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thismeintiel on 25 November 2009

I just hope it has BC all the way down to PS1. But I think that it would at least have it with PS2 and PS1, seeing as PS1 games are available on the PSN and PS2 games are supposed to be coming too. We all know it will have Blu-ray, so no worry about the space needed for the next gen's graphics. And let's hope that $400 will be the max they ask for.

But let's get down to the nitty, gritty. The real deciding factor in the console. What type of font do you think they'll use?



 

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jacks81x on 25 November 2009
superchunk said:
1. Its still a major rumor.
2. 2012 as I've been saying would be the release of nextGen stuff.
3. Sony hasn't learned their lesson if true.

First rumors of PSP2 show an over-powered expensive system. First rumors of PS4 show an over-powered expensive system.

Why can't $ony find that happy middle ground where you get a good upgrade of capability while keeping the price to build and thus the price to buy at a moderate level. This super high end crap is why Sony is losing in every market across the board.

Going away from the Cell and choosing to use the IBM CPU will be much more cost efficient and makes it much easier for developers to program.  I think they've learned their lesson.  

Losing in every market across the board?  Proof?  If the company is doing so poorly, their stock prices wouldn't have doubled in the past 6 months.  The numbers don't lie.  Don't make up stuff if you don't have the facts to back it up.



tedsteriscool on 25 November 2009

So 2012? Good! *happy dance*

2-3 more years of PS3 goodness!



Deneidez on 25 November 2009
theprof00 said:
blablubb said:
theprof00 said:

Well, the POWER7 is a cell as well.

It's possible that it is still programmed the same way, but additionally it can handle traditional code much better than the current cell can.

But, yeah. I agree with your post.

I can find no evidence, that the power 7 is a cell as well, I think you are wrong.

The Power 7 looks to be a many threaded (at least 32 threads) symetric multiprocessor (just i kind of cores) whereas the cell belongs to the asymetric kind.

To be "a cell as well" the Power7 has to be asymetric and must share a common instructionset (spe related).

look at
Cell Microprocessor on wikipedia
POWER7 is a cell

Cell has power stuff inside(PPE), but its partly something else(SPEs). That something else will be hard to emulate with power stuff only.



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blablubb on 25 November 2009
theprof00 said:
blablubb said:
theprof00 said:

Well, the POWER7 is a cell as well.

It's possible that it is still programmed the same way, but additionally it can handle traditional code much better than the current cell can.

But, yeah. I agree with your post.

I can find no evidence, that the power 7 is a cell as well, I think you are wrong.

The Power 7 looks to be a many threaded (at least 32 threads) symetric multiprocessor (just i kind of cores) whereas the cell belongs to the asymetric kind.

To be "a cell as well" the Power7 has to be asymetric and must share a common instructionset (spe related).

look at
Cell Microprocessor on wikipedia
POWER7 is a cell

lol i did!

Have you ?

I think you are mistaken, the only reference regarding power7 on this page is in the box on the right hand side titled: Power Architecture.

According to wikipedia, power7 and cell both belong to the power architecture, but power7 is in no way related to the cell, at least not to the spe related units.



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Spankey on 25 November 2009
thismeintiel said:


But let's get down to the nitty, gritty. The real deciding factor in the console. What type of font do you think they'll use?

Jokerman.

after all, this article has to be a joke, right? Right?

 

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B/C looking minimal (different graphics proc, but I can't blame them for dumping nvidia lol) makes Spankey a cautiously wary panda



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Staude on 26 November 2009

ps4 should use spes too :p

well that or a fuck ass powerful gpu.



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zarx on 26 November 2009

the Power 7 Chips look GOD LIKE to be honest more than good enough for a console as long as sony go for a damn good GPU so DEVs don't need to use the CPU for rendering. but it looks like backwards compatibility will be out the window at least for the PS3, PS2 emulation may be possible tho



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Staude on 26 November 2009

Also needs more ram :p



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jneul on 26 November 2009

The only bad thing i have to say about this if it's true is it's too early and d*** sony i will not be able to afford to support the ps4 if you release it that early.

Luckily enough for me, I think this is just a rumor.



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