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PS4 slim leaked?
- Thread starter gembel
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I rather have a sleek console that's a bit bigger than a tiny one with an external HDD, an external power brick and ugly cords that go along with that.
No way they're EVER going to release a PS4 that doesn't come with built in storage. I don't think they'd go the "Xbox 360 arcade" route of only including a minimal amount of flash storage, as this would cripple digital sales as well as the game recording functionality.
AuthenticM
Member
looks fake
loaf of bread
Member
I'm not sure it would even be possible to get the PS4 to literally a third of the size already.
EmptySpace
Banned
loaf of bread
Member
Well yeah, but this one has a disc drive.
20cent
Banned
It takes months/years to develop a new hardware (a slimmer PS4 is a new hardware).
Pictures in OP real or not, they are already working on it anyway...
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
It's done to lower cost as much as increase sales. Still seems too early to release a new model though.
That said, it would be nice. I'm holding out for a price drop+revision (along with games I want actually coming out).
Exterminieren
Banned
Looks really nice.
Mega fake, but nice.
Mega fake, but nice.
That's not possible, it's definitely a fake, it can't be that small, it would have place just for the blu ray driver, but where is the hard disk, where is the fan that should cool the components?
Actual PS4 is already louder and hotter than Xbone due to its small dimension, that would burn if real.
That said, it's a fake, but a console like that with the power of a PS4 would be awesome, maybe it'll be possible in 3/4 years from now, seeing how tablet like surface and iPad air 2 are getting pretty powerful in always smaller cases
Actual PS4 is already louder and hotter than Xbone due to its small dimension, that would burn if real.
That said, it's a fake, but a console like that with the power of a PS4 would be awesome, maybe it'll be possible in 3/4 years from now, seeing how tablet like surface and iPad air 2 are getting pretty powerful in always smaller cases
LordOfChaos
Member
Seems early, assuming they'd want to wait for a process shrink to bother redesigning it. They're on 28nm now, and production of smaller fabs still doesn't seem ramped up to console levels yet.
Funny enough, the one that probably won't see a slim version (based off the Wii and GC and N64 etc) is the Wii U, while it's internals are ripe for shrinking at most likely 40nm and 45nm for the CPU and GPU (digital foundry is insisting on 55nm, but Chipworks said 45nm - chipworks is the more technical though). Those are some old ass processes, and while I think the GPU may be limited by the eDRAM, the CPU can definitely hit smaller nodes because IBM already has taken their eDRAM to smaller nodes.
Funny enough, the one that probably won't see a slim version (based off the Wii and GC and N64 etc) is the Wii U, while it's internals are ripe for shrinking at most likely 40nm and 45nm for the CPU and GPU (digital foundry is insisting on 55nm, but Chipworks said 45nm - chipworks is the more technical though). Those are some old ass processes, and while I think the GPU may be limited by the eDRAM, the CPU can definitely hit smaller nodes because IBM already has taken their eDRAM to smaller nodes.
RPGCrazied
Member
Has to be fake, even if not I just got my PS4 like a couple months ago, so this is way to soon for me.
biggersmaller
Banned
Even if fake, I love the design, but i don't need to upgrade as the PS4 sits out of my living room hidden in an AV cabinet anyway.
Yeah, work I do requires I often have to type 'attorney/client privileged' haphazardly into even .txt notes I take. I'm positive we have files with similar verbiage in the file names.
If there's one reason it's fake its the absurdly small size. It looks like it would be more expensive for Sony to manufacture than the current design as it would require SSD. Isn't the point of redesign to lower production costs?
Yeah, work I do requires I often have to type 'attorney/client privileged' haphazardly into even .txt notes I take. I'm positive we have files with similar verbiage in the file names.
If there's one reason it's fake its the absurdly small size. It looks like it would be more expensive for Sony to manufacture than the current design as it would require SSD. Isn't the point of redesign to lower production costs?
Muskieratboi
Member
Fake, but that's very likely what it will look like in general design principles when it eventually is released.
motorised mallard
Member
Doesn't PS4 have those "cat-touch" or whatever buttons? You know, not mechanical ones?
Why would slim have those? Mechanical ones that is.
Why would slim have those? Mechanical ones that is.
Black Pewter
Member
The PS3 Slim doesn't have capacitive touch buttons, but the original does, so there's precedent.
Actually it looks even smaller than a wii, and that is the main reason i think it's a fake, a PS4 hardware in that pretty small case is impossible to achieve for now, maybe in 3 years, maybe
EmptySpace
Banned
i am guessing vg247 couldn't meet their monthly online hits quota.
Rizsparky
Member
Which is precisely why i'm taking this with a pinch of salt.
Green Yoshi
Member
That's true, but perhaps AMD found a way to shrink the APU. And they could replace the HDD with a SSD. But that would increase the price and would only make sense if they sell both PS4 versions.
UnwrittenZero
Member
Wasn't there news of Samsung making 2gig ddr5 chips that would save a lot of space.
Green Yoshi
Member
The same people that make jokes about Obama in company mails. ;-)
Not expecting any major console redesign until 2016 at its earliest.
Yup, no intake vents anywhere on that thing, at least based on that "mock" up. It looks like someone chopped off the bottom of the PS4 and shrunk it a bit to make this image.
Yup, no intake vents anywhere on that thing, at least based on that "mock" up. It looks like someone chopped off the bottom of the PS4 and shrunk it a bit to make this image.
lol no chance
If this is real and it really is that small, it just makes the Xbox One looks even more ridiculous by comparison.
Sony Pictures =/= Sony Computer Entertainment
Final Verdict
Member
good lord!!
That is tiny!!
Is it a media only version of Playstation possibly??
....It just seems too good to be true...like smaller than Wii U!!
That is tiny!!
Is it a media only version of Playstation possibly??
....It just seems too good to be true...like smaller than Wii U!!
FonkyByNature
Member
Exactly my thoughts. Looks fucking amazing !! Sony are really on a league of their own design wise, they're among the best if not the best in hardware design.
But, i have a feeling it's fake.
Unpossible.
Even if they moved the PSU externally, I don't think they could pull off this kind of downsize so soon.
Also, if they moved the PSU externally, that would piss me off.
PS4 haez no gaemz!
Even if they moved the PSU externally, I don't think they could pull off this kind of downsize so soon.
Also, if they moved the PSU externally, that would piss me off.
PS4 haez no gaemz!