2. Sony started looking in to their eighth-generation video game console as early as 2008.
It comes as no surprise that Sony began planning their eight generation console as early as 2008 and why not? They wanted to make sure that with the PS4 they left no stone unturned. And of course they also wanted to avoid launching their console behind the competition. According to lead system architect, Mark Cerny, 2008 was the year where the started making plans and charts on what Sony’s next gen consoles should be like.