A recent report by Develop claims that preliminary work on PlayStation 4 games has begun at several internal Sony studios.
According to a "trusted source connected to the matter", various game projects are in the very early stages of development. The source didn't reveal which of Sony's 16 first-party studios had been delegated the game development. The report claims that Sony now has teams working on PS4 game concepts that could jump into full production if given the green light to move ahead.
In a recent interview, Epic president Mike Capps said it would be a "very tall order" to build commercial hardware that is a generational leap forward. "I mean, PS3 is still very bad-ass." he said.
In May, Sony's chief financial officer Masaru Kato explained to investors that "future platform" development work has caused a spike in R&D costs.