already a Playstation.
Its the same for games. There is already a Need For Speed Most Wanted. I think they are smoking too much dope and just don’t have any thought pattens in their heads anymore.
NakedFaerie ,totally agree.
That’s so stupid to have a product that have the same name of an oldero ne
How about PONY SLAYSTATION ???
i would buy anything named that
Talk about an 8 yr old in the hacking community talking about slaying ponies.
I’m going on 26, and I have to say that I would probably buy anything with that name. Actually, just call it the slaystation, that would be awesome.
If the were to make a My Little Pony Edition for the “Pony Station”, it would beat the iPhone 5’s first-week sales in an hour. Sadly, most of the people who would buy one/multiple are the 20+ “bronies” and every member of 4chan.
hey wololo,when ps3 3k will have a cfw like fat ps3?
its is posibble to make a game psp with save bufferoverflow to work a user mode at ps3?or a HEN like psp?
orbis = circle
vita = life…
combination of the 2 forms the “circle of life”…
sounds pretty sweet to me.. 🙂
sony should make this the official name…. it kinda gives more justice to calling NGP psvita…
It makes me remind a game for GBA, Castlevania
Few names come to mind
1.) The Sitman
2.) Sony Entertainment Station (yeah i know NES ripoff)
– for me this makes a bit of sense as the Playstation is an “entertainment station” of sorts
3.) The Sony Before – well, when they realise the thinner version they could call the “After”
4.) The Sony Intertain (interactive entertainment – whatever)
5.) or simply PSIV (instead of the commonly used PS4 – gets to the point anyways)
think they should just call it what it is “imma take your money…system”
One thing I know is, NGP was a far better name than PSVITA.
You know NGP stands for “Next Generation Portable”, right?
And it’s still a better name.
SONY is a 4 letter word 😀
Lol S-O-N-Y, 1-2-3-4, C-a-t-s, D-o-g-s, M-o-m-s, D-a-d-s, L-i-f-e, F-i-v-e…… wait i forgot what I was actually going to post here >.>……
the Sony 4? :p
I solved the “4” problem…just do it in roman numeral : PlayStation IV
I dont think that the 4 means death thing is a reason to not call it the PS4. There are for example many games who have 4 in the title. This spring, one of the biggest game franchises in Japan will come out with a new game, and it is called Monster Hunter 4. I dont think that the 4 in the title will affect the overall sales one bit.
But that said, i can see that it will be called something else than the PS4. But i dont think it will be because of the reason that 4 also means death in japanese.
i hope they sold worse than before so Capcom would jump to PS again 🙂
Whatever the name they roll out, it will probably be as dumb a WiiU, since they seem to be in a contest with nintendo “who can come up with a dumber name”
you can always name it PS3+1 or PS5-1 😛
The New Playstation.
Sony SuperStation
Playstation Extreme
Or go old school 90’s and call it Playstation 3000
That thing looks *** stupid. I’m thinking is Sony serious? the design is laughable. lol
You’re ***. Go home.
playstaion 9000!
may be ti will be ps3s Iam kiding
They should call it subjee wololoiy lully
Unless it will be backwards compatible, no one would care unless they’re thirteen and play COD religiously.
On a lighter note, how about we name it something like Whorbis lol?
how about the station…OH OH or just station could bring in those 2 weird alien things from bill and teds bogus adventure or was it exalent adventure the 2nd one
I’m throwing no rocks, I feel the same way, lol. Though 14 seems to be even more of an unlucky number for the Final Fantasy series, lol.
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again much luv homie and sorry for my spellin im on the rush and on my vita….
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yours truly SnakePlisskenPMW PMW Chief Commander ; PMW-NATION
P.S.S. : this vita is all jacked up i have no clue if any of my messahes went threw ha lol sorry ; here in a few days ill use some more convential means of corrospondince. thanks for any help you guys.
that is not only for japen
in all of east asia
‘shi(four)’ is same pronunciation ‘shi (death)’
but it’s not important for we
i’m also from east asia to us “4” means you dont have money. get it?
i can’t see them ditching the playstation name. if they don’t call their next system the playstation 4, then i definitely think they will branch off into another playstation name, such as “playstation next” or if they do go with the orbis name mentioned in the article, i see it being “playstation orbis” (much akin to how microsoft went with “xbox360” instead of “xbox2”)
you think the files are encrypted now? lol wait till the PS4 comes out ;/
I can jump onto too many other platforms and get pc-like browser experiences. I see hard working devs busting their *** off in desperate atempts to breathe life into sonys monsters. I like how sony likes graphics, but that’s all they like that the end users like. To sum it up, it is not, and never will be worth investing in another sony item again in my opinion, which truly does suck. Burn me 20+ times shame on me, burn us another 20+…you get the idea.