Which PS4 Concepts Will Be Closest To The Real Thing?

Posted on Tuesday, February 19 @ 16:23:51 Eastern by Nicholas Tan

Ever since the Playstation 3 arrived, it's been fun speculating what the PlayStation 4 might look like. Perhaps Sony's mock ad for the Playstation 9 has deceived us with illusions of grandeur, particularly when you look at the fan concepts for the PlayStation 4 below, but maybe (just maybe) one of these is close to the truth.

We already have several alleged pics of the PlayStation 4 controller, so that removes some of the validity of the concepts below. Which do you believe are more likely than the others?

Concept 1 - A futuristic white/plastic interface. A bit farfetched?

Concept 2 - This imagines the PS4 block to be a rounded tower. Can it be laid flat?

Concept 3 - Another futuristic Tron-esque take on the PlayStation 4. Stands up more like a Wii.

Concept 4 - The controller looks far too dubious, but the rounded console with a flat surface looks neat.

Concept 5 - The controller is among the closest to the alleged controller. An interesting profile for the console.

Concept 6 - Both console and controller are rather conservative, no?

Concept 7 - Much like Concept 1, except a black version and also a more landscape-oriented console.

Concept 8 - Will Sony abandon their black motif for blood red?

Concept 9 - Another silly controller and a discus PS4 with which I can throw this away.

Concept LOL - I like my games lightly toasted.

Concept LOL 2 - Well, at least it's got multiplayer...

Tags: PS4, Sony, PlayStation

Comments

danielrbischoff
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Feb 19th, 2013 at 4:33 pm
Haha, hopefully the real-deal is better than these. They definitely LOOK like fan-made mock ups, but I have soft spot in my heart for the 4xPS1 design.

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Alex_Osborn
Joined: Jan 2012

Posted: Feb 19th, 2013 at 4:53 pm
Agreed. They all kinda suck, but at least the last one is kinda funny.

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213EDD
Joined: Sep 2007

Posted: Feb 19th, 2013 at 5:09 pm
Really? even the toaster?

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PeeDeeJay
Joined: Oct 2011

Posted: Feb 19th, 2013 at 7:09 pm
The last one caught me off guard with laughs. But I still favor the toaster design the most. I mean how many of us dont need help with our cooking?

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LawnGnome
Joined: Apr 2007

Posted: Feb 19th, 2013 at 4:41 pm
If rumors hold true, since it uses an APU instead of a dedicated GPU it might be significantly smaller than what people are expecting.

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sg4real
Joined: Apr 2011

Posted: Feb 19th, 2013 at 4:44 pm
Concept 5 looks the best but console will be smaller I assume.

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shandog137
Joined: Mar 2007

Posted: Feb 19th, 2013 at 4:48 pm
Concept 4 with concept 5 controller. Slim and simple...keep costs down

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wildmario
Joined: Jan 2007

Posted: Feb 19th, 2013 at 5:00 pm
The LOL 2 concept reminds me of that one guy who said the Wii was 2 Gamecubes duct tapped together.

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sliverstorm
Joined: Jun 2007

Posted: Feb 19th, 2013 at 5:46 pm
Haven't seen a bunch of those. Awesome round-up.

I've generally preferred Sony's forms over Microsoft's or Nintendo's. Here's to hoping they stay black and sleek... 6 is probably closest.

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PineappleUltra
Joined: Jan 2013

Posted: Feb 19th, 2013 at 6:13 pm
I think concept 5 is probably the most accurate sony form, but I really like concept 3, it looks like a futuristic gaming PC.

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sli
Joined: Mar 2012

Posted: Feb 19th, 2013 at 6:17 pm
#6 reminds me of the Saturn...

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mouths
Joined: Jul 2007

Posted: Feb 19th, 2013 at 6:49 pm
the 6th one remind me of an old VCR, for those who still remember what it looked like

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wildmario
Joined: Jan 2007

Posted: Feb 19th, 2013 at 7:45 pm
I do!

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cereal13killer
Joined: Nov 2008

Posted: Feb 19th, 2013 at 9:26 pm
PS4 is going to be a slightly sleeker version of the PS3 (which is a round version of the PS2 with obvious hardware upgrades). If history holds true, the first generation will be a beast, and then a few years later a "slim" model will make its way onto the shelves.

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Lethean
Joined: Jan 2001

Posted: Feb 19th, 2013 at 11:42 pm
None of this has anything to do with what the console will look like but one thing I'd be surprised anout is a lack of 4K output on the PS4. I doubt it would be the standard but with Sony being, as far as I know, the first in making 4K cinema available in your home (for 20k no less) it wouldn't surprise me to see the PS4 supporting 4K resolution, despite the fact it will likely be another year or two before it's affordable for the masses.

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Sourdeez
Joined: Feb 2012

Posted: Feb 20th, 2013 at 1:06 am
If they are smart, concept 3 and 5. We know sony isnt that smart.

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BigTruckSeries
Joined: May 2006

Posted: Feb 20th, 2013 at 3:26 am
I'd take any of these fan made mock-ups over the real Playstion 4 - or 3 for that matter.

At least these have Backwards Compatibility.

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Jobin_Wendy
Joined: Mar 2012

Posted: Feb 20th, 2013 at 9:50 am
I dig Concept 7, though it's impractical and would look really dumb on a wooden shelf.

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