Rumor: New PS4k/PS4.5 leak via NeoGAF - GPU twice as powerful, dev kits already in developers' hands, $399-$499

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JRPGfan said:

green_sky said:
Too many rumours. E3 is not what it used to be and with these, it gets even worse. Seems like a successor to PS3.

I wouldnt be surprise if this means:

Old PS4 : 1080p medium settings

new PS4k : 1440p high settings upscaled to 4k

 

Question is how many are gonna want that?

Most people dont even have 4k TVs.

I think right now the 4K market is not that big, so it will mostly sell to enthusiasts. However, each year going forward 4K will be more and more important. This holiday is going to be a massive push for 4K. We will have most marketing in the electronics field talking about 4K HDR TV's, 4K Blu-ray, and now 4K gaming. That message is going to conmtiue through the superbowl, and on and on for the next few years.

sully1311 said:
Anyone else thinking this is going to be the biggest mistake Sony have ever made with the PS brand?

This could end up being a big mistake, but no where on the level of not making the Vita a smartphone. Not building a text and dialer app into the Vita OS lost Sony any chance of competing in the mobile business, and that lost them billions. Even in the worst case, this will only upset people for a moment, and Sony will get the message, and go back to the drawing board.

Intrinsic said:

Jicale said:
If true, who would buy the PS5 at release date? Just sit back, wait for the next gen game catalogue to build and buy the PS5.5 mid gen.

I think this is what people don't get. 

When the PS5 drops, you will still be able to play PS5 games on your PS4. Albeit just running at 720p@30fps or less with IQ set to minimum. 

What we are seeing here is the beginning of scalable consoles. 

I don't think that will be the case. Now PS5 will definitly carry over every PS4 application. We won't be starting out day one on a gimped OS with no games like we did this gen ever agian. But, PS5 games should be rendered in a completely different fashion to what PS4 games are. The leap from PS4 to PS5 should be about a 20X leap, which will allow rendering tech, AI, physics, and streaming that are just not possible on the PS4. I am talking 40TF GPU, 128GB of RAM, and a 10TB SSD. That is the stuff a PS5 is made of, a true generational leap from where we are. Anything else, would just be an iteration of the PS4.