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Weird Sony Viral Video Teasing PS4?

An odd viral video has hit the net that includes a tease for the "PS4."

Is Sony going to announce the PlayStation 4 soon? I'm going with no, considering how the company has stated that the PlayStation 3's life isn't even half over yet, but a very strange viral video has emerged that alludes to something called "PS4 V3.1."

The video opens in a mysterious facility in Tokyo. Japanese actors appear to be very disturbed about something. One is holding files and a walkie-talkie. One is very polite and doesn't forget to knock before entering a room. Another is wearing a lab coat and appears to be very confused.

The video takes viewers into an area where an experiment is being performed. Monitors and television sets display the Sony PlayStation logo. A man is laying on the floor motionless wearing some sort of glasses and tightly gripping what looks like a PlayStation 3 controller. He has an awfully high-pitched and creepy laugh. It ends with a screen that says "PS4 V3.1 - Please Wait A Moment."

Because this simply can't mean that Sony is announcing the PlayStation 4, we'll have to take the glasses on the crazy man as an obvious reference to Sony's future implementation of 3D in PlayStation 3 games, which will require the use of 3D glasses. As for what PS4 V3.1 means, it's probably a way for Sony to say that 3D will in-effect create such a new experience that it could be considered the PlayStation 4. Ideally, it won't turn us into laughing vegetables.

UPDATE: It turns out this clip was made for a school project, as discovered by Kotaku. It was interesting anyway!

Via: Kotaku

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This one send shivers down my spine. It's 3:54 AM so no wonder that laughter scared the fuck out of me.

But lol, that entire motion thingie for both consoles is a gimmick.

So the PS4 is SO powerful... It destroys your mind.

Well, that's a hell of a USP.

A PS4 would make sense, considering I just bought a PS3 today.

zelda2fanboy:
A PS4 would make sense, considering I just bought a PS3 today.

Just bought mine last Thursday...

If that is what the PS4 does... I don't think I want one...

I refuse to accept this commercial until Kevin Butler is giving me a pep talk about its contents.

That's crazy. And I hope to god that 3D idea is a joke and never happens. It will be a sad day when I quit gaming because 3D makes me physically ill.

zelda2fanboy:
A PS4 would make sense, considering I just bought a PS3 today.

All the proof I need. ;)

3.1 as in a firm ware update?

C'mon people, I'm giving you gold!

That's pretty funny :P
I bet it will come out soon though, because I'm going to buy a PS3 soon and the next one always seems to come out when I buy the current one. >.>

When he started laughing I was like "wtf?" and then I was like HE'S GONE MAD!

No I just got a PS3 3days ago

well maybe the PS4 will be a mix of the PS3, the upcoming 3D ability, and that Move thing

ProfessorLayton:

zelda2fanboy:
A PS4 would make sense, considering I just bought a PS3 today.

Just bought mine last Thursday...

If that is what the PS4 does... I don't think I want one...

dammit it didn't even lasted? are they going to rebuy our consoles when they will turn old?

ANImaniac89:
No I just got a PS3 3days ago

well maybe the PS4 will be a mix of the PS3, the upcoming 3D ability, and that Move thing

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Mind you, that's only if this actually turns out to be something real rather than just a little joke someone spent a lot of time making.

If it is just a joke, it's pretty well done. It's at least as wierd as Sony's adverts can sometimes be.

Well I'm sure it's just saying we're not ready for this. My wild guess is 3-D glasses; the image on the screen looked layered, and who where sunglasses indoors? Maybe they're not sunglasses...

Nothing a film student couldn't do in a couple days.

plastic_window:

ANImaniac89:
No I just got a PS3 3days ago

well maybe the PS4 will be a mix of the PS3, the upcoming 3D ability, and that Move thing

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Mind you, that's only if this actually turns out to be something real rather than just a little joke someone spent a lot of time making.

If it is just a joke, it's pretty well done. It's at least as wierd as Sony's adverts can sometimes be.

I'm thinking that it's more like a major OS update similar to the "New XBox Experience" (or whatever it is called). Considering how low the expectations are after Home, it would be a welcome.

It will probably be released at the same time as the software to enable 3DTV interaction and Sony Move.

I'd be ok with a PS4. The current console generation is getting a bit old imho...
But, I'm quite concerned that whatever Sony is trying to sell me will also mess me up like that guy in that (very creepy) vid.

I just really don't care about playing 3D games.

Who the fuck desgines these ads? David Lynch?

First those fucked up scray baby ads, Then those one's about White (PSP'S) being better than black (PSP'S), and now this "PS4 WILL FUCK YOUR BRAIN" Ads.

sony probably isnt going to release a new console anytime soon, the ps3 is only about 4 years old, and they are probably going to try to get another 4-5 years out of it. my guess is the video is just people wanting to get everyone's hopes up

Why did I watch this right before bed? That was the creepiest commercial since the floating baby crying ps3 commercial. You've truly outdone yourself Sony.

I wonder what this could mean...

Who released this? Was it sony? Or is it just some fan video?

I really hope that they don't release a PS4 any time soon. I'd like to have all the consoles for at least 3 years before I have to buy a new generation.

Sir Kemper:
Who the fuck desgines these ads? David Lynch?

He did do a few of the PS2 ads...

They're still trying to make a profit on the PS3, wouldn't it make sense to wait before losing more money on a new console? Not to mention it doesn't seem like Sony has anything new to add to the console market... graphics are still top-notch, there's no new disc format out there. They have that "Move" thing but I don't see it needing a whole new console to work.

Still, the commercial is creepy enough to possibly be Sony... anyone else remember that freaky telekinetic baby doll that wept blood?

Looks like a fake out or tease to me.

It doesn't really matter either way; Sony is not going to do something as stupid as launching the PS4 now when the PS3 is finally starting to recoup its losses in game sales.

And the Sony Marketing Department strikes again.

How have the pshycopaths responsible for these creepy fucking ads not been fired yet?

EDIT: If they do announce the PS4 after only a year ago stressing the crap out of the fact that the PS3 would be around for the next decade or so, I will LAUGH MY FUCKING ASS OFF. Also, I won't buy it.

Percutio:
I refuse to accept this commercial until Kevin Butler is giving me a pep talk about its contents.

Haha I can see it already

Kevin Butler, VP of Mindblowingness

I'm pretty sure this is the plot of that Batman movie by Tim Burton. Look out for people named Edward Nigma and/or Jim Carrey in the credits.

That video pretty much summed up my feelings on the PS3 and Sony as a company...
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Who the hell thinks up these? That was quite freaky.

Ok...that was creepy as grey piss. If thats the ps4, I don't want it, lol. Dude, I mean...wierd video, lol.

I may never buy a Sony product again.

zelda2fanboy:
A PS4 would make sense, considering I just bought a PS3 today.

so true so true

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