We all have been anticipating the 8th
generation consoles and Sony has finally announced that Play Station 4 will be
released holiday
2013.
Current president and group CEO of Sony
Computer Entertainment Andrew House and lead system architect Mark Cerny
presented the new console, including a comprehensive breakdown of its hardware
specifications.
The PS4 is centered around a custom chip that
contains eight x86-64 cores and an enhanced PC GPU graphics processor. Sony
says the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) has been enhanced to allow for easier
use of the GPU for general purpose computing (GPGPU), including physics
simulation. The GPU contains a unified array of 18 compute units, which can
reportedly collectively generate 1.84 Teraflops of processing power that Sony
says will be applied to graphics and simulation tasks, or a mix of the two.
The new console is also equipped with 8GB of
unified system memory using a GDDR5, giving the system 176 GB/second of
bandwidth and reportedly providing a "further boost" to graphics
performance.
Sony also revealed that PS4 will provide video
compression and decompression systems that enable seamless uploading of
gameplay via the share button on the new DualShock 4 controller, which will
feature enhanced rumble capabilities, a touch pad, a headset jack, and a dual
camera that senses the position of the controller.
The console will also reportedly reduce the
lag time between players and content with a "suspend mode", which
keeps the system in a low power state while preserving the game session. Gamers
will need only to hit the power button again to be returned to the point where
they left off. Additionally, users can reportedly boot a variety of
applications including a web browser when playing PS4 games, and can download
or update in the background while playing.
Digital titles will also be playable as they
are being downloaded.
“The long-term goal of PS4 is to reduce
download times of digital titles to zero: if the system knows enough about a
player to predict the next game they will purchase, then that game can be
loaded and ready to go before they even click the 'buy' button," Sony
said.
And though the console isn't released yet,
some of the video game industries have planned to release some games on the
upcoming console, such as CAPCOM, EA, Ubisoft, Bethesda, Activision, Konami,
Rockstar, 2K …etc.
Sony also focused on its second screen
strategy, unveiling a remote play
functionality that will allow players to use the PlayStation Vita as a
companion device to the PS4, pulling PS4 titles from the TV directly on to the
Vita.
The publisher also unveiled a new iPhone, iPad,
and Android application titled "PlayStation App", which will allow
users to see things like maps on their second screens when playing a PS4 title,
purchase games for the PS4 when not in front of the console, and remotely watch
other gamers playing on their devices.
After talking about Sony's Play Station 4,
let's not forget about Microsoft and its Xbox which nothing official has been
known about yet. But of course we expect nothing less than great from Microsoft
after seeing its capabilities in the Xbox 360.
For me, as a gamer, I'm really excited about both consoles, because they both have their own exclusive games and so on. But I won't lie about the fact that I'm into Sony a bit more than Microsoft because Sony's Play Station has been a part of my life as a gamer for a long time.
Prepared by: Daniel Nichola
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