"PS4" announced at Playstation Meeting 2013

[RedCoreZero]

I probably skipped a few posts, it happens...

 

[mightymuffy]

Here's just some general news roundup:

• PS4 WILL NOT block used games: This was never even a rumor with the PS4, it came up with the Nextbox aka Durango. This was NEVER Sony-associated. Pull yer heads out of yer anal cavities. EDIT: You can also say this defeats the retarded rumor made here that it will be download-only.

*cough* http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-01-03-sony-patents-tech-to-block-use-of-second-hand-games *cough* Might want to change your sarky comment to 'This was NEVER PS4-associated [after all]'

 

[Guild McCommunist]

*cough* http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-01-03-sony-patents-tech-to-block-use-of-second-hand-games *cough* Might want to change your sarky comment to 'This was NEVER PS4-associated [after all]'

A miscellaneous patent doesn't equal "PS4 BLOCKS USED GAMES" considering there was nothing that said the PS4 would. It was a random patent.

 

[ForteGospel]

• PS4 will cost $429.99, "Elite" model at $529.99: I brought this up multiple times earlier but since GBAtemp is clearly retarded, here's the actual source. I know you may go "lolkotaku", but this same source had all his other details confirmed in the presentation, such as the new Playstation Eye and DualShock 4. So this does have a fair amount of credit to it.

according to the source every ps4 will come with the playstation kinect eye, which does makes sense as the dualshock 4 has the backlight for it...

I am finding it hard to believe that the console will cost less than 500$ with all that hardware... killzone did look impressive and this is only the beginning...

I can see them pull a crap like "specially made hard disk" where they invent a different port and then they sell the ps4 for 430$ with a 4 gb hard drive while the elite model having 320 gb

according to the source most of the online features will require online subscription like xbox live... so maybe the elite has a 3 months free on the playstation miiverse world or pulling a crap like the standard model cannot connect to it

and please, don't lecture me about sony learning from past mistakes... they said they learned from the psp and that they will support the home and handheld console evenly...

also, playing uncompleted games while still downloading them is nothing new... diablo 3 already did that at least

 

[EJames2100]

I find this picture quite relevant here...

Spoiler

 

[Gahars]

Spoiler

9Gag's regurgitating Buckley now? It's like some horrific human centipede of life.

 

[chris888222]

Got this from redmondpie:

The announcement of the PlayStation 4 may have passed, but plenty of questions pertaining to the upcoming console remain unanswered. New details are emerging by the hour, and Joystiq has learned that while the PS4 will offer 4K output for video, the same cannot be said for games. This has its pros and cons, of course, notably that while you’re not going to be forced to spend big bucks on a gleaming new 4K TV, it also means you’re not going to be seeing games run at that incredibly high resolution, at least not yet.

I believe 4k TVs will be mass produced during the PS5 launch so... Yeah.

 

[trumpet-205]

I'm a bit shocked to see they named it PS4, since the number "4" closely sounds like death in Asian language (read Tetraphobia). Similar to here in US we tend to avoid the number "13" (Triskaidekaphobia).

Anyway I'm impressed by the specification of PS3. 8GB GDDR5 in unified configuration (shared by both CPU and GPU)? This clearly beats a mid-range PC gaming setup where data does not need to travel from DDR3 to PCIe to GDDR5. I can see PS4 can hold out for quite sometime assuming PS4 is successful.

I'm a bit curious on the controller though. Seems like Sony decided to integrate Move and Dualshock controller together, wonder how well it will work with motion control.

 

[Slowking]

One important thing that the 1st post doesn't state is that CPU and GPU are on the same die (I hope that's how it's spelled).
That enables the RAM to be shared without latency problems and reduces latency between CPU and GPU by a lot.
Also probably doesn't hurt that such a design brings down production costs.

 

[the_randomizer]

I'm a bit shocked to see they named it PS4, since the number "4" closely sounds like death in Asian language (read Tetraphobia). Similar to here in US we tend to avoid the number "13" (Triskaidekaphobia).

Anyway I'm impressed by the specification of PS3. 8GB GDDR5 in unified configuration (shared by both CPU and GPU)? This clearly beats a mid-range PC gaming setup where data does not need to travel from DDR3 to PCIe to GDDR5. I can see PS4 can hold out for quite sometime assuming PS4 is successful.

I'm a bit curious on the controller though. Seems like Sony decided to integrate Move and Dualshock controller together, wonder how well it will work with motion control.

If anything, they'd pronounce it phonetically (PS4 or ピー・エス・フォアー "pii esu foa") to avoid saying 四 yon or shi, which means four. Being an English acronym, they'd say it without using the real number for 4.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

I'm sure people do have a fear of the number four but no more so than thirteen in the US. And they still had Resident Evil 4, Street Fighter IV, hell even the upcoming Monster Hunter 4. I seriously doubt the number four impacts sales.

 

[tbgtbg]

Got this from redmondpie:



I believe 4k TVs will be mass produced during the PS5 launch so... Yeah.

It's basically just like how most PS3 games only output at 720p even though the system does 1080p for video.

 

[narutofan777]

I don't get some of these people.. why do ya'll wanna see how the console looks like so bad??

it might be ugly as heck or good lookin' but why does it matter?

 

[trumpet-205]

It's basically just like how most PS3 games only output at 720p even though the system does 1080p for video.

Yeah, I can't see gaming will be rendered at 4K. Right now PS3 renders game at 720p then upscale it to 1808p before sending it to the TV. I imagine this will be how PS4 handles 4K resolution as well.

 

[Last Symphony]

The thing about other players controlling your character reminds me of invading in Dark Souls. Could be an interesting element that can be used for PvP.

 

[SuzieJoeBob]

The new controller actually doesn't look that bad.



Read the words in front of you. It's a pad, not a screen.

It is almost a complete 1:1 from the Ouya controller, aside from the PS button and the D-pad/analog stick location swap.

 

[Wombo Combo]

 

[koimayeul]

Too bad for backward compatibility.. That UI looks a lot like Steam big Picture. Besides, looks like a high tech product again, now the price and exclusives.. Need some FF7 remake to dig some business, Sony!!

 

[mightymuffy]

A miscellaneous patent doesn't equal "PS4 BLOCKS USED GAMES" considering there was nothing that said the PS4 would. It was a random patent.

But the fact remains that Sony are still dabbling around with the whole idea. I'm not trying to defend my wonderful MS here, my guess is they're sorta both in this together: gone are the days of the 2 companies 'hating' each other: last years e3 was proof MS have Google & Apple in the radar, whilst Sony are just thankful they're still here....

Anyway, this is all very vague, but here's another link: http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/...-says-ps4-won-39-t-block-used-game-sales.aspx. A couple of [possible eejits] from my forum are thinking this probably translates to an activation code needing purchasing if you buy the game used.... probably giving you an hours trial until you buy or similar. This was actually mooted last year for upcoming Sony machines, whereas MS idea is to stop the discs from even playing.
Speculation I know, but you don't hear loads of news about it, with 3rd parties welcoming the idea, then suddenly they turn round and kick the whole thing into touch (especially after filing a patent). I hope people are looking too much into it of course, but then again I wouldn't write the idea off....

 

[Jiehfeng]

$900?
I hear Nintendo laughing