Seems like the rumors are running a little rampant now... EG originally said, it was basically slightly more powerful to allow for 4K stream (which I don't get b/c the PS4 is, in theory, powerful enough for 4K video). And now there are rumors that the system itself is more powerful. If it's the latter, I kinda agree, it would suck if there wasn't some kind of an upgrade option (ie, trade in old PS4 + some $ for PS4K) for current owners.
Wasn't really talking about ports, just the GPU/CPU... if they just added a HDMI 2.0 port, that'd be one thing. But I'm saying, the PS4's GPU/CPU should be powerful enough to handle 4K video streaming. The fact that there seems to be many signs saying it actually is more powerful makes me wonder why.
While the existing APU can do the job, it cannot do it very well. HEVC, the primary codec used for 4K content, although Netflix is using it for everything where supported to reduce bandwidth costs, is still fairly new as far as hardware is concerned. For example, you can play HEVC content fairly well on the latest Intel Skylake processors but the amount of activity it requires is much higher than desirable for something like a settop box. (A really obsolete term since TVs have long since stopped being big boxes you could parka a smaller box atop.)
I think you are correct. It would be a huge mistake for Sony and/or Microsoft to divide the user base at such an early point in this generation. It is also too soon to get the amount of performance upgrade needed while keeping to the same price point the current machines started at.
kThat is simply not true. Many 4K TVs, especially at the lower price points, do not have app functionality and even those that do typically provide a greatly inferior experience to apps on the consoles. The TVs have much less processor performance and RAM, and usually no local storage or support for user added storage. Microsoft noted that the Xbox 360 was doing a significant amount of business to non-gaming customers because it offered a better experience than the 'Smart TVs' of that era. The 360 or PS3's 512MB may seem tiny today but those TVs produced between 2005 and 2010 were most often getting by with far less. They were also constrained in the amount of flash memory they had for storing the apps, which limited the feature sets.
Until there is further info, I think it's safe to assume Sony wants to keep the price at the same number that was well received when the PS4 launched.Thanks for the clarification epobirs. I guess it makes sense, they wouldn't do it if it wasn't necessary.
I was also wondering if PSVR might have been a factor in more power but Sony seems fairly confident that current hardware can handle it fine.
I'm kinda torn at the moment on the new PS4. I just got a new HDTV that's 4K. It's a cheapo one but picture quality apparently isn't bad. I don't have any 4K capable devices outside of my laptop and PC so I've been thinking about something for my entertainment area. A Roku 4 is $100+ by itself and if the PS4K is $400 (no idea if that's even reasonable) and has any other benefits, I might as well trade in my old PS4 towards a new console.
Ehh, I feellikepeople buying these budget 4kTVs probably wont be interested in spending the same amount on a console... they are probably going to go with the cheaper OG PS4. My Samsung JU7100 runs all apps very well, but yes my oldercSamsung smart TV is pretty slow as far as running apps go.
Why would anyone buy a 4K screen if they weren't intent on accessing 4K content? The lack of good options for accessing material that makes proper use of the screen has been one of the factors holding back sales now that prices are in overlap with the high-end of 1080p TVs. The home video industry, looking back on the transition in HDTV sales after Blu-ray was launched with the PS3 (along with the stillborn HD-DVD as an add-on for the Xbox 360), likely hope to see the same increase of interest by getting the content delivery into a form with high recognition, the Playstation and Xbox brands.
ing weird and awesome. I would bet money against it. This has been widely promoted as a game exclusively for the existing PS4 for over a year. To turn around at the last minute and say you need a new model to get the advertised quality would open them up to all sorts of trouble, No, what you're seeing is simply intense optimization focused on a single platform and given substantially greater funding than the average game. This is a huge flagship bet for Sony and they'll tune it within an inch of its life to make it as good as the machine can produce.http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-04-05-massive-god-of-war-4-leak-points-to-norse-mythology-setting
And so there are rumors that games might use the added horses. I mean, really, if they're gonna make the system more powerful, why not make sure of the extra power?
I've seen some of the recent vids of Uncharted 4 and I couldn't help but wonder "is this really running on a PS4?" but now I'm wondering if it might not be running on a PS4K.
Oh a sidenote, God of War in a Norse setting might be even more awesome than the Greek setting. Norse mythology is so
Yeah I don't see how they would appeal to their current user base. I have a launch X1 console with the Kinect which they more or less dumped along the way as it is, but a new console altogether? I don't want to drop another 4 or 5 hundred bones on a new console. Would they be willing to take the old console back and offer a deep discount for current users? I'd be willing to upgrade (if the specs are that much better) for around 100 if that works but no more than that.
I'm really confused by all of this... on one hand, it seems like developers can make use of the extra power in the Neo (as long as they don't make a game Neo only) but on the other, they're not including support of UHD BDs?
Feel like this is gonna cause a lot of problems... so many people thinking it's 4K gaming. It's not, it's for 4K video, albeit, streaming only... no UHDBD support. Which seems pretty dumb. But it's also gonna help gaming performance?
