Zombie James
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Ugh, not a fan of the idea of tighter release cycles for consoles. Really not. There's nothing wrong with the standard 4-5 year cycle.
Kotaku: Sony is working on a PS4.5; briefing devs on plans for a more powerful PS4
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Exactly this. Having a new PS4 or iPhone out doesn't mean the product you already have got any worse.
If consoles want to remain competitive, we can't have another ridiculous 8 year generation.
Not only that, but they've played this perfectly by making the PS4 underpowered so they could sell it cheaply - which was a huge factor in its success - and now that they need more power for 4K and VR three years later they can just revise it with a better GPU while now having a budget option for less well-off gamers. It's just good planning all around and I commend them for it.
Boss★Moogle;198609063 said:
The writing's been on the wall for ages. And if you're a Nintendo fan you've been discussing little else for the past year.
It's happening, people.
entremet
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The advantage of incremental upgrades is not hamstringing developers on outdated hardware, which was a huge problem last generation and having one architecture to follow for guaranteed B/C.
Consoles are becoming PCs, basically.
This process has been going since the original Xbox.
Consoles are becoming PCs, basically.
This process has been going since the original Xbox.
Various Artists
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Ok. Enjoy spending 4 times as much money than me. Congrats I guess?
Fine, so long as new games work with the past 2-3 gens of hardware like new apps work with past 2-3 gens of iphones/ipads.
maybe this will be a ps5? maybe there will never be a big completely new playstation, tbey'll just use the same OS and increase the performance?
Stallion Dan
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Fuck this shit. I buy a console, I want it good and unchanged for 5+ years at least.
Cannot wait for some dev to claim "Sorry we cannot do this feature on original power PS4 consoles".
Cannot wait for some dev to claim "Sorry we cannot do this feature on original power PS4 consoles".
No idea and I barely distrust Jason Schreier, therefore it's pretty hard not to take it seriously.
Ugh...
Now that the stone is rolling, I wonder if Sony will actually explain something.
Blackleg-sanji1
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I mean damn if i didn't love a few select ps exclusives I'd have just made a pc honestly
GamingOblivion
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I mean, that's actually not why it's called 4K
Tal Shiar Agent
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I don't know how I feel about this. Unless they or retailers offer an upgrade program where you take in your old PS4 and get a PS4K for only $100 or something a lot of people are going to be pissed, myself included.
Will developers now be required to support two modes for their games? The standard 900p/60fps or 1080p/30fps that games are now and an upgraded mode for the PS4K?
Have we reached a point with x86 architecture that consoles will now come out every 3 or 4 years instead of 7 and be fully backwards compatible with all previous games?
Will developers now be required to support two modes for their games? The standard 900p/60fps or 1080p/30fps that games are now and an upgraded mode for the PS4K?
Have we reached a point with x86 architecture that consoles will now come out every 3 or 4 years instead of 7 and be fully backwards compatible with all previous games?
Pop
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Krappadizzle
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Not sure I believe this, but I'm okay with it. I won't pick one up though. I barely play my PS4 as it is.
RamzaIsCool
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4k is such a niche reason for a upgrade. i could understand if VR was the reason, but 4K?... really?
Hawk269
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Exactly. 4k is 4x 1080p. Not sure what they are smoking over there.
Primethius
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I expect a marginally stronger PS4 that can handle OS better and has VR stuff integrated.
4k games? Lmao
Yea, not buying this rumor.
4k games? Lmao
Yea, not buying this rumor.
Yeah, I don't know what the truth behind this story is, but it isn't actually hardware rendering the current PS4 library at 4K. You're basically talking an entire generational leap in terms of horsepower, which is not something they would waste on a "4.5" incremental upgrade of the current system.
Crimsonclaw111
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Scientist Supreme!
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Finally!
These companies are catching up with the times.
These companies are catching up with the times.
Krisprolls
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Papacheeks
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Agreed.
This iteration shit will bite them in the ass. May look good financially to keep selling hardware at a 399-449 price tag.
But what happens when PS5 is announced? If it's not that much better than PS4.6 or whatever, sales will tank. Or developers won't be so froathing at the mouth to get new engines and development they will be fine with what currently is out and not put in the effort for the upgrade because of cost and their bottom line.
I know going from PS3/360 companies over hauled or built brand new engines to really show off the consoles increase in power.
If they go this route it will small incremental instead of people seeing the big difference like from PS3-PS4. I remember when booting up the PS4 seeing how fast the menu was , how fast multitasking was, and how snappy things loaded.
If PS5 is a bigger upgrade with similar architecture, i wont see the benefits right off the bat and that's what sells me most of the time.
This might be a sega situation. Consoles though have innards close to PC's are not PC's.
Obliterator
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Why do you have to upgrade your console?
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Deleted member 80556
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I honestly can't remember, I'm not even going to treat this as a rumor, this is what's going to happen. The future, I suppose.
Oh well.
But November makes it three years. If an upgrade releases next fall, you have your cycle.
SlickShoesRUCrazy
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If both Microsoft and Sony do it, it will be fucking amazing!
Sounds like bullshit to me. Especially since Sony has been pushing the concept of every PS4 being the same as a major selling point to developers for PSVR at GDC
Very interesting
In fact I don't think is going to be a thing anytime soon.
In my opinion this is just a reaction to what Microsoft has been saying for the past weeks.
Sony has to have some kind of backup plan in case Microsoft actually does it and it is received well but I don't think they will be the first to do this type of incremental upgrade, at least not until they see how it works out for Microsoft.
In my opinion this is just a reaction to what Microsoft has been saying for the past weeks.
Sony has to have some kind of backup plan in case Microsoft actually does it and it is received well but I don't think they will be the first to do this type of incremental upgrade, at least not until they see how it works out for Microsoft.
There is something to be said for "everyone is experiencing this the same as me".
I see screenshots of PC games and get a little jealous, but I know that's because I chose PS4 and the console "scene" in general, so it's not a big deal. But now someone will have another PlayStation that I don't have because they waited a bit, but can still play the games I'm playing, but they're better.
Not saying it's rational, but it is a bit different.
KINGofCRA5H
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yooooo holy shit please be true
Except PCs are eclipsing consoles way faster this time and debs will want to be able to port games easily.
I'm suddenly even more excited for E3.
The question genuinely becomes why would you purchase a console every few years as opposed to purchasing a gaming PC that'll arguably last a good while longer.
Kenzodielocke
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599 doesn't sound bad for a machine that plays games at 4k.
As long as there are no PS4.5 exclusive games, and I can still play all the new releases on my PS4, I support the idea.
I plan to keep my console for another 3-4 years, and would really be upset if I get locked out of some of my favorite games.
This can be a positive thing it it results in continual backwards compatibility (what MS has mentioned). I have gone full digital this gen, and would be cool to carry my account with all games from generation to generation.
I plan to keep my console for another 3-4 years, and would really be upset if I get locked out of some of my favorite games.
This can be a positive thing it it results in continual backwards compatibility (what MS has mentioned). I have gone full digital this gen, and would be cool to carry my account with all games from generation to generation.
ElephantShell
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This is fine, but if we start seeing "PS4.5" exclusive games, that's gonna be a problem.
ghegh.
To be fair, I can see it happening. just make sure it's 100% 'regular' PS4 compatible.