Playstation 4

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The WSJ is confirming what we all saw in Sony's slick video teaser for its upcoming February 20th event: Sony will be announcing the PlayStation 4. Citing the ol' reliable 'people familiar with the matter', the WSJ says that the PS4 will be announced on February 20th and be released later this year.

The WSJ also reports that Sony will try to throw in more "social gaming aspects" in the PS4, focusing more on how people "interact with the machine" than the sheer hardware power of the system. Sony had considered ditching the disk drive and using game downloads but decided that video game file sizes would be too large and Internet connections may be too slow to handle the load. Which means we can still expect the ol' disk bay to be in the PS4. The announcement of the PS4 will beat Microsoft's Xbox 360 successor to the punch, it's unclear if the actual next generation system will too. Both are expected to launch by this holiday season.

More info on the WSJ: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323701904578276672168365276.html

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4 more days to the unveiling of the PS4! Pictures of the PS4 controller (Prototype) have been leaked!

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A new rumor suggests that PlayStation 4 is due this November and will be available at two price points. According to Kotaku, anonymous sources say the PlayStation 4 is currently planned for two SKUs at US$429 and US$529 respectively, though “that could change.”

The source also suggests that “you'll also be able to control the PS4 remotely from your tablet or smartphone. You'll be able to use a mobile device to chat with your PS4 friends or buy games which are then automatically downloaded to your machine.”

As these are not official announcements, take it with a pinch of salt. We will need to wait for the official announcement, which is less than 24 hours away.

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PS4 Live Stream @ 7AM.

[phyllisgal]

hope they got a version for 1tb hdd

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The PlayStation2013 conversation has started! Watch the live stream @ https://us.playstation.com/meeting2013/

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PlayStation4 confirmed @ the PlayStation2013 Livestream!!

[phyllisgal]

Laggy and sometimes no sound

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not a bad announcement after all but d3 on PS don think will be a good experience

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The livestream got flooded. It's finally over. Quite a number of great titles!! Looking great so far. They kept us in suspense, didn't show the console.

Anyway, Sony confirmed that the newly announced PlayStation 4 will arrive this holiday season. Oooo.. and they also didn't reveal the price. LOL!

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PlayStation 4 Controller

Design:
DualShock 4 adopts the familiar form factor of the DualShock 3 wireless controller with some key enhancements:

• Motion control is enabled by a new highly sensitive six-axis sensor
• Dual analog sticks fine-tuned for better precision plus improved surface materials and shape for more delicate manipulation
• L2/R2 buttons on the top of the controller employ a curved design for easier, smoother interaction
• A new “Options” button combines the functions of the DualShock 3′s “Select” and “Start” buttons for operating in-game menus

New ways to play, share and connect:
In addition to these features that build on the controls that you already know, DualShock 4 offers new features that enable new ways to play, a key part of the PlayStation 4 experience. One of the biggest innovations we’ve designed centres on the deep social interactions that will surround all games on PlayStation 4.

The “Share” button allows you to easily broadcast your gameplay in real-time through streaming sites such as Ustream, where fellow gamers can comment and even join your game in new ways. For example, if you’re stuck in a difficult level, your friends can offer health potions or special weapons that you can use during gameplay. You can also instantly upload images or video to Facebook by pressing the “Share” button.

As both a developer and a gamer, I’m personally excited about the opportunity to get help from friends when facing a challenge, and I can’t wait to see what my friends are playing in real time along with videos of their favourite in-game moments.

On the front side of DualShock 4 is a light bar with LED that illuminate in various colours to match the colour of the character in a game as a simple way to identify players. The colours can also provide useful information to players, such as when their character has taken damage during a game.

DualShock 4 was developed alongside a second peripheral, a dual camera, which can sense the depth of the environment in front of it and also track the 3D location of the controller via its light bar. The new camera incorporates four microphones capable of accurate sound detection and source origination, and it will support the PlayStation Move motion controller with more precision than ever before.

DualShock 4 also has a touchpad at the front of the controller as a new input method, offering more ways to interact with games. Additionally there’s a built-in speaker and headset jack to deliver high-fidelity sound effects from the games. A headset will be bundled with PlayStation 4, enabling gamers to chat with friends during online gaming and to hear sound effects from the controller.

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PS4 Tech Specs from Sony

Main Processor
Single-chip custom processor
CPU: x86-64 AMD "Jaguar", 8 cores
GPU: 1.84 TFLOPS, AMD next-generation Radeon based graphics engine

Memory
GDDR5 8GB

Hard Disk Drive
Built-in

Optical Drive (read only)
BD 6xCAV
DVD 8xCAV

I/O
Super-Speed USB (USB 3.0) 、AUX
Communication Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T)
IEEE 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth® 2.1 (EDR)

AV output
HDMI
Analog-AV out
Digital Output (optical)

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"PS4 will not support DualShock 3, but it does support PS Move," Sony worldwide studios president Shuhei Yoshida has confirmed. Oh boy.. Need to buy new controllers again~!

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PS4 will or will not be region locked?

According to Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida, Sony cannot yet confirm if PlayStation 4 will be region free. “The PS4′s design is finished,” Yoshida told Famitsu.com, “but I cannot answer about this yet. Moreover, I think that it will be announced at another time.”

Oh boy..

[phyllisgal]

wah amd cpu amd gpu pricing should be cheap leh...

the light to differentiate the players using the controllers meaning die die have to on the camera at all times. Hopefully the camera is built into the console itself and not additional piece of hardware so many wire etc...

Heng got optical port or else my HT no use le lol