Always on Internet connection not required which is a relief
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/21/ps4-doesnt-require-an-always-on-internet-connection/
Sony really presented a well thought out platform from a design perspective, but things like no PSN carryover is dissappointing. This continues to be the one area where the PC differentiates: the PC/OS is a platform, not your model of your PC.
The Jaguar cores are solid processors. A developer at B3D had done some testing on Bobcat versus the PPEs in the Xbox 360 and PPE in Cell and from an IPC perspective his testing showed a 4x edge for Bobcat (0.8 IPC for Bobcat versus 0.2 for Xenon). Sure, they are half the frequency but they are easier to use, fewer "gotchas," more efficient, and there are nearly 2.5x as many in the box. True, they are small and sip power (hence the question why not more?) but it seems well balances against the 18 CU GPU.
Even if the CPU cores were deemed dissappointing 8GB of fast GDDR5 and an up-to-date gamer class GPU (18CUs @ 800MHz is about the ballpark for a Pitcairn GCN 7850) are both deserving of thumbs up. That, and a HDD standard and standard USB and BT, really round out a nice machine.
As a PC guy pairing that CPU with a high end gpu would be a severe bottleneck. Granted this is a console and will be highly optimized and comparing PC to consoles is apples to oranges.
Also unless the dev tools are well optimized to use 8 cores for various applications no game maker will take the time to fully utilize it. I do like the 8 gig of ram though.
Pretend you didn't hear the social media part and you will see the PS4 will be above the Xbox in hardware capabilities; hence the PS4 gives you the best console to play kick ass video games for this gen. Whats disappointing about that? These side gimmicks are Xbox's only way to surpass the PS4 because hardware alone its looking like the PS4 will have it beat.
Probably. Lack of an IR sensor makes it useless as a media center. Upgrading my Harmony One because Sony is too fucking stupid to put an IR sensor in their machine is unacceptable.
Calm down there Sony guy, let's at least wait until Microsoft announces their console before we get all fanboy up in this piece.
The best part about the fanboy comments like those are they never remember Sony normally promises a bunch of stuff they end up cutting out. Emotion chips, "live" gameplay that turned out to be cut scenes. It's almost like a Sony tradition that they release a ton of "here's what we're thinking about doing" way before they release what they are doing.
The best part about the fanboy comments like those are they never remember Sony normally promises a bunch of stuff they end up cutting out. Emotion chips, "live" gameplay that turned out to be cut scenes. It's almost like a Sony tradition that they release a ton of "here's what we're thinking about doing" way before they release what they are doing.
Yeah I'm pretty sure that the vita and ps3 did cross play did they not?
The best part about the fanboy comments like those are they never remember Sony normally promises a bunch of stuff they end up cutting out. Emotion chips, "live" gameplay that turned out to be cut scenes. It's almost like a Sony tradition that they release a ton of "here's what we're thinking about doing" way before they release what they are doing.
FANBOY WAR! It's on.
Surely the hardware for the next xbox is long since locked in and production will occur soon if not already taking place; they won't change hardware. if it turns out that what they have is inferior hugely to the ps4 they'll have to respond in other ways: price or softwareNo way Microsoft will let ps4 be more powerful. Can't they just use the same or similar parts to what they were planning, slightly upgrade them and then delay the launch?
No way Microsoft will let ps4 be more powerful. Can't they just use the same or similar parts to what they were planning, slightly upgrade them and then delay the launch?