The PS4 will ship by the end of the year. Its price is unknown, and the console has not yet been publicly shown. Here are the announced specs:
- Main Processor: Single chip custom processor. CPU is an x86-64 AMD "Jaguar", 8 cores.
- Graphic Processor: GPU is an AMD next-generation Radeon graphics engine rated at 1.84 teraflops with 18 unified Compute Units.
- Memory: 8GB GDDR5 with 176GB/s bandwidth.
- Hard Drive: Built-in
- Optical Drive (read only): BD 6x CAV, DVD 8x CAV
- I/O: Super-Speed USB 3.0, Aux (for PS4 Eye)
- Communication: Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T), IEEE 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 (EDR)
- AV Output: HDMI, Analogue AV out, optical digital audio output
It comes with a new DualShock 4 controller and a headset. Move and a new PSEye with dual lenses have been confirmed.
Other known tidbits include not having PS3 compatability except through future streaming technology, you don't need to be online to use the PS4, and that the system will not block used games.
Below is a summary of what was announced at the PS4 unveiling conference.
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- New console is named PlayStation 4
- Sony got input from dozens of developers when designing the PS4.
- Has 8 GB of GDDR5 memory (wow!) allowing 176 GB/second of bandwidth
- The CPU is a custom chip that contains eight x86-64 cores
- The GPU is customized for the PS4. It contains a "unified array of 18 compute units, which collectively generate
1.84 Teraflops of processing power that can freely be applied to graphics, simulation tasks, or some mixture of the two."
- DS4 controller same as rumored pics. It has reduced lag and better rumble tech. A dual lens PSEye camera detects your controller by a light bar on the back of the DS4. There is a Share button added as well.
- Knack, a new a family friendly platform action game starring a robot made up of many pieces is shown. Kinda like Ratchet and Clank.
- The PS4 allows you to save state like the Vita. It has a second chip to download stuff, even when it is off. DLoading new games allows you to play immediately while the rest dloads in the background.
- The PS4 auto records your game so you can cut a video at any time, edit it and send it to friends before getting back to the game.
- You can bring up your friend's game play live to watch on your screen, and choose to join if you wish. Smart phones and Vita can easily connect to the network to communicate and track what your friends are playing.
- The PS4 lets you instantly try out any PS4 game for free, and even play with friends. Awesome.
- There is a spectating feature on the PS4. Pressing the Share button on the controller lets you broadcast your game to friends, who can then communicate with you real time. If a game level is too tough for you, your online buddy can take over the controls through his PS4 and beat it for you.
- Remote play will be a major push for the Vita. Sony hints that almost any PS4 game can be played this way. They showed Knack on the Vita being streamed from PS4.
- Sony plans to stream almost all PS games from PSOne to PS3 on many devices like phones, PS4, etc. They will roll out PS Cloud support in phases.
- Developers discuss how important immediacy is for PS4. No wait time for loading a game before you can play if it was suspended, or waiting to play as you are downloading new content.
- Killzone Shadow Fall was announced. The demo showed detailed visuals, lots of reflections, smoke, shadow and light effects. Frame rate this early on is up and down. A ton of people walking around a city is shown. Explosion and chaos ensues. Death scenes shown, the. The KZ action then starts in real time. You can climb any ledge now it seems. Weapon effects are solid. Flying over the futuristic city looks fantastic.
- Driving Club is a team based driving game, club vs club. It rewards you for group play, even if not simultaneously, despite not being the best driver. There will be a ton of challenges to enjoy. Graphics are fantastic, but the cars are not real. I can't emphasize enough how incredible the detail is on the cars. The textures, lighting, etc are top tier. The driving is very smooth as the car races around the countryside looking for challengers.
- Sucker Punch's game is called inFamous: Second Son. The world has police monitoring everywhere through cameras. Once again, chaos ensues. Super heroes and villains go at it. Awesome premise from what was shown.
- Braid developer appeared with a title to debut on the PS4: The Witness. His game is open world, but he says his game will be dense with detail and relevance. There is an idea to convey with every puzzle you solve during 25 hours of gameplay. The adventure takes place in your mind more than the display he said. It has nice, colorful 3D graphics. Relaxing music. It takes place on an island.
- The Heavy Rain developer talked about conveying emotion through games and uses movies as examples. He says PS4 allows this to be possible in games with its realistic visuals. A brief demo showed the most realistic human models ever to appear on a console. If his next game looks that good....
- LittleBigPlanet developer talked about new way to share games by recording "your dreams", and that the Move controller works with the PS4. He shows demo of artist sculpting art creations with the Move to make it easy to make models so people don't need to use complex art techniques. Another demo that played was of a dance scene with characters controlled by the Move on PS4. A guy then plays guitar while others play drums and keyboards, all. With the Move. Kind of like a simplified Rock Band.
- Capcom's developer talks about their new game engine. It is called Panta Rhei for some strange reason.
- He then shows a demo of Deep Down. It looks like a medieval action adventure in the Demons' Souls / Dragon's Dogma vein. There is a stunning dragon battle with the hero. It has amazing effects and monster models.
- Square-Enix discusses their Luminous engine. They show the same gorgeous Agni demo from awhile back, but says it is running on the PS4. A Final Fantasy game will be announced at E3.
- Watch Dogs developer from Ubisoft took the stage. He said how city events are remotely controlled in the game by you as well as your ability to hack into individuals. The demo starts with a nice looking daytime city scene. Your character wanders around prying into their thoughts with his tech. Very interesting premise. You see a target and eavesdrop. Stops a crime, chases bad guy through city. Nice animations. Police chase allows you to bullet time tires on their cars. You slow down a subway so you can hop on and escape. Then hack a security camera that sees you to scramble transmission. Looks like a fun game!
- Diablo 3 announced for PS4 and PS3. PAX East will reveal the first playable look at the ports.
- Bungie's Destiny is demo'd. A lot of new stuff is shown not in the announcement video. Developer says exclusive Destiny content is coming to both PS4 and PS3.
- Sony got input from dozens of developers when designing the PS4.
- Has 8 GB of GDDR5 memory (wow!) allowing 176 GB/second of bandwidth
- The CPU is a custom chip that contains eight x86-64 cores
- The GPU is customized for the PS4. It contains a "unified array of 18 compute units, which collectively generate
1.84 Teraflops of processing power that can freely be applied to graphics, simulation tasks, or some mixture of the two."
- DS4 controller same as rumored pics. It has reduced lag and better rumble tech. A dual lens PSEye camera detects your controller by a light bar on the back of the DS4. There is a Share button added as well.
- Knack, a new a family friendly platform action game starring a robot made up of many pieces is shown. Kinda like Ratchet and Clank.
- The PS4 allows you to save state like the Vita. It has a second chip to download stuff, even when it is off. DLoading new games allows you to play immediately while the rest dloads in the background.
- The PS4 auto records your game so you can cut a video at any time, edit it and send it to friends before getting back to the game.
- You can bring up your friend's game play live to watch on your screen, and choose to join if you wish. Smart phones and Vita can easily connect to the network to communicate and track what your friends are playing.
- The PS4 lets you instantly try out any PS4 game for free, and even play with friends. Awesome.
- There is a spectating feature on the PS4. Pressing the Share button on the controller lets you broadcast your game to friends, who can then communicate with you real time. If a game level is too tough for you, your online buddy can take over the controls through his PS4 and beat it for you.
- Remote play will be a major push for the Vita. Sony hints that almost any PS4 game can be played this way. They showed Knack on the Vita being streamed from PS4.
- Sony plans to stream almost all PS games from PSOne to PS3 on many devices like phones, PS4, etc. They will roll out PS Cloud support in phases.
- Developers discuss how important immediacy is for PS4. No wait time for loading a game before you can play if it was suspended, or waiting to play as you are downloading new content.
- Killzone Shadow Fall was announced. The demo showed detailed visuals, lots of reflections, smoke, shadow and light effects. Frame rate this early on is up and down. A ton of people walking around a city is shown. Explosion and chaos ensues. Death scenes shown, the. The KZ action then starts in real time. You can climb any ledge now it seems. Weapon effects are solid. Flying over the futuristic city looks fantastic.
- Driving Club is a team based driving game, club vs club. It rewards you for group play, even if not simultaneously, despite not being the best driver. There will be a ton of challenges to enjoy. Graphics are fantastic, but the cars are not real. I can't emphasize enough how incredible the detail is on the cars. The textures, lighting, etc are top tier. The driving is very smooth as the car races around the countryside looking for challengers.
- Sucker Punch's game is called inFamous: Second Son. The world has police monitoring everywhere through cameras. Once again, chaos ensues. Super heroes and villains go at it. Awesome premise from what was shown.
- Braid developer appeared with a title to debut on the PS4: The Witness. His game is open world, but he says his game will be dense with detail and relevance. There is an idea to convey with every puzzle you solve during 25 hours of gameplay. The adventure takes place in your mind more than the display he said. It has nice, colorful 3D graphics. Relaxing music. It takes place on an island.
- The Heavy Rain developer talked about conveying emotion through games and uses movies as examples. He says PS4 allows this to be possible in games with its realistic visuals. A brief demo showed the most realistic human models ever to appear on a console. If his next game looks that good....
- LittleBigPlanet developer talked about new way to share games by recording "your dreams", and that the Move controller works with the PS4. He shows demo of artist sculpting art creations with the Move to make it easy to make models so people don't need to use complex art techniques. Another demo that played was of a dance scene with characters controlled by the Move on PS4. A guy then plays guitar while others play drums and keyboards, all. With the Move. Kind of like a simplified Rock Band.
- Capcom's developer talks about their new game engine. It is called Panta Rhei for some strange reason.
- He then shows a demo of Deep Down. It looks like a medieval action adventure in the Demons' Souls / Dragon's Dogma vein. There is a stunning dragon battle with the hero. It has amazing effects and monster models.
- Square-Enix discusses their Luminous engine. They show the same gorgeous Agni demo from awhile back, but says it is running on the PS4. A Final Fantasy game will be announced at E3.
- Watch Dogs developer from Ubisoft took the stage. He said how city events are remotely controlled in the game by you as well as your ability to hack into individuals. The demo starts with a nice looking daytime city scene. Your character wanders around prying into their thoughts with his tech. Very interesting premise. You see a target and eavesdrop. Stops a crime, chases bad guy through city. Nice animations. Police chase allows you to bullet time tires on their cars. You slow down a subway so you can hop on and escape. Then hack a security camera that sees you to scramble transmission. Looks like a fun game!
- Diablo 3 announced for PS4 and PS3. PAX East will reveal the first playable look at the ports.
- Bungie's Destiny is demo'd. A lot of new stuff is shown not in the announcement video. Developer says exclusive Destiny content is coming to both PS4 and PS3.
Edited by joeblow - 2/21/13 at 11:59am
