Sony's French PlayStation boss, Phillipe Cardon, has been downplaying the possibility of an announcement on the this year.

Even with all the rumours flying around Cardon explained that there was nothing he could comment on. He did say that they were the last to launch in this generation and the PS4 would probably be announced after play their next-gen hand.

Cardon said, "It's true that there are a lot of rumours, but I can't tell you anything. The is under time pressure because it's in decline. As far as we're concerned, we're under a lot less pressure. We were the last to release the PS3, we will probably be the last to announce something."

It is probably safe to assume that will be avoiding saying anything on their next generation of home hardware in 2012 to make sure that they don't overshadow the in its launch year.

Thanks Eurogamer.

By Ewan Aiton