Sony may officially announce PlayStation 4 as early as May, according to comments attributed to a senior executive at the company. Hiroshi Sakamoto, vice president of Sony Home Entertainment, reportedly hinted at a near future PS4 reveal in a Spanish language interview conducted with Emol.com at CES last week. Asked if a new PlayStation will be revealed in the coming months, Sakamoto said, according to a Google translation of the original report: "That's still a big secret, but our friends are preparing Sony PlayStation. I can only say that we are focused on the E3 gaming event, scheduled for June. [The] announcement may be in that minute or even earlier in May. Pressed on whether the company is preparing a "big announcement" or "something additional", Sakamoto replied "probably the first," adding: “In that time we expect to deliver great news, but we must wait until May at least." Whether anything has been lost in translation is unclear, but Sony Computer Entertainment UK declined to comment on the interview and Sakamoto’s reported statements when contacted by CVG. If other recent reports are accurate, PlayStation 4 is codenamed “Thebes”, will run on an AMD CPU and GPU fabricated in the new 28 nanometer standard, and studio’s are set to receive final console developer kits this summer. Baird Equity Research analyst Colin Sebastian said this week that, having spent CES "with a number of companies involved in video game development and distribution", he expects new console hardware from Sony and Microsoft to retail for $350-$400 in the US. GamesIndustry International reports that Sebastian also forecast an October 2013 launch for Sony’s new console and a November release for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 successor, although he added that his "field checks" have revealed there "may be early production issues with PS4".
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