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Andrespetmonkey on 28 March 2012

Playstation Orbis?
Nah, I don't see that happening. The'll go with PS4 I think.
It could be the codename.



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superchunk on 28 March 2012

lol at the part about Vita's 10yr life... in order for it to see PS4, it only needs a 2yr life.

If Sony uses anything but PS4, they is crazy. They already have a standard to follow that is easily identifiable by the masses. It would be crazy to change that.



M.U.G.E.N on 28 March 2012

Apparently this site has some sketches for the next PS

http://www.coquesdesign.com/#/commercial-illustration/4530317815



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BenVTrigger on 28 March 2012
M.U.G.E.N said:
BenVTrigger said:
pezus said:
BenVTrigger said:
From what I've been hearing Orbis is indeed the codename, it seems pretty reliable.

What I'm more interested in is that it is using the AMD Southern Islands GPU and it will display in 4096x2160 resolution and is easily capable of running 3D in true 1080p.

Should be a beastly rig, also apparently its using AMD x64 CPU and is launching 2013.

Wow, where did you hear that? That resolution is also slightly overkill lol



A little birdie told me........

Also its being leaked out on the web a bit, I believe Kotaku may be running a story on it now from what I heard certain people saying, either way the development kits have been in the hands of developers for a while now and I've heard some things, so far good things in terms of hardware.


0_0 that birdie...keep talking to it

and damn man..about friggin time..I was getting bored with almost no rumors about the next PS home console with WiiU having plenty and xbox having some. Exciting times

but can you or someone else ..break the specs down and explain them in a noob friendly way?

Pretty much the Southern Islands GPU is the name of a next-gen family of graphics chips.  They are 28nm so their tiny, run cool, and are powerfull as hell. 

I'm interested to see what version the Orbis plans on using since I have no idea, or if its getting its own custom version, I honestly have no idea about that.

Either way its far and away superior to anything in the modern consoles.  As for the resolution its displaying in, thats higher than pretty much any standard HDTV on the market right now, which means Sony must be banking on having the Orbis ready for the inevitable UD screens.



Millenium on 28 March 2012
BenVTrigger said:
M.U.G.E.N said:
BenVTrigger said:
pezus said:
BenVTrigger said:
From what I've been hearing Orbis is indeed the codename, it seems pretty reliable.

What I'm more interested in is that it is using the AMD Southern Islands GPU and it will display in 4096x2160 resolution and is easily capable of running 3D in true 1080p.

Should be a beastly rig, also apparently its using AMD x64 CPU and is launching 2013.

Wow, where did you hear that? That resolution is also slightly overkill lol



A little birdie told me........

Also its being leaked out on the web a bit, I believe Kotaku may be running a story on it now from what I heard certain people saying, either way the development kits have been in the hands of developers for a while now and I've heard some things, so far good things in terms of hardware.


0_0 that birdie...keep talking to it

and damn man..about friggin time..I was getting bored with almost no rumors about the next PS home console with WiiU having plenty and xbox having some. Exciting times

but can you or someone else ..break the specs down and explain them in a noob friendly way?

Pretty much the Southern Islands GPU is the name of a next-gen family of graphics chips.  They are 28nm so their tiny, run cool, and are powerfull as hell. 

I'm interested to see what version the Orbis plans on using since I have no idea, or if its getting its own custom version, I honestly have no idea about that.

Either way its far and away superior to anything in the modern consoles.  As for the resolution its displaying in, thats higher than pretty much any standard HDTV on the market right now, which means Sony must be banking on having the Orbis ready for the inevitable UD screens.

Alright, you and your birdie better start rounding up some extra info about the next-box, or I will remove your forum buddy!

OT:

Hopefully "Orbis" is just a code name because... *pukes*



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M.U.G.E.N on 28 March 2012
BenVTrigger said:
M.U.G.E.N said:
BenVTrigger said:
pezus said:
BenVTrigger said:
From what I've been hearing Orbis is indeed the codename, it seems pretty reliable.

What I'm more interested in is that it is using the AMD Southern Islands GPU and it will display in 4096x2160 resolution and is easily capable of running 3D in true 1080p.

Should be a beastly rig, also apparently its using AMD x64 CPU and is launching 2013.

Wow, where did you hear that? That resolution is also slightly overkill lol



A little birdie told me........

Also its being leaked out on the web a bit, I believe Kotaku may be running a story on it now from what I heard certain people saying, either way the development kits have been in the hands of developers for a while now and I've heard some things, so far good things in terms of hardware.


0_0 that birdie...keep talking to it

and damn man..about friggin time..I was getting bored with almost no rumors about the next PS home console with WiiU having plenty and xbox having some. Exciting times

but can you or someone else ..break the specs down and explain them in a noob friendly way?

Pretty much the Southern Islands GPU is the name of a next-gen family of graphics chips.  They are 28nm so their tiny, run cool, and are powerfull as hell. 

I'm interested to see what version the Orbis plans on using since I have no idea, or if its getting its own custom version, I honestly have no idea about that.

Either way its far and away superior to anything in the modern consoles.  As for the resolution its displaying in, thats higher than pretty much any standard HDTV on the market right now, which means Sony must be banking on having the Orbis ready for the inevitable UD screens.


damn that does sound nice. 'imagines a ND made game for this...faints'

what are UD screens? Those 4k resolution ones?



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HokageTenshi on 28 March 2012

no PS3 backwards compatibility...? ok i understand they are cutting cost to do that, but if it can't even play the digital PS3 games from PSN will be sux...



BenVTrigger on 28 March 2012
M.U.G.E.N said:
BenVTrigger said:
M.U.G.E.N said:
BenVTrigger said:
pezus said:
BenVTrigger said:
From what I've been hearing Orbis is indeed the codename, it seems pretty reliable.

What I'm more interested in is that it is using the AMD Southern Islands GPU and it will display in 4096x2160 resolution and is easily capable of running 3D in true 1080p.

Should be a beastly rig, also apparently its using AMD x64 CPU and is launching 2013.

Wow, where did you hear that? That resolution is also slightly overkill lol



A little birdie told me........

Also its being leaked out on the web a bit, I believe Kotaku may be running a story on it now from what I heard certain people saying, either way the development kits have been in the hands of developers for a while now and I've heard some things, so far good things in terms of hardware.


0_0 that birdie...keep talking to it

and damn man..about friggin time..I was getting bored with almost no rumors about the next PS home console with WiiU having plenty and xbox having some. Exciting times

but can you or someone else ..break the specs down and explain them in a noob friendly way?

Pretty much the Southern Islands GPU is the name of a next-gen family of graphics chips.  They are 28nm so their tiny, run cool, and are powerfull as hell. 

I'm interested to see what version the Orbis plans on using since I have no idea, or if its getting its own custom version, I honestly have no idea about that.

Either way its far and away superior to anything in the modern consoles.  As for the resolution its displaying in, thats higher than pretty much any standard HDTV on the market right now, which means Sony must be banking on having the Orbis ready for the inevitable UD screens.


damn that does sound nice. 'imagines a ND made game for this...faints'

what are UD screens? Those 4k resolution ones?

Yep, the UD screens have 16 times the number of pixels as a HDTV screen.  Basically when they come out it can't get better cause the human eye wouldn't be able to see and difference past that, they will look as clear as anything in the real world can.  Either way they are still a few years out before we see any for the consumer to buy and probaby 5-6 years before they become common place at all. 

But Sony is probably banking on a long life span for their next-system so they want it to be prepared for a UD screen when they come.



Mummelmann on 28 March 2012

Why would they do that? They have one of the most recognized brand names in the world with the simple "playstation". They'd be crazy to throw that out the window. That would like Coca Cola suddenly being named "Black Soda" or "Blackbrew" or something.



Solid-Stark on 28 March 2012

Like others have said, I'm prety sure it's the codename. I doubt we'll see it at this years E3. IF it's unveiled this year it would be TGS at the earliest imo. More than likely Feb or March next year in a conference much like when the Vita, then known as NGP, was unveiled.



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