PlayStation 4 Thread

[StrykerSteve]

https://us.playstation.com/meeting2013/

February 20th - 4PM Mountain time

Feel the hype!

[Hemi-Cuda]

weren't they going to change the naming convention this time around, since the number 4 is so heavily stigmatized in Asian culture?

[Regulator75]

Reminds me of the original Terminator movie.

[Street Pharmacist]

Forgive my ignorance, but have we even reached the limit for the PS3 hardware?

[I_H8_Crawford]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

weren't they going to change the naming convention this time around, since the number 4 is so heavily stigmatized in Asian culture?

How about "The New pLaystation"

Seems original...

[Esoteric]

Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist

Forgive my ignorance, but have we even reached the limit for the PS3 hardware?

Yes. Ports on a computer crush anything on a console.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist

Forgive my ignorance, but have we even reached the limit for the PS3 hardware?

Probably not... but the Playstation 2 was just discontinued a couple weeks ago so despite this I doubt we'll see PS3 support and games stop any time soon.

[RT14]

Wow, can't believe they kept it that much under wraps if it's being released in 21 days. You'd think there would have been some rumors or small leaks at least. Impressive.

Hope it's true, it's time for a new console. Even if the PS3 still hasn't been used to it's full potential yet, it may never as most games are made to suit the less powerful XBox and ported over to the PS3. So Xbox's limited potential prevents game makers from using the PS3 to it's full potential.

A new generation is due.

[silentsim]

Originally Posted by RT14

Wow, can't believe they kept it that much under wraps if it's being released in 21 days. You'd think there would have been some rumors or small leaks at least. Impressive.

Hope it's true, it's time for a new console. Even if the PS3 still hasn't been used to it's full potential yet, it may never as most games are made to suit the less powerful XBox and ported over to the PS3. So Xbox's limited potential prevents game makers from using the PS3 to it's full potential.

A new generation is due.

Rumor is not for release...its for announcement..haha

[To Be Quite Honest]

Psdeath!

I'm hating the restrictions on consoles. I imagine Sony will only tighten it's grip only to end up having us slip through their fingers. Right Princess Leia!

[StrykerSteve]

Originally Posted by RT14

Wow, can't believe they kept it that much under wraps if it's being released in 21 days. You'd think there would have been some rumors or small leaks at least. Impressive.

Hope it's true, it's time for a new console. Even if the PS3 still hasn't been used to it's full potential yet, it may never as most games are made to suit the less powerful XBox and ported over to the PS3. So Xbox's limited potential prevents game makers from using the PS3 to it's full potential.

A new generation is due.

This is just for the reveal, it probably won't release until November.

[SebC]

Originally Posted by RT14

Wow, can't believe they kept it that much under wraps if it's being released in 21 days. You'd think there would have been some rumors or small leaks at least. Impressive.

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I thought it's whole hardware configuration was basically known.

[StrykerSteve]

Originally Posted by SebC

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I thought it's whole hardware configuration was basically known.

Indeed.

LIVERPOOL SOC

Custom implementation of AMD Fusion APU Arquitecture (Accelerated Processing Unit)
Provides good performance with low power consumtion
Integrated CPU and GPU
Considerably bigger and more powerful than AMD’s other APUs

PU:

Orbis contains eight Jaguar cores at 1.6 Ghz, arranged as two “clusters”
Each cluster contains 4 cores and a shared 2MB L2 cache
256-bit SIMD operations, 128-bit SIMD ALU
SSE up to SSE4, as well as Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
One hardware thread per core
Decodes, executes and retires at up to two intructions/cycle
Out of order execution
Per-core dedicated L1-I and L1-D cache (32Kb each)
Two pipes per core yield 12,8 GFlops performance
102.4 GFlops for system

GPU:

GPU is based on AMD’s “R10XX” (Southern Islands) architecture
DirectX 11.1+ feature set
Liverpool is an enhanced version of the architecture
18 Compute Units (CUs)
Hardware balanced at 14 CUs
Shared 512 KB of read/write L2 cache
800 Mhz
1.843 Tflops, 922 GigaOps/s
Dual shader engines
18 texture units
8 Render backends

Each CU contains dedicated:

- ALU (32 64-bit operations per cycle)

- Texture Unit

- L1 data cache

- Local data share (LDS)

About 14 + 4 balance:

- 4 additional CUs (410 Gflops) “extra” ALU as resource for compute

- Minor boost if used for rendering

Dual Shader Engines:

- 1.6 billion triangles/s, 1.6 billion vertices/s

18 Texture units

- 56 billion bilinear texture reads/s

- Can utilize full memory bandwith

8 Render backends:

- 32 color ops/cycle

- 128 depth ops/cycle

- Can utilize full memory bandwith

Memory:

4 GB unified system memory, 176 GB/s
3.5 available to games (estimate)

Storage:

- High speed Blu-ray drive

single layer (25 GB) or dual layer (50 GB) discs
Partial constant angular velocity (PCAV)
Outer half of disc 6x (27 MB/s)
Inner half varies, 3.3x to 6x

- Internal mass storage

One SKU at launch: 500 GB HDD
There may also be a Flash drive SKU in the future

Networking:

1 Gb/s Ethernet, 802.11b/g/n WIFI, and Bluetooth

Peripherals:

Evolved Dualshock controller
Dual Camera
Move controller

Extra:

Audio Processor (ACP)
Video encode and decode (VCE/UVD) units
Display ScanOut Engine (DCE)
Zlib Decompression Hardware

[Hemi-Cuda]

the most interesting thing about the next Playstation IMO is that it's going to be running Linux. that should be a boon to the Valve Steambox, and finally start making Linux relevant when it comes to PC games

[cSpooge]

Originally Posted by StrykerSteve

This is just for the reveal, it probably won't release until November.

november of 2014 at the earliest I would say.

[SebC]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

the most interesting thing about the next Playstation IMO is that it's going to be running Linux.

So did the current one, until Sony patched that out.

[Northendzone]

Feb 20th, same day the kings are in town....coincidence

[pseudoreality]

Originally Posted by cSpooge

november of 2014 at the earliest I would say.

My understanding is both Xbox and PlayStation are releasing new systems for the 2013 holiday season.

[no_joke]

Originally Posted by RT14

Wow, can't believe they kept it that much under wraps if it's being released in 21 days. You'd think there would have been some rumors or small leaks at least. Impressive.

No way. They need months if not year(s) of hype and pre orders. This is a ten year product for Sony and could make or break the company.

[Lego Man]

The only way I won't get a PS4 is if there isn't backwards compatibility AND it doesn't use a DS3 - I love the DS3. PSN purchases better be transferable and playable. Looking forward to the upgrade, but to be honest it seems as though every new generation the differences are smaller and smaller. Or maybe the differences are not as easy to notice. Either way - BRING ON NEXT GEN SPORTS GAMES!!!