Sony: “The PS4 Was Never Going To Be Online Only”

<p>After what has seemed like a year of rumors&comma; speculation and gossip&comma; Sony has now emerged and said that an &&num;8220&semi;online-only&&num;8221&semi; PS4 was never even considered let alone discussed by the company&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Whilst speaking to Game Informer&comma; Shuhei Yoshida &lpar;president of Sony Worldwide Studios&rpar; made the confirmation&colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>&&num;8220&semi;Did we consider it&quest; No&comma; we didn&&num;8217&semi;t consider it&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The president continued&colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>&&num;8220&semi;The main reason being that many countries don&&num;8217&semi;t have robust internet connections&period; It makes sense for people to have internet connections to play online games&comma; but for offline games there are many countries that we saw do not really have robust internet&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><&sol;em>So that is where Sony stands on the matter&comma; but what about Microsoft&quest; We&&num;8217&semi;re sure to find out more about their next generation console at their unveiling event later this month&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gameinformer&period;com&sol;">Game Informer<&sol;a> &amp&semi; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;gamingeverything&period;com&sol;47204&sol;yoshida-making-ps4-always-online-was-never-considered&sol;">Gaming Everything<&sol;a> via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;psu&period;com&sol;a019336&sol;PS4-was-never-going-to-be-an-online-only-platform-says-Sony">PlayStation Universe<&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;88263774-5689-4d48-8ba5-9ca76e3cbd57" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;