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theprof00 on 23 December 2015
pbroy said:
theprof00 said:

If true I would have to claim the title of best predictor of all time.

(I made a thread about 3-4 years ago that we could see a "ps3.5" with forward compatibility to a successive, more powerful console)

 

PS4 doing this does not mean PS3.5 lives. 😐 Your prediction doesn't hold water.

Only thing close to PS3 being forward compatible is PS Now.

PS3 and 360 should have been the start of true forward compatibility though. Instead, it will start this gen.

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JEMC on 23 December 2015
Ruler said:
Puppyroach said:
I would claim that MegaDrive was the first evolving console, a machine that had a prebuilt expansion port and mid-generation essentially doubled its performance with the 32X. It was a failure but it showed how capable the system was.

 


Yeah but it had seperate software for each hadware, none of the Megadrive games increased in performance when sticked on an 32X

And the PS4 external Processing Unit will only work with VR games, so the rest of the PS4 catalog won't see its performance improved. It's the same situation.



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pbroy on 23 December 2015
JEMC said:
Ruler said:
Puppyroach said:
I would claim that MegaDrive was the first evolving console, a machine that had a prebuilt expansion port and mid-generation essentially doubled its performance with the 32X. It was a failure but it showed how capable the system was.

 


Yeah but it had seperate software for each hadware, none of the Megadrive games increased in performance when sticked on an 32X

And the PS4 external Processing Unit will only work with VR games, so the rest of the PS4 catalog won't see its performance improved. It's the same situation.

 

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Chris Hu on 23 December 2015
Puppyroach said:
I would claim that MegaDrive was the first evolving console, a machine that had a prebuilt expansion port and mid-generation essentially doubled its performance with the 32X. It was a failure but it showed how capable the system was.

 

This.



Dusk on 23 December 2015

I doubt it. It would end up alienating early adopters since games wouldn't run as well, or possibly even at all even though it's the same system.
Although, if you mean added peripherals. Possible.



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VitroBahllee on 23 December 2015

Also, N64 had the ram expansion pak.



pbroy on 23 December 2015

SNES had the SuperFX chips in some carts. Made Starfox possible.

Sega Saturn had the ram carts. Made the games better that supported them. They also had a VCD card that let you play Video CDs. Gave some games better video playback.

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Puppyroach on 23 December 2015
Ruler said:
Puppyroach said:
I would claim that MegaDrive was the first evolving console, a machine that had a prebuilt expansion port and mid-generation essentially doubled its performance with the 32X. It was a failure but it showed how capable the system was.

 


Yeah but it had seperate software for each hadware, none of the Megadrive games increased in performance when sticked on an 32X

I may be remembering wrong but i do believe the 32X and Mega-CD actually used the Mega Drive video and sound output to some degree.





KBG29 on 23 December 2015

I think a lot of people are looking at this wrong. I don't see a bunch of expansion peices being added. I am talking about a PS4 mid cycle edition.

This would be a new PS4 model going forward from say 2018 tgrough the telease of PS5 in 2023 or whatever. The model would take advantage of the chip fab going from 28nm to 16nm or less. With this Sony can offer extra CPU and GPU power, and a small bump in RAM.

In this scenario, all games would be playable on the current PS4 at 1080p 30fps, but PS4 spec 2 would play games at 1440p/60fps or 4k/30fps. It would also allow expansion of multitasking and non gaming functions. In addition it would include the include the VR chipset, and additional ports to support the PSVR headset and additional accessories or external hdd's.

The tech for a PS5 would not be justified by 2018 or 2020. Sony can not build a $400 consolebthat can make a yrue next gen increase for many years to come, but it can release an up to date PS4 that can continue to be a strong gaming platform for a few more years, and not split the userbase of PS4 1.0 users.



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