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There is an article on Kotaku about the next Playstation console. It is not official, but they do try to cover themselves about the validity of the rumors saying:
The highlights:
Name: Orbis
CPU: AMD
GPU: AMD Southern Islands
Coming out next year
No used games
No backwards compatibility
I know there are those that say the PS3 has plenty of headroom left and that we are just now fully utilizing the potential etc etc, but I dont think there are many of those on this forum. I think Mass Effect 3 is a good example of that. I am about 8 hours in and there have been a few times where my PS3 just wasn't able to keep up with the action, letting the screen freeze or having the framerate drop significantly. I am really interested in the other services that a new console might allow for though. I'd like the next one to have a low power standby mode that allows you to buy downloadable games away from your system and have them automatically start downloading. And if they are going to go with a digital distribution model, or at least allow for it, I would like to be able to preload the game and just install a final patch at midnight to start playing. I dont think they can do some of these things with the current console but might be able to with the next.
I am just curious about this source that Kotaku has so much faith in. I wonder if this is going to turn out to be true or not. The good news about the GPU is especially encouraging.
The details in this story come from a reliable source who is not authorized to talk publicly about next-gen hardware but has shared correct information with us before. What they're telling us in specifics matches much of what we've heard and reported in generalities in recent weeks.
The highlights:
Name: Orbis
CPU: AMD
GPU: AMD Southern Islands
The former, that's largely something we've heard before, but the latter is interesting. That's the name given to many of AMD's 2012 roster of high-end PC cards. The PS4's GPU in particular, we're told, will be capable of displaying Orbis games at a resolution of up to 4096x2160, which is far in excess of the needs of most current HDTV sets. It'll also be capable of playing 3D games in 1080p (the PS3 could only safely manage 3D at 720p).
Coming out next year
No used games
No backwards compatibility
I know there are those that say the PS3 has plenty of headroom left and that we are just now fully utilizing the potential etc etc, but I dont think there are many of those on this forum. I think Mass Effect 3 is a good example of that. I am about 8 hours in and there have been a few times where my PS3 just wasn't able to keep up with the action, letting the screen freeze or having the framerate drop significantly. I am really interested in the other services that a new console might allow for though. I'd like the next one to have a low power standby mode that allows you to buy downloadable games away from your system and have them automatically start downloading. And if they are going to go with a digital distribution model, or at least allow for it, I would like to be able to preload the game and just install a final patch at midnight to start playing. I dont think they can do some of these things with the current console but might be able to with the next.
I am just curious about this source that Kotaku has so much faith in. I wonder if this is going to turn out to be true or not. The good news about the GPU is especially encouraging.