Playstation 4 being announced February 20th?

wannabedamned · 1 Feb 2013 at 17:13

yeah I was thinking that Xenon89, Match up is a loose term. Could easily just mean speeds\performance

Broken Hope · 1 Feb 2013 at 17:17

GAC said:
they wouldnt be they would be adding half of that cost if that, dont forget they buy in bulk and also they wouldnt be paying for ddr3.

Even if it was $40 extra per console, multiply that by millions of consoles and it's a huge, huge figure, they won't be adding to the cost of the console if they can help it.

Craterloads · 1 Feb 2013 at 17:21

I cant see why they would need 8gb ddr5, Gpu probably wouldn't even be able to utilise it all. Like. A 9500gt with 2gb ram

Broken Hope · 1 Feb 2013 at 17:24

It's unified memory, it's not just for the GPU, it's for the entire system.

Robbo · 1 Feb 2013 at 17:30

I wonder what the release date will be.

Jumper118 · 1 Feb 2013 at 17:46

my mate was talking about the ps4 at lunch and he that is was going to have a 7970 at 1000mhz, a 8 core amd cpu with x86 architecture and that it would destroy most pc's . I lol'd.

ps3ud0 · 1 Feb 2013 at 17:46

Japan - December 2013
Worldwide - Q1 2014

Cant see it really happening any other way, though I dont foresee a large gap between Japan and WW release.

ps3ud0 :cool:

ic1male · 1 Feb 2013 at 17:47

I wonder what Microsoft will do with the next Xbox in Japan.

Broken Hope · 1 Feb 2013 at 17:48

ps3ud0 said:
Japan - December 2013
Worldwide - Q1 2014

Cant see it really happening any other way, though I dont foresee a large gap between Japan and WW release.

ps3ud0

There's no way they will miss November in the US, it just won't happen, it's the biggest selling season in the entire year, if they miss November in the US they might as well not bother releasing it that year at all.

Red Porsche · 1 Feb 2013 at 17:59

Jumper118 said:
my mate was talking about the ps4 at lunch and he that is was going to have a 7970 at 1000mhz, a 8 core amd cpu with x86 architecture and that it would destroy most pc's . I lol'd.

The graphics card alone costs more than the console...

Plainsong · 1 Feb 2013 at 18:06

Starting to feel excited!

Jumper118 · 1 Feb 2013 at 18:06

Red Porsche said:
The graphics card alone costs more than the console...

i know and just think how much power it would use compared with the current 300W.

Dauthi · 1 Feb 2013 at 18:25

Jumper118 said:
i know and just think how much power it would use compared with the current 300W.

Let alone the heat/noise is ridiculous for the size it will be.

ps3ud0 · 1 Feb 2013 at 19:02

Broken Hope said:
There's no way they will miss November in the US, it just won't happen, it's the biggest selling season in the entire year, if they miss November in the US they might as well not bother releasing it that year at all.

Their home region isnt the US, its far more important for them as a Japanese company to have it out in Japan at all costs and then worry about the other regions. Theyve always launched first in Japan, so cant see that changing, US is far likely than EU to see it this year though I guess...

ps3ud0 :cool:

Broken Hope · 1 Feb 2013 at 19:08

It doesn't matter where their home region is, Nintendo released the Wii U in both the US and EU before Japan.

They won't miss November in the US, look at the PS3 launch, November 10th in Japan, 17th in the US then not till March in the EU.

The holiday season in America is huge, there's zero chance of it being missed.

ps3ud0 · 1 Feb 2013 at 19:15

Yet theyve missed all other holiday seasons for previous PS releases and with the recent Vita launch. I agree with your logic, but the Japanese dont really have the same western fundamentals like us, so I dont see it as black and white as you do.

ps3ud0 :cool:

antijoke · 1 Feb 2013 at 19:17

Well well well.....interesting.

nuhash · 1 Feb 2013 at 19:24

Broken Hope said:
It's unified memory, it's not just for the GPU, it's for the entire system.

Does it matter, i doubt they can produce DDR5 with the same stability as DDR3, an error in graphics memory is an ofcoloured pixel, an error in system memory is a crash/bsod.

Also, 8 core bulldozer at 1.6GHz... sounds a bit fishy to me seeing as though bulldozer didnt stack up well against corei5s in gaming, anyone wanna chime in on this one

ps3ud0 · 1 Feb 2013 at 19:27

nuhash said:
Does it matter, i doubt they can produce DDR5 with the same stability as DDR3, an error in graphics memory is an ofcoloured pixel, an error in system memory is a crash/bsod.

Wow

ps3ud0

antijoke · 1 Feb 2013 at 19:37

he said that they believe they have an opportunity to get the jump on microsoft this time versus lagging behind and they are aiming for end of nov early december global launch. It was used at ces to demonstrate final fantasy in 4k but very well hidden.

He also said it'll probably only be 1080p at launch as at ces it was running a future beta firmware for 4k output.