GenerationGamerz

26th August, 2010

PlayStation 4 - everything what you need to know about the new PS4

Since the end of March 2007 there is the Playstation 3 to buy. The games console from Sony is what hardware and performance terms which, although still up to date, but will for some time on the next generation in the form of the Playstation 4 already discussed. The question is, what it says and what the other hand, the so-called next-gen console will soon be brought to the market.

The rivals Sony and Microsoft has always provided a bitter battle for the favor of the players. The motion controllers and PSMove the whole thing was now in the next round. Experts however believe that this hardware extension is the last of the current console generation well. The reason is already in one to two years could go with the Xbox 720 and Playstation 4, the successor models to the start.

Even the game developers want a new Playstation
An example: Gran Turismo 5 exceeds, at least according to developers Polyphony Digital, already the possibilities that the Playstation 3 currently offers. In addition, Sony itself recommends the development of future games in 720p instead of 1080p resolution, so there is no loss in performance. And the developer Bungie Studios, responsible for the game series Halo, is already higher demands on the consoles. According to statements of the company plane to the next Games of the opportunities here so that the current consoles could only compete hard.

Motion controller as only delaying technique?
For the Wii from Nintendo, there was the motion controller already gone from the start. Sony, with PlayStation and Microsoft's Move Kinect, went after now. But industry observers hold the whole thing as a kind of distraction. Both manufacturers want to extend the publication of the new hardware only to the life cycle of consoles artificially, experts say. What Microsoft is concerned, there is still another problem. After all, the Xbox 360 only have a DVD drive and therefore does not support the latest Blu-ray technology.

The Playstation 4 as an infusion of the PS3?
If one considers the enormous production costs of the Playstation 3, it is reason alone to give his successor will not happen as quickly. However, it would be possible to replace the inner workings of the PlayStation 3 almost completely. Many hardware developers are already significantly improved and particularly space-saving products here. Whether it's processors from Intel and the latest generation of Nvidia graphics card is, the development is progressing in leaps and bounds. More memory, faster processor, a bigger hard drive and better graphics chip that could have made the current console to be a Playstation 4. And without the huge development costs of the PS3.

Content online instead of Blu-ray
One of the most expensive hardware components of the Playstation 3 is the Blu-ray drive. This could save Sony in the future, because now there are many games and applications as online content. Even movies can be easily viewed online or downloaded from the Internet to the hard drive. And in one to two years, this trend will emerge still more clearly. But because of this savings opportunity for Sony would be able to significantly boost profits. A clear advantage that is for a new Playstation 4.

The high life-cycle of the Playstation
For the computer gamers are not optical in the near future, and stand much better technically, have the console manufacturers follow suit in any case soon. The only question is when that happens. If we take the estimated life-cycle, which was set for the Sony Playstation 3, according to ten years, so it might take even longer by the year 2016 and the appearance of the next-gen consoles. If one believes, however, the statements of game developers, will provide the Move games so far significantly higher hardware requirements than the Playstation can handle third the future of the theme of next-gen console will ensure then continue to talk about.