Sony Dig At Nintendo Days Before Rumoured PS4 Reveal

<p>We told you yesterday that this week was going to be full of PlayStation news and we meant it&excl; As reported earlier this month Sony are rumoured to be revealing their next generation home console this Wednesday at a special event in New York City&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With many retailers arguing that the current generation of video game consoles has been too long and has contributed to big losses&comma; and even store closures in some case&comma; Sony will hopefully make peace with all and give gamers and retailers alike something to be excited about&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As Nintendo learnt with the launch of the Wii U&comma; PR is everything&period; Even when the console launched many people didn’t have a clue what a Wii U was&comma; with some tabloids reporting that it was simply an add on for the current Wii console&period; It’s no wonder it isn’t selling well&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>So how is Sony ensuring this isn’t the case for them&quest; Well they’ve recently been running their mini-documentary which has so far focussed on all three of the previous PlayStation consoles and the various achievements each made in the world of video games&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This obviously isn’t enough for the company however as they are now &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;trolling” Nintendo with various ads such as the following which read&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&num;PlayStation 2013<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>PlayStation&period;com&sol;Meeting2013<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Oh &comma;Yay&comma; Another Mario Game&period;” Step Up To PlayStation 2&sol;20”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Genius or immature&quest; What do you make of Sony and their &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;hype-train” on the way to the PS4 announcement&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;neogaf&period;com&sol;forum&sol;showthread&period;php&quest;t&equals;513778">NeoGAF<&sol;a> via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nintendolife&period;com&sol;news&sol;2013&sol;02&sol;sony&lowbar;trolls&lowbar;nintendo&lowbar;ahead&lowbar;of&lowbar;playstation&lowbar;4&lowbar;announcement">Nintendo Life<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 10px&semi; height&colon; 15px&semi;"><img class&equals;"zemanta-pixie-img" style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;img&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;pixy&period;gif&quest;x-id&equals;0bafe864-beb2-4dd3-a3cb-88dcfc3c37c5" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;