PS4 Pro Speculation (PS4K NEO Kaio-Ken-Kutaragi-Kaz Neo-san)

CUs?

Do we know what the new instructions are for this GCN version?

 

shader engines

 

Read the other slides and you'll see the early preview dev-kits will exist until a March 2017 time period. That gives an impression that a consumer release date is not set for 2016 at all.

 

Those are just the test kits which are also being replaced starting beginning of yr. That just may be because of die availability. All released games need to be Neo-compatible in early October, that's a long way from March.

 

Yup, but it certainly makes sense (to me) since the big time games can live many months in the top 10 sales charts or the smaller games may not get any update patches so you want to cover as many game releases as you can for when the product does launch. Better to have things work for sure smoothly than to have "driver issues" upon release of NEO.

 

I think is safe to say is releasing this year.

 

I don't think that's a 100% guarantee. They are just making sure software is getting ready, while hardware can be out whenever they want after October.

Since Sony will skip Gamescom this year again, we have to wait for TGS/PGW for a next chance for Neo to be announced.

 

No. That means software released then will support it.

 

If Neo's price point is anything like Sony's other hardware dating all the way back to PS1 released in 1994 and sold at a small loss, Sony won't benefit or profit off of a release schedule strategy that maximizes the number of consumers to double dip on the main console hardware. Foxconn, AMD, TSMC, Macronix, Samsung (RAM), Marvell, and a variety of other component manufactures make profit. Neos main benefit is that it can help keep the consumer in their ecosystem, but it does come at the cost in that for some consumers it means a loss in spend money that could have been otherwise be spent on things that really does make money for Sony. Namely 1st party games & DLC, 3rd party games ( $7-8 royalty), hardware accessories (Sony makes nice margins on these), and Online Subscription.

 

What's the latest word on 4k bluray playback and HDR support? If those are a lock then I'll be getting a new 4k HDR TV readying for Neo .

 

I think the problem is not "if Neo will be released this year or not"; the problem is "how many regions will Neo be released this year".

Even if Sony doesn't have many units by the end of this year, they will still put all the stock into some important markets (US, top 5 Euro markets, etc).

 

it seems that these leaks could be intentional and they've been since early this year. Rumours of the console going around since last year if I'm not mistaken.

 

Intentional by whom and for what reason(s)?

 

Isn't it somewhat difficult to imagine it not being supported?

I think a Neo without 4k blu and HDR not being supported has the same chance as a dualshock 4 not working with it.

 

I mean possible intentional leaks by Sony like they and MS do with some of their games. I didn't really believe in intentional leaks when I was younger but the question: why does stuff leak every Year before E3? has to be asked.

With that Comment I was trying to point out that a launch this year could be possible. I also don't understand the arguments about how they would BUMP the specs to be a better competitor to scorpio. I thought this is not what Neo is about.
its a High end PS4, Scorpio could pass as official next-gen console with that power and I wouldn't call it High end Xbone because its so much more powerful than that.

 

It's just the lack of its description from the slides makes it somewhat non 100%, it would be unwise if Neo is not supported tho.

 

When in doubt, wait it out!


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I think it comes down to Sony being much more open about stuff in that they share info widely with the dev community and engage more with the media. For hardware I doubt this leak was intentional though. I think hardware leaks
always come when third-parties get the info. The main reason we don't get Nintendo leaks is because they simply don't share the info and Microsoft possibly limit who gets info more than Sony.

Like I've shown earlier in the thread, Sony produce their own hardware that is submitted to MIC and FCC a year or more before launch and these sites are public (the dev kit was tested in December last year). I'm really not sure why Microsoft or Nintendo don't do the same here.

 

The Xbox One S definitely supports that, so you could pickup a 4K TV set and the XBoneS.

 

Well the Xbone S is the last resort in case Neo doesn't support it.