Kotaku - Sources: Sony Is Working On A ‘PS4.5’

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Swordmasterman said:

KBG29 said:

That's not the way it is going to work. First not every year will see increase to the GPU/CPU. That kind of thing can only happen once there is a shift to a smaller fab process, and once that process is established enough not to cause an issue in the supply chain. Second, devs are never going to optimize to specific platorms agian, that is just the nature of where we are now. No one is optimizing or even coming close to optimizing PS4 and XBO, they are building games to higher level coding instead of utilizing the low level coding that used to be common in consoles. 

Since devs are building games to more common libraries already, building games that scale based on CPU/GPU/RAM is quite simple, and getting those games to run on a scaled platform comes at almost no extra work. So basically devs have to make a Universal Windows App and a Universal PlayStation App, using Sony and Microsoft's API and the game will run on any device. This adds almost not time to development, but puts the game out to a much greater userbase.

You said "This is the future of Xbox, and Playstation, will be Yearly Updates" Yearly Updates means 1 Update per year or more updates, Developes would be pissed, would not support consoles anymore, Consumers would be pissed, and would build a PC Instead, the Smart guys would build a "Pre-Build PC Gaming company" that help people to build their PC for game, everyone would switch for PC, because would be the better option, better than have to Upgrade your console 1 time per year, the games would be better, and would have 100% of the Support from developers, consoles would die, and all the 3 others would publish games on PC, with 1 Move, you doomed the Biggest Video Game market, that is Alive for 8 Generations since the 70s-80s, only because of Bullshit.

8 Generations in 40-45 Years, is 4.4-5 Years per Generation, so the Wait isn't so much, and the old generation still get support for a while after the release of the another, so there is no need in rushing the things.

Yes every year will see updates to the console. That has been happening ever since Sony entered the market with PS1. PS4 day one is not the same console it is today. Right now the PS4 on the market is like a CUH3xxxx. Not every revision would be a new generation either. generations will still last 6 - 10 years. 

What happens is say next year when the fab process goes from 28nm to 14 or 16nm, the 2017 PS4 CUH5xxxx would get a GPU/CPU/RAM upgrade. This would still be a PlayStation 4, it would still run all PS4 games, software, and services, and it would still play online agaianst all previous PS4's. It would simpily be a 5 gen PS4, and it would become the new standard model going forward. This PS4 would eleminate the need of the external unit for VR required on PS4 CUH1xxx - 4xxx models. It would also have the benifit of perhaps a little extra RAM, and a better APU capable of 1080p/60fps or 4k/30fps.

This would absolutly not kill the console market. It woould actually make developers happy due to lifting the cap on development. It gives those that want a faster machine with better graphics the option, but it also lets people with day one PS4's continue to get all the same experiences at the same level they have been getting. It is a win for consumers, developers, publishers, and the manufacturer. 

If anything this could make the PS4 last much longer as a true PS5 would not be needed for longer, and that system could have a truly massive leap due to the time between the development of the techs.

Chazore said:

KBG29 said:

I don't think PC's are going anywhere. There is way to much business in medical, design, engineering, and many other fields that need high end PC's. PCs are a good thing, and I am not against PC. However, I do think that PC's for your average desk job, or mechanic job are over kill, and they are a massive waste for your avaerage Joe as a hom electronic. 

Closed system boxes like PS4 and XBO are ideal for small business and home use, and having the them grow with tech in a very Smartphone like manner, is absolutly the best way to go for consumers, console makers, game developers, and programmers. 

I mean you don't have to look much further than the future plans for XBO to see MS is truning the Xbox into their in house PC. Xbox will be to PC, what Surface is to Laptops in the next 5 years. That is a great future, and one that will start putting Xbox in millions of more homes at a staggering rate.

Where are you basing it being overkill to have a PC in your home let alone desk job or even at a corporation?.

There are still OS's like Linux that are always going to be used by other people including Steam OS, WIndows is still going to be Windows, not Xbox.

Yes Windows PCs are going to be Windows PCs, and enterprise companies will continue to need that form of hardware, but it is absolutly not necessary at home, unless your are developing games, or running a home business. Everything else is completely capable on Xbox. Whether you are doing Photoshop, Video editing, Facebooking, watching movies, or playing games, the Xbox will be more than enough to handle that for 99.9% of homes. This is proved by the fact that right now, there are less PC's as powerful  or stronger than XBO in homes than their are XBO's. 

By having Xbox become the standard PC in homes, it will actually greatly increase the average performance of windows PC's in peoples homes. Right now the PS4 and XBO are the most powerful device in 99% of the homes they occupy. The PS4 and XBO revisions will take that a step further, and put them even further above the common PC.

People have a serious misconception of what is really going on, needed, reality in the PC market. I don't know if it is just a matter of people in the gaming community not actually getting out and meeting a lot of people, or perhapps the circles they are in are to similar to them. The fact of the matter though, is out in the real world, things are a lot different than the picture I see in here.