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Sony working on Playstaion 4.5
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sony apparently working in a more powerful playstation 4 that will do 4k gaming
http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2016/03/18/sources-say-sony-is-working-on-a-ps4-5
http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2016/03/18/sources-say-sony-is-working-on-a-ps4-5
would you buy a playstaion 4.5 ? 116 votes
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Yet again another PS4 variant. I remember how the Amiga 500/ 1200 panned out. I.e not a lot of 1200 sales.
Best to put new features on a new console ?
Will never happen, the more power Devs get the more they put graphics before performance, on consoles anyway.
They need to follow the PC way, give the gamers the choice to scale back effects to boast resolution and fps.
It obviously burns the early adopters like so many of us because we'll either have inferior machines or we'll have to cash out to get up to speed with the latest model.
Not to mention that they already want £350 for the PSVR, so why would anyone in their right mind spend, let's say £500 on PS4K and then another £350 on PSVR and then another £150 on the camera, Move and another DS4, when they could just buy a gaming PC.
Microsoft have also expressed interest in annually releasing new iterations of the Xbox, citing the iPhone as one of the major influences in that decision, and I just think the cost it will be to develop and produce these various "upgraded" iterations could massively impact these 2 companies, I just can't see the console crowd shelling out every year or 2 just to buy the newest model of the exact same console, it just won't work.
If upgrading consoles hardware become a thing then I think my gaming days is coming to an end.
I believe they've thought about the idea and considered it but I don't see it happening in the PS4s lifetime. Maybe for PS5.
Although I do love the name PS4k so it's a shame.
it would but I reckon we'd be looking at 3-4 years so there's time for prices to drop.
Don't think many people would be willing to shell out £350 for PSVR and another similar amount for PS4.5 in a year or so. I know I wouldn't.
I don't see Sony rushing out a PS4.5 this year what with them already focusing on releasing new hardware with PSVR. If they wait too long they might as well just release PS5, I doubt PS4 generation will be as long as last time so we are probably looking at 2018-2019 for PS5 anyway. By which time 4K TV will be more wide spread and hardware to process 4K gaming will be much cheaper so they could launch a 4K PS5 again at £350
But I could see Sony releasing a PS4VR system which included the external processing box inside a new PS4 model and possibly fully capably of 4K movies.
More likely it'll be a PS4 with HDMI 2.0 and possibly 5GHz Wifi.
That turned out to be full of crap, Phil Spencer apparently has a strange idea of the meaning of hardware upgrades. He thought that adding software-based backward compatibility was a hardware upgrade. He thought PSVR was a hardware upgrade.
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2112910&highlight=
There are some people that upgrade their consoles every time there's a hardware revision or even a special edition. They'll probably lap this up.
This might not be much more than a 4K Blu-ray compatible drive and an upscaling circuit for games. In which case, unless you have a 4K TV it's nothing to worry about.
Even if there is a significant boost to specs allowimg better graphics it would be madness to abandon the current PS4 userbase, so you can practically guarantee the existing model will play all the games until a fully fledged PS5 arrives in a few years time.
As existing PS4 owners we already play games knowing that some PC owners are getting a "better" experience. All that changes here is some PS4.5 owners might be getting the same advantage. As long as games on the existing PS4 aren't suffering, it's no big deal.
Everything's still way too vague to worry about it just yet.
The other issue would be the cost, 4K isn't even pervasive on Desktop PCs let alone home consoles. Then the resources needed in which to facilitate such high resolutions is massive, I can't for the life of me see Sony being able to scale that and reduce the cost relative to the current model.
4K gaming is a long way off being mainstream, 1080p is ok for the foreseeable,
Best way to look at 4k gaming is its still in beta testing.
It's long long time before your running the likes of Witcher 3 at stable 60fps at 4k with all graphics maxed out for instance.
Ps4 has done amazing, we are less two months away from the release of one of the most graphically stunning games in history with many more to come.
Sony wold deffentitly not risk shooting themselves in the foot, It would confuse those yet to go over next generation, there is simply no way around the fact for this to be a realistic option for 4k gaming i it would have to be about twice the price of the current model. Then we've got accept how many games could get running at 4k, without knocking down those settings ? It's three steps forward 5 backwards no matter what way you look at it.
I really do think some has misinterpreted and this will simply be a slimmed down model able to play 4k blu rays.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2016-in-theory-playstation-4k-is-real-but-why-is-sony-making-it
more powerful ps4
ps4 with better graphics card
ps4 slim with 4k media
this is the point in time in which we decide if we stick with our old ps4 and the way its always been or follow the upgrade cycle. many people will stick with what theyve got but alot of people always want the newest and best be it console or phone and these people is who they are targeting because they get to sell them a PlayStation twice
Phones make their money from expensive contracts and as part of those contracts they provide updated hardware every 12-18months to keep you subscribing.
Gaming on the other hand would suffer using a model like that as you have to purchase expensive games every couple of months or more frequently.
If you release hardware too often people wont have the money to spend on games and DLC.
Consoles generally sell for less than they cost to make at launch and make most of their money in the second half of their life cycle, if we had consoles released as frequently as phones we would probably be looking at the same kind of costs of a new phone which can be well over £500.
The big difference is smartphones don't need a regular diet of games costing up to £50 a pop to make it worthwhile owning one.