Sony talked about the upcoming PlayStation
Wired has announced the first details about the upcoming PlayStation console by Sony. The publication spoke with the architect Mark Zern, who was engaged in the creation of consoles PS Vita and PS4. This is what is already known about the next generation of Sony devices (there is no official name yet) - and this is what foreign gaming journalists think about it. In short: the money should be put off now.
Wired has announced the first details about the new Sony PlayStation console. The publication spoke with the architect Mark Zern, who was engaged in the creation of consoles PS Vita and PS4. This is what is already known about the next generation of Sony devices (there is no official name yet) - and this is what foreign gaming journalists think about it. In short: the money should be put off now.
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What's new
- It is planned that the new PlayStation will support video games in 8K resolution. Now only a few games on PS4 Pro, a more powerful version of the usual PS4, are in the real 4K. Typically, developers set a lower resolution (for example, 2880 × 1620) to improve performance in the game.
- Inside, a new generation of devices has a special version of the powerful GPU of the Radeon Navi family with support for raytracing — realistic ray tracking (affects how the light is reflected and refracted in the game). On current consoles this is not possible due to technical limitations.
- The eight-core processor of the console is based on the processors of the new, third-generation AMD Ryzen (working on the 7-nanometer Zen 2 architecture).
- The next PlayStation console will receive special embedded SSDs. They will help speed up the loading levels in video games. At the presentation, held for the journalist Wired, the game Spider-Man (2018) booted in 0.8 seconds instead of 15.
- Superior sound! According to Cernius, its processing has hardly changed since the PS3 released in 2006. Now players will be able to calculate the direction from which the opponent approaches them in the direction of the sound.
- Cerny promised that on the new console it will be possible to launch games from PS4. Released in 2016, the VR VR virtual reality glasses are also compatible with the next PlayStation.
- Sony has already sent out test prototypes to video game developers. And soon will send even more.
- Despite rumors about the rejection of physical media, the new PlayStation will still have a disk drive.
- The next model PlayStation will not be released in 2019.
- It is not yet known how much the console will cost. The journalist Wired did not get specific numbers from Cernie. However, the architect said that the ratio of price and power of the console will satisfy the players.
What do the journalists say
Eurogamer
Eurogamer editor Richard Leadbetter is convinced that the choice of AMD processor will provide higher frame rates and image detail. He also believes that sound processing in the new PlayStation can also be a qualitative leap.
Leadbetter indicates that compatibility with PS4 games can be difficult. The specialist assumes that the price of the new console will be about $ 500.
Polygon
Polygon editor Ben Kucera notes that Sony is behaving very carefully and not in a hurry to experiment. Google focused on streaming , Nintendo released a hybrid console (Switch can be used as a portable and as a home console). Microsoft is betting on the distribution of games on a subscription model - like Netflix.
And only Sony is once again developing a traditional home console - just more powerful. The journalist calls the announcement of the next PlayStation "exciting", but "boring." Kucera admits that, perhaps, in a constantly changing market, such an approach can be effective, because buyers will immediately know what they are giving money for.
Like Eurogamer, Polygon believes that the price of the console will be higher than that of the PS4 at the start of sales in 2013 (the console cost $ 400).
Ign
IGN journalist Whitson Gordon noticed that the processor with the Zen 1 architecture is about 3-4 times faster than the current PS4 processor. Given that in the next PlayStation will install a more modern processor with Zen 2, this means that the performance of the console will be even higher, and this is a big progress.
The author of the article was surprised by the statement of Mark Zernie that the new console will support “raytracing” and games in the resolution of 8K. It will take a lot of resources, which are usually not enough for home consoles. The journalist suggests that, most likely, the developers will go to some simplification.
Gordon roughly estimated how much a computer would cost, comparable in power to the next-generation PlayStation. He got about two thousand dollars (127 thousand rubles). It will in any case be more expensive than buying a console.
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