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Playstation 4, It's finally here. Is your body ready?
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QUOTE | Sony (SNE) unveiled the PlayStation 4 at a New York event on Wednesday. The new system features an impressive array of specifications and social enhancements. Here's the rundown:
The Console: The PlayStation 4 will be powered by chips that would make any top-of-the-line PC user envious: A "supercharged" x86 processor, accelerated by the graphics processor, and a stunning eight gigabytes of RAM. With these guts serving as the PS4's central brain, the console is capable of pushing graphics at 4K resolution, or supporting stereoscopic 3D in full 1080p for high definition televisions. That means it'll likely be ready for the next five to 10 years of living room display technology.
Social integration: The PS4's controller features a share button on controller. When pressing it, users can share clips of the last few minutes of their game play and even broadcast real-time gameplay to friends. In some instances, friends will be able to communicate with one another and even remotely take over one another's games. The PS4 also features social networking integration and personalized recommendations for downloading games and media. Users will also be able to login to their PlayStation profiles on phones, tablets or PCs.
The Controller: Like every other iteration of the PlayStation controller before it, the PS4 controller didn't get too much of a makeover, but it packs a few new tricks. In addition to the share button, the PS4 controller will also features a touchpad placed smack dab in the middle, which supports two-finger multitouch. Along the bottom is a 3.5mm headphone jack for connecting a headset, and along the top is a glowing LED light strip that will display a player's ID.
The Network: More than ever, the PlayStation network is emerging as a central priority for Sony. And its plans for the PS4 are big. The biggest announcement Sony made was that users will be able to "stream" PS4 games to the handheld PS Vita. But Sony doesn't want to stop there. Eventually, Sony says it will enable cloud gaming, which will allow users to play every title on any system, streamed from remote servers. That is how the PS4 will work around the fact that it isn't backwards-compatible with its PS3 predecessor, due to the radically different processors the two consoles have.
The Camera: The PS4 features a built-in camera for 3D tracking and motion control, similar to the Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500) Xbox's Kinect attachment.
The Games: We're still a ways off from knowing what will be ready in time for the PS4 launch, and what will come after, but Sony already has a couple of big titles lined up in the form of the first-person war shooter Battlefield 4, and the Metal Gear Solid 5, the latest installment of the long-running stealth ops series.
The Release: Sony hasn't given a firm release date aside from Q4, but generally that means it will arrive in time for the holiday shopping season. In other words, sometime around November. |
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So, it's pretty much confirmed that the Playstation 4 will in fact be revealed tomorrow. The name of the event, after all, is "Playstation Meeting 2013".
However, nobody knows what games, if any, will be revealed tomorrow as PS4 launch titles. Over the past 20 days or so, Sony has released a series of videos showing the history and evolution of the Playstation brand.
This one, just released today, shows the evolution of games...and Gran Turismo is featured in this video. It doesn't mean a GT6 announcement will come tomorrow, but it is very encouraging for the series to be featured as part of one of Sony's biggest media events of the last decade.
We are about 24 1/2 hours away from the unveiling at 6pm EST tomorrow (23:00 GMT). Keep an eye on GTPlanet, as they will provide links to the live stream of the event tomorrow.
Anyone else excited? How about nostalgic after watching those videos? I was glad I got my PS2 when I did, for Christmas in 2000. I remember EVERYONE was trying to get one, and everywhere was sold out.
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