PlayStation 4 Thread

[Inferno]

Originally Posted by chemgear

http://ca.ign.com/articles/2013/06/2...tally-revealed

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[rubecube]

Originally Posted by PeteLFan

Just pre ordered from future shop you have until July 31st to pre order for launch day.

I'm pretty sure the day one launches of the PS4 were sold out. The flyer was a bit misleading because it was actually for day one Xbones.

[PeteLFan]

Originally Posted by rubecube

I'm pretty sure the day one launches of the PS4 were sold out. The flyer was a bit misleading because it was actually for day one Xbones.

Nope it clearly states its for PS4 or Xbox 1

[chemgear]

http://ca.ign.com/articles/2013/07/2...eserved-for-os

A new rumor suggests that PlayStation 4 developers will be able to use less than 70% of PlayStation 4’s RAM for games.

While Sony’s new console will contain 8GB of DDR5 memory total, Digital Foundry reports that 3.5GB of that space is reserved for the operating system, leaving only 4.5GB available for games. Anonymous sources clarified to Digital Foundry that 1GB of the reserved RAM is available as “flexible memory” and “may be reclaimed from the OS reservation, based on availability,” making 5.5GB potentially accessible.

[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by chemgear

http://ca.ign.com/articles/2013/07/2...eserved-for-os

A new rumor suggests that PlayStation 4 developers will be able to use less than 70% of PlayStation 4’s RAM for games.

While Sony’s new console will contain 8GB of DDR5 memory total, Digital Foundry reports that 3.5GB of that space is reserved for the operating system, leaving only 4.5GB available for games. Anonymous sources clarified to Digital Foundry that 1GB of the reserved RAM is available as “flexible memory” and “may be reclaimed from the OS reservation, based on availability,” making 5.5GB potentially accessible.

It'll be the same with Xbox One. That's how it is with every modern computer although memory is a little more flexible in other architectures. A 3.5GB reserve seems a bit much for a console.

[Russic]

With the amount of background processing it's not shocking. The PS3 at the moment can do frustratingly little in the background, so I'm almost happy to see allocation like this.

[mdubz]

Anyone know if we need to register a new PSN ID with the playstation 4 or can we keep our current usernames?

[chemgear]

http://ca.ign.com/articles/2013/08/2...ed-on-remotely

In response to a question on Twitter about purchasing PS4 games from a smartphone, Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida responded, "When you buy a PS4 game on smartphone, it will wake your PS4 up to start downloading the game. PS4 goes back to sleep after that."

[Russic]

Originally Posted by mdubz

Anyone know if we need to register a new PSN ID with the playstation 4 or can we keep our current usernames?

I believe that it will carry your username forward is assumed. The question I've heard tossed out more often is whether we'll be able to change the username without losing the account. They've been scary quiet on that question.