Sony Reveals More PS4 and Dual Shock 4 Details

Yesterday, Sony gave a presentation explaining a bit about the new PS4 hardware, the development environment (Windows 7 based IDE), and the changes to the Dual Shock controller. From the article: "The system is also set up to run graphics and computational code synchronously, without suspending one to run the other. Norden says that Sony has worked to carefully balance the two processors to provide maximum graphics power of 1.843 teraFLOPS at an 800Mhz clock speed while still leaving enough room for computational tasks. The GPU will also be able to run arbitrary code, allowing developers to run hundreds or thousands of parallelized tasks with full access to the system's 8GB of unified memory. ... The DualShock 4 controller that's standard on the PS4 eliminates one feature that was seldom used on the PS3 —the analog face buttons..." The trackpad will support two touch points, the rumble motors can be controlled more finely, and the analog sticks were tweaked for "reduced dead zone and better feeling tension that grips your thumbs."

If you want Linux, get Ouya

[tepples]

Fortunately, for people who want a Linux box and a game console in one package, Ouya comes out this June. I have no need for Sony.

Nuh uh

[fyngyrz]

No hardware compatibility, no emulation == no buy.

And I agree with you: I *am* going to hold my nose because of that linux thing. That was uncalled for. "Here! Have this console with this feature! Got it? Ok, yeah, that feature? We're taking that out."

I just can't see giving Sony any more money; as they chose to make it so that only used, older units will play the titles in my game library, then so be it: Used, older units is what I will buy when the ones I have go nipples north. I've already dedicated more shelves (and system inputs) to game machines than most people bother to; no more.

There's a silver lining to this, too... the used game market for the previous and earlier generation machines is inexpensive and rich with titles. Couldn't find and play all the good ones if I played one a day for the rest of my life. There are a few titles that have basically infinite re-playability, too, because they're about interacting with other people. So.... pfbbbt.

GPU already years out of date

[InsaneLampshade]

1.8 teraflops, 800MHz clock speed... so they're aiming for a GPU with roughly the same power of something nVidia released in 2010?

Not to mention only 8GB RAM shared between GPU & CPU, I'm sure that'll last us for years to come!

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[CastrTroy]

Oh, I haven't played PlayStation in so long I forgot about the joysticks as pressable buttons issue. I can't believe that anybody really thought that was a good control mechanism. As if 4 thumb plus 4 shoulder buttons plus start and select wasn't enough already, they had to make the joysticks into buttons.

I'm pretty sure that Netflix will develop support for the PS4, although it may or may not be there on release day. As far as blu-ray player goes, you might be better off getting a dedicated blu-ray player as I've known a lot of people with dead drives on their PS3, possibly from playing so many movies. And the same problem happened with DVDs on the PS2.

As nice as it is to have a single box under your TV that does everything, I can defintely see the pluses of having a dedicated blu-ray player, some kind of Android TV box for Netflix and streaming videos from your file server, and then a console for serious gaming. But I don't think I'd buy a console on release date. It would probably cost close to the price of the TV.

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