PS4 Blowout: GPGPU, DirectX 11; Sony London to “Set the Bar for the Industry”, Global Illumination, Instant Radiosity, More

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thismeintiel said:

Wh1pL4shL1ve_007 said:

thismeintiel said:

dahuman said:

Just how powerful do you think MS and Sony chips will be anyways? :P They will all be weak lol.

Sony has never released a console that was only marginally more powerful compared to the previous gen, and they are not going to start now.  The only people who think the PS4 is going to be a slight upgrade from the PS3 are Nintendo fans who are praying the gap in graphics won't be a large as it was this gen.  But considering Wii U is currently trying to compete (and in some cases losing) against current gen consoles, it seems the graphical gap will be similar.

The only difference from the Ps2-Ps3 leap to Ps3-Ps4 leap is the budget. So yeah, dont be surprised if it is only marginally powerful. 

Budget?  Lol.  The costs of the PS4 R&D is going to be quite a bit lower than the PS3.  This is because Sony had to not only R&D Blu-ray and the Cell, but also include the tech inside a $500 console that cost ~$800 to manufacture.  The PS4 will still use Blu-ray, which has dropped exponentially when compared to 2006.  Even if Sony were to go with a Cell 2.0 or a hyrid of techs, the vast majority of R&D cost will have been covered with the original's creation.  Also, RAM has dropped quite a bit in cost.  This leaves a much bigger portion of the budget to go into a very good CPU and GPU.  I wouldn't be surprised to see the PS4 launch for ~$400-$450, while either breaking even or being sold at a slight loss, and have as much as a gap as the PS2 to PS3.

that sounds great especially the RAM.  At least then we can have a great deal of multitasking like listening to music and surfing the internet while gaming.  I hope they have a 500gb version at launch so I can ask for that for Christmas and transfer all my 500gb PS3 data over.