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As Nigerians would say: “ghen ghen!” (a phrase used in the anticipation of a somewhat epic event). Yes, fellow gamers. The age of eight generation gaming is finally upon us- though not completely, so I would not recommend putting up your Playstation 3 up on eBay yet. In the mean time though, let’s see what Sony has in store for us.

Playstation Portable 2

Sony  is already planning its debut into the new era with the release of its next generation Playstation Portable which has been codenamed “NGP”. I’ll waste a sentence here while you have a guess what that stands for… It stands for Next Generation Portable and the specs for this device leave little to doubt about that codename. The new PSP has been given a second joystick; I imagine this was to appease the “shoot-em-up” gamers. Also, the front and back of the device is touch-sensitive, Sony plans for this to facilitate “touch, grab, trace, push and pull hand movements.” Competitive gaming will also be made easier as the NGP will have a 3G connection- along with Wi-Fi of course. So to all on-the-move gamers, the wait is almost over as the PSP NGP is scheduled for release during the fall of 2011.

Playstation 4

And now for the main event… yes folks, Sony has confirmed that work on the PS4 is already in progress. Sony’s investors were the first people to hear this wonderful news when they enquired about increased research and development costs; Sony’s executive vice president and chief financial officer Masaru Kato confirmed that Sony is working on the PS4.

It’s still a bit too early to give full details of all the specs to expect but I can predict givens such as backwards compatibility with PS3 games and so on, blu-ray capabilities and possibly some sort of interaction with the PSP NGP.

Many minds will be eased by the news that Sony has no intention what so ever of investing as much as it did on the PS3, and with the current state of the global economy no one can blame them. Despite the spending cuts we can still be assured that Sony will release a competent next generation gaming console. Realistically speaking though, we most likely won’t see a launch until 2014 so don’t stop getting comfortable with your PS3 and PSPs.

What features would you like to see in a next generation Playstation? Please leave any comments below.

Demolu Dabiri

Demolu Dabiri is a freshman doing the Liberal Studies Program at New York University. His curiosity is piqued by anything even slightly technological but gaming is his forté. If you want to contact me about anything game/technology related or just say hi: Tweet me @aydabiri or find me on Facebook.

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