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Persistantthug said:
Soleron said:
Persistantthug said:
Soleron said:
Persistantthug said:
Soleron said:

The current source I am inclined to believe based on track record says PS4 is Spring 2014, AMD CPU+GPU.


Except that America is the largest market for video game HOME consoles, and Home consoles only launch during the holidays in America (Sept - December).

 

They never launch during the spring.

So it's either HOliday 2013.....or HOliday 2014.

We will see. He was by far the first to say that all 3 next-gen consoles will be AMD.

1.  Who's he?

2.  The GPUs of all 3 manufacterers are going to be from AMD.....but Not the CPUs...IBM's still doing the CPU's of Nintendo and Microsoft's upcoming consoles.

 

3.  We've known this for a long time.....so again, Who's he?

Charlie Demerjian at Semiaccurate.

Here is where he said every console GPU will be AMD, in 2009:
http://www.semiaccurate.com/forums/showthread.php?p=15562

Here is where he said one of the PS4 and XB3 will be all-AMD, March 2011:
http://www.semiaccurate.com/forums/showthread.php?p=104169
(he had said at the same time Nintendo would be a slightly improved Wii, upclocked IBM CPU core and new AMD GPU, which turned out to be true as we know)

Here's where he says XB3 will be all-AMD. In May 2011 he said MS was deciding between an IBM Power CPU and an AMD one, hence also confirming that he knew PS4 was all-AMD in at least March 2011.
http://semiaccurate.com/2012/09/04/microsoft-xbox-next-delay-rumors-abound/

I believe this CHARLIE fellow has been mentioned on the BEYOND3D forums.

 

Needless to say, his word is not definitive as he's been wrong often and at least fairly consistently.

He even said the Wii U would play DVD's, which obviously isn't true.

 

"What I am hearing is that two are decided, one is not, but there is one candidate FAR in the lead with another design that is not taken very seriously by anyone but could technically be decided on.

If there is a Wii2 at E3, it will almost 100% a tarted up Wii. The GPU will do 'HD' now, and will play DVDs (not sure about BD though). I am pretty sure that it would just be a slightly upclocked Wii, if that, with the ability to do 1080p out.


-Charlie

http://www.semiaccurate.com/forums/showthread.php?p=104169

 

 

 

You may need to invest in new, more rounded sources, Soleron.

Just sayin.

Technically, even the original Wii is able to play DVDs, Nintendo just blocks that feature. I guess to avoid some licensing fees or something.