News & Rumours: Playstation 4/ Orbis *spin*

[Brad Grenz]

The circular vent is the speaker that goes "beep!" when you power it on
(and "beep beep beep" when your game crashes, the BBBOD)

Some of the images are of the controller. I think that's one of them.

 

[MrFox]

Some of the images are of the controller. I think that's one of them.

Hmmm.. but we have official high res images of the DS4 and the speaker grill doesn't look like that.
Maybe it's a vent for the heat/cold feedback which they patented for the Move controller.

 

[wco81]

Just make the console as quiet as possible and easy to stack with other components.

Would be a good idea to put out phone and iPad apps to at least turn on the device via Wifi or Bluetooth.

 

[Gradthrawn]

Absolutely priceless.

EDIT

If you enjoyed the VideoGamerTV's PS4 Announcement Abridged version, you'll probably enjoy their PS4 Hardware Reveal as well.

Also, the above tweet is from the fake Kaz account if it isn't obvious enough as is.

 

[Scott_Arm]

Anyone else get the impression it's going to look like an angular version of PS3 slim?

 

[Wynix]

I hope that it isn't large and square like the original slim PS3, i like my consoles to be rectangles!

 

[Kaotik]

Hmmm.. but we have official high res images of the DS4 and the speaker grill doesn't look like that.
Maybe it's a vent for the heat/cold feedback which they patented for the Move controller.

They can always change it, just like they changed the boomerang controller for PS3 after first showing it off

 

[Gradthrawn]

They can always change it, just like they changed the boomerang controller for PS3 after first showing it off

Change the DS4 speaker grill? Nah, that's shown in the teaser as well, and its much the same as it was at the reveal.

 

[patsu]

It may be bigger and heavier than the PS3 Slim. Hopefully equally quiet.

EDIT: Some think it looks like a matt version of this.

 

[infamous]

Many similar features from the xperia line, I think. They started making everything with sharp edges.

Xperia have most amazing design. But from the teaser is looks squairsh

 

[Nesh]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjXU1anoC5Y&feature=youtu.be

first teaser of ps4

I miss some cool music in Playstation ads and teasers like in the good old PS1 and PS2 days

 

[MrFox]

Could be the headphone part of the bundled headset... with the cushion removed it could look like that.

But that would be boring. So instead it could be an ultrasound sensor to scan the room, it doesn't beeps, it pings.

 

[Shifty Geezer]

Anyone else get the impression it's going to look like an angular version of PS3 slim?

Yep, which worries me. The fan-art versions are much more stylish than that (although probably a lot more expensive too).

 

[wco81]

Fan art stuff is always unrealistic or even manufacturable.

 

[Shifty Geezer]

Stuff that looks like a Mac Mini only better is perfectly doable.

 

[MrFox]

I hope that it isn't large and square like the original slim PS3, i like my consoles to be rectangles!

Last picture seem to show it's square, but there's no hint of the size, I also hope it's small but I'd prefer they don't go too small and end up with a noisy fan.

They have to go square. Apple patented the black rectangle. It's too risky.

 

[BoardBonobo]

Maybe the angular font and sharp edges are there to remind us 'It's all about the triangles...', a sort of subtle play off with the hardware. This system's so sharp it can render itself!

 

[Scott_Arm]

Yep, which worries me. The fan-art versions are much more stylish than that (although probably a lot more expensive too).

I'm a minimalist myself, so I'm not huge on the ps3 designs but obviously many people were ok with it.

 

[patsu]

Which fan art are we looking at ?

 

[Shifty Geezer]

Something like this or this. I think they'll fit a modern living room far better than an angular PS3, and also match the Xperia range. Sony could go for a unified style across devices.