Fear of PS4 games costing $70 has been put to rest. According to Ubisoft’s Yves Guillemot the PlayStation 4 games will cost less to develop and there won’t be a price increase.

The revenue generated from DLCs will keep the cost of games down, preventing the $10 increase we saw when the new PlayStation 3 games were released compared to the previous average of $50.

“[What] we see is that the end of a cycle is always a time when people are creating bigger and bigger games to differentiate themselves from the competition, and with a new console coming you can really leverage the capacity of the hardware and all the new features that come with the console to bring a new experience to your consumer,” said the executive, “So you need to invest less on the size of those games to still give a great experience. So at the beginning of that generation we won’t have an increase—or a very small increase—of the cost of games that will be launched.”

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With rumors heating up that Sony’s PlayStation 4 will block used games, analyst Michael Pachter claims to have heard from SCEA president Jack Tretton that he “completely opposes” blocking used games.

Jack Tretton feels “it would be anti-consumer” for the PS4 to enforce gamers from playing used games.

“Tretton told me that, for the record, he’s completely opposed to blocking used games,” Pachter said. Tretton also purportedly said that “maybe Japan thinks different” on the matter, inferring that the PlayStation division in Tokyo may still be considering implementing this anti-pre-owned technology in the PS4.

With rumors of Sony’s PS4 having the tecnology to prevent used games from being used without paying an additional fee, GameStop exec spoke on the impact it would have on the used games market.

“GameStop is excited to see what impending consoles, like the Wii U, will bring to the gaming community. While we can’t speculate, we do think it is highly unlikely that the next generation of video game consoles will implement technology that blocks used content because it would be considered a very unfriendly consumer initiative. As of now, the company has not received any information from the console manufacturers that any new consoles will not play pre-owned games.”

Sony has dominated the gaming industry over the past 12 years since the PlayStation 2 was released in 2000 which to date has sold over 154 million consoles, and more than 62 million PlayStation 3s since 2006. However, Piper Jaffray analysts Michael Olson and Andrew Connor said they expect the PlayStation 4 to not be as successful.

Sony’s PlayStaton 4 (codenamed Orbis) is rumored to be released in 2013. The analyst predicts that the PS4 will underperform the first 14 months of its release date by 53 percent.

Mobile games and social games are expected to continue to have a huge impact on software sales.

“We believe console gaming will continue to be a time-share donor to social networks, mobile games, and tablets. We therefore favor companies with increasing exposure to social/mobile gaming, including Zynga and EA.”

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The latest from the PS4 rumor mill is that Sony’s next generation console will use DirectX instead of Sony API.

Crytek was scaling its tech for the PS4 under the assumption it would be using a 24-core Cell processor, however the studio was forced to start fresh when it was informed the PlayStation 4 won’t be using Cell at all.

According to a source Sony modified Vita’s launch hardware to ensure that it will be compatible with PS4. With the change Vita would be used to control PS4 games with both twin sticks and touch, similar to Nintendo’s Wii U and its controller.

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More information concerning PS4 has come to light. According to a source from VG247, Sony intends on launching the PlayStation 4 before the Xbox 720 in 2013. The company is said to be determined this time around to get the jump on Microsoft.

“Sony are completely in the belief that they have the jump on Microsoft this time,” they said. “You should be watching the timing of next year’s E3 keynotes, and who’s going to go first.”

One source revealed that the top publishers are already aware of the PS4 and that all next-generation consoles will be available by 2014.

“Top line publishers already know about it,” our source said. “Developers working with publishers – like Ubisoft, for example – already know what’s going on. They’re already working on it.”

More information concerning the PS4 will be released to developers under NDA in May.

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Kotaku is reporting the PlayStation 4 is being codenamed “Orbis”. Development kits for Sony’s fourth generation device were sent out to “select developers” in January, with newer technology delivered after the 2012 Game Developers Conference.

The specs developers will be working with are AMD x64 CPU and AMD Southern Islands GPU (same as AMD’s high-end PC GPUs for 2012). The PS4 GPU will play games at a resolution of 4096×2160, which far exceeds the average HD television resolution with 1920X1080 pixels. In comparison the PlayStation 3 games output at 1280X720. The PlayStation 4 will also be capable of playing 3D games in 1080p, compared to PS3′s at 720p.

It is said the PS4 will not be backwards compatible with the current PlayStation 3 games. Orbis will have a built in feature that will prevent used games from being played. New PS4 games will be available on a Blu-Ray disc or PSN downloaded. If you have the disc, it must be locked to a single PSN account. Used copies will be limited to a trail mode, before they have to pay a fee to unlock/register the full game.

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According to a former AMD employee, Sony is working on the PlayStation 4 and “the processor designer may play a key role in the new product.”

AMD claimed last month that gaming will help drive their revenue growth in 2012.

AMD and Sony’s Chief Transformation Officer George Bailey have declined to comment on the claim.

President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America Jack Tretton commented in a interview with IGN about PlayStation 4 being a distraction for the company.

Tretton said that the release of PS4 will depend on Sony’s current platforms and how they perform.

“In terms of when you talk about [the next generation] and when you announce it, it really depends on the health of the existing platform and the other things you have going on,” Tretton said. “And right now, we’re focused on PlayStation 3, and I’ve got another platform (PS Vita) to get out the door in seven days, so I don’t want to be thinking about trying to launch new technology anytime soon. I want to focus all our energy on our console business, which is really just hitting its stride, and Vita, which really deserves a dedicated push from us.”

Tretton admitted he would be distracted if he had to discuss PlayStation 4 this year.

“I, quite frankly, would be very distracted if I had to be talking about next generation hardware this year.”

Capcom recently registered the trademark for Darkstalkers.

The brawler made its debut in the arcades in 1994 and had multiple sequels that were eventually ported to PlayStation. The last title was Darkstalkers Chronicle on the PSP in 2005.

Yoshinori Ono previously stated that if 500,000 people sign a petition for a Darkstalker game that Capcom could allow him to develop a new game. His comment was made in response to 100,000 fans petitioning for a new game back in March 2011.