CosmicQueso
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The five stages are Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance.
Everyone moves through these stages at their own pace.
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Kotaku: Sony is working on a PS4.5; briefing devs on plans for a more powerful PS4
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The five stages are Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance.
Everyone moves through these stages at their own pace.
Then it is my first step out of the door.
By the "end of the year", I will be done with this. /leaves thread
Pimpbaa
Member
It's exactly the same. You don't miss out on gameplay features on old ipads and you don't miss out on gameplay features on PC if you are running the game on lower settings.
Solrac
Member
nah i think if this is real this new model will be for VR and the classic just for normal games, if not it doesn't make sense.
Get_craycray
Banned
Can some tech expert calculate if it is really possible to launch a 4K console at 400/500$ in fall/winter 2016?
Which of the current GPUs is capable at running games @4K, 30fps and has a reasonable price? You won't get a GTX970 in a box for 500$ even when the Pascal cards are released that's for sure.
The PS 4.5 will also need a better CPU and more RAM...aaaand a 1TB+ HD at least, because 4K textures take up a lot more space, don't they?
Which of the current GPUs is capable at running games @4K, 30fps and has a reasonable price? You won't get a GTX970 in a box for 500$ even when the Pascal cards are released that's for sure.
The PS 4.5 will also need a better CPU and more RAM...aaaand a 1TB+ HD at least, because 4K textures take up a lot more space, don't they?
platina
Member
"Some men just want to watch the world burn."
Punkster_NY
Member
they do eventually upgrade but they just wait a little while for the new hardware to come out.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Because it'd give off the false impression that they're done supporting the current PS4. Games will still be coming out that work on the PS4 for the next 5 years.
SolidSnakex
Member
Sony has said that they're treating PSVR as a new platform. So they'd be launching two new platforms if this PS4.5 came out this year on top of having to market whichever games they have planned for this year while explaining to people how things are going to be different across the PS4 and PS4.5 as well as PSVR. To say that it would be a mess is an understatement. It doesn't make sense. Especially since Sony's approach this gen has been very straight forward.
So should I sell my PS4 before this fall or nah?
Too late.
Norwegian_Imposter
Member
Multiplayer will be fun now when I'm getting shot by someone running at 120fps because my ps4 can't run it that high. So much fun!!
Fuck it I'll just got PC 100% if that's the way especially with the reducing amount of exclusives the consoles are getting.
Fuck it I'll just got PC 100% if that's the way especially with the reducing amount of exclusives the consoles are getting.
The weak cpu is probably the biggest reason Sony is doing this stuff. Those things are so outdated and so weak they probably prohibiting any/all advancements they want to do with VR. They also hurt any 60fps goals. And in upgrading the cpu they will ofc also make you upgrade the gpu so the 4K route makes sense. Its gonna be costly tho but Sony probably doesn't care since VR is gonna be expensive to begin with.
It wasn't too long ago when Gabe Newell criticized Sony for holding the industry back with its stupid cell technology. Look at em now. What a difference a decade makes. The traditional console model has been outdated for a long time. Its time to grow out of the 90s. An evolution is needed. Sony are doing the right thing.
It wasn't too long ago when Gabe Newell criticized Sony for holding the industry back with its stupid cell technology. Look at em now. What a difference a decade makes. The traditional console model has been outdated for a long time. Its time to grow out of the 90s. An evolution is needed. Sony are doing the right thing.
I also find it hard to belive it's coming out this year or early in the next do Sony really expect a lot of people to buy $500 VR and what seems to be $400+ console in spawn of a few months? Yeah good luck with that maybe some core gamers will buy this but casuals won't touch this model with a 100ft pole and it will devalue the original PS4.
Tainted
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The Last One
Member
This is starting to sounds like a ps4 slim.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
PS4 sales are up so it's not that.
Obliterator
Member
Im not taking it that way. More just that the PS4 will still get all the same support
I don't think video cards at that price point have jump 400% in pixel pushing power in 2.5 years.
Mobile Suit Gooch
Grundle: The Awakening
Ugh. True.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Do tell, do tell...
Wonko_C
Member
Playstation 4S
Playstation 5
Playstation 5c
Playstation 5S
Playstation 6
Playstation 6S
All built on the same architecture so yeah. Heh...
IrishNinja
Member
this is my hot take here too, yes
LostDonkey
Member
it already sounds like a jet engine at 1080p. A 4k capable machine would surely need a fan the size of a plane engine.
Whompa02
Member
Return policy? Not that big of an upgrade? Slim version or something? What is it man!?
Shoot, I think I panicked.
I can see 3 year period upgrades with permanent compatibility until just too outdated, like the iphone. lots of new games can run okay...ish? on older devices while the new devices have all the bells and whistles, that way if you buy PS7? you can still play all of ps 4,5 and 6 games you couldnt due to whatever reason. and if you keep your PS4 you can play most newish games albeit at their respective framerates and resolution.
Im not too sure about it, has its pros and cons
Im not too sure about it, has its pros and cons
The point is that people value having one spec for consoles and not being pushed to upgrade. This route is the PC infrastructure with few of the benefits. If you buy a PC you buy into an open platform.
lol...
Like I said, we already tried cross-gen and it didn't work out that way at all. Features were missing from games, graphical setting noticeably different and playerbases were split. What's to stop that from happening here?
2016 is not happening.
1. AMD Zen chips haven't launched yet.
2. The first 14 NM card's havent shipped
3. HBM is still in its infancy, with Fury X suffering a 4 GB cap.
4. Launching Q4 2016 would put PSVR in direct competition with PS4.5.
5. It's MARCH, and we've yet to hear a single announcement.
6. Developers are JUST now hearing about it. Sounds like devkits haven't even SHIPPED.
Conclusion? 2017/8 sounds realistic. More 4K televisions will be in consumer hands, 14nm GPUs will have ironed out any superlative yield issues, and enough PSVR headsets will have sold to consumers to start speaking about new hardware.
1. AMD Zen chips haven't launched yet.
2. The first 14 NM card's havent shipped
3. HBM is still in its infancy, with Fury X suffering a 4 GB cap.
4. Launching Q4 2016 would put PSVR in direct competition with PS4.5.
5. It's MARCH, and we've yet to hear a single announcement.
6. Developers are JUST now hearing about it. Sounds like devkits haven't even SHIPPED.
Conclusion? 2017/8 sounds realistic. More 4K televisions will be in consumer hands, 14nm GPUs will have ironed out any superlative yield issues, and enough PSVR headsets will have sold to consumers to start speaking about new hardware.
Only if some kind of good trade-in will be available in my country which I highly doubt. I fully expect the trade-in (it that's what it's going to be) to be limited to a few of all countries PS4 is available.
Tatsumi Oga
Banned
I am surprised to be honest. Sony has no reason at all to do this, a game like Uncharted 4 and Horizon really show what their system is capable of and that's not even the limit. On top of that the fact that their system is selling like hotcakes and the competition obviously isn't going to top that anymore. Do they really need this, already?
Which is obvious, since no sane developer would focus on the PS4.5 when the PS4 has a user base of 40 million. It wouldn't make any financial sense to shift the primary focus away from the old PS4.
The Baron Count
Member
Assuming that this is actually a thing that is happening, a user playing a game at 30FPS vs someone at 60FPS is at a very clear disadvantage in a fast paced MP setting.
They definitely won't, yet.
Mediking
Member
Please reassure us... please.... you obviously know more...
Already through.
Oh well.
I wonder how Sony will react.
More developers will obviously leak more details along the way and I kinda doubt that Sony will keep shut until E3.
Or are they going to ?