Napalm_Frank
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Does this mean next gen starts when Sony says so?
We were told that Sonys aim with Orbis is to avoid problems involved in launching PS3 by creating something very affordable but that isnt a slouch.
It's slightly reassuring that they aren't promising the moon, like they did with PS3. And that they seem to understand that price is a big factor.
But man, I'm mostly amazed at how big of a disaster their investment in Cell processor has been. For them to be ditching that architecture altogether is kind of unthinkable, yet here it is.
We were also told that the machine will be designed to accept system and product updates in the background, and that itll always be standby mode. When you set the console up, we were told, youll be asked if you want to allow background downloads. You can, of course, disallow them.
1080p60 in 3D is not happening on an A10 by itself. An A10 by itself will struggle in 1080p period.
If there's another GPU involved it will make a ton more sense.
Edit: And yes, I know it's not final specs.
Guys, the articles says the dev kits have 8-16Gb, as in gigabits, not gigabytes.
If you convert the numbers, that means these dev kits only have 1-2GB.
An A10 with only 2GB would be WiiU level. Makes sense considering Sony's position in the market.
yeah because everyone refers to RAM in gigabits...Guys, the articles says the dev kits have 8-16Gb, as in gigabits, not gigabytes.
If you convert the numbers, that means these dev kits only have 1-2GB.
An A10 with only 2GB would be WiiU level. Makes sense considering Sony's position in the market.
Strange to put 3D in there. Didn't Sony recently say that there is "no interest" in 3D from the consumer market?
I imagine that they have to keep it in there since they sell 3D TV's and all, but that particular comment in Enslaved was pretty apt. So I would imagine it not to have any particular focus, unless they want to do something different with it.
Does this mean next gen starts when Sony says so?
not sure if serious...Guys, the articles says the dev kits have 8-16Gb, as in gigabits, not gigabytes.
If you convert the numbers, that means these dev kits only have 1-2GB.
An A10 with only 2GB would be WiiU level. Makes sense considering Sony's position in the market.
As always.
Guys, the articles says the dev kits have 8-16Gb, as in gigabits, not gigabytes.
If you convert the numbers, that means these dev kits only have 1-2GB.
An A10 with only 2GB would be WiiU level. Makes sense considering Sony's position in the market.
Seriously? put 2 & 2 together dude, they obviously meant gigabytes. How often is gigabits used when talking about memory.
They might be thinking along the lines of stereo3D for a HMD...
But either way I'd still expect 3D as a given, even if it's not a huge deal.
Just keep your PS3 if you want to play the games, what´s the problem?
It was an early multicore processor design, there are much better options available today. I don't really think they are ditching anything
Guys, the articles says the dev kits have 8-16Gb, as in gigabits, not gigabytes.
If you convert the numbers, that means these dev kits only have 1-2GB.
An A10 with only 2GB would be WiiU level. Makes sense considering Sony's position in the market.
It's made in China, stop the presses.
You'd think the person who wrote the article would know the difference between GB and Gb.
It also states a 256Gb hdd, I don't think they'll include a small 32GB hdd in it.
great looking games at 1080p/30/3D is a good way to get 1080p/60 in 2D mode. So we should be encouraging 3D games, even if you don't care about 3D
Yeah, really. Ain't Sony the only one whose consoles were still manufactured at home?
Not sure if serious....
My peen is ready. I hope Sony contains any further leaks until E3 but we know that wont happen. Also have the confidence to unveil it at E3 and not an event prior.
I'd love a $499 machine but for Sonys well being they should aim for a $399 machine. And a little Ken K in the system can't hurt .
1080p@60fps and 3D? That would be nice. I thought hdmi was limited to 24frames at 1080p 3D
And nobody uses 256 gigabytes for HDD, it's always 250GB. 256Gb=32GB on the other hand...yeah because everyone refers to RAM in gigabits...
Just kidding.
the problem is, I like new hardware.
Sounds awesome. The thought of playing games like the Assassin's Creed games and Battlefield at 1080p/60fps sounds good.great looking games at 1080p/30/3D is a good way to get 1080p/60 in 2D mode. So we should be encouraging 3D games, even if you don't care about 3D
Did nobody tell Sony that only 0.000002% of the world use Ethernet?!
And nobody uses 256 gigabytes for HDD, it's always 250GB. 256Gb=32GB on the other hand...
8Gb = 1GB
There are 8 bits in one byte.
If these specs are true, this is around WiiU level.
Not sure if serious.With them arriving with either 8 or 16gb of ram, it looks like its up to the developers to convince Sony to go for more. At least, I hope that's what's happening.
1080p is no good without suitable textures. I'd rather have 720p with high res textures, than 1080p with low res ones.
How can textures be good at 720p? even the most detailed ones will still just be 720p and blurry and garbage unless you're sitting 10 feet away, which I guess a lot of people do if they play on a TV but still.
The other thing is that devs create assets at much higher res than 1080p so they'll automatically be better.
From the sounds of it, its gonna be a powerful console. 1080p@60 honestly is easy task for even 2 years old gpus.
You'd have to think that a solid state drive would increase the price by a good bit. It'd be a pretty risky move by Sony considering next generation they would probably prefer to have more digital downloads that would require much larger hard drives unless they go the Nintendo route and let you run games off an external.