Again, if the MORE is more like more then I'm not sure it matters if it costs MORE, or even just more.
Should Sony have waited with PS4 Pro?
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Again, if the MORE is more like more then I'm not sure it matters if it costs MORE, or even just more.
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It could cost barely more
It could cost barely more
That would be more by my estimation.
I don't think console users aren't looking for bleeding edge. The five year gap might feel too big but the gap from PS4 Pro to Scorpio isn't going to be generational.
The "stop console users from going the pc route" angle has actually worked for me. When a console generation is passing 4-5 years I usually buy a new pc, I got a good gaming pc in 2010 that was destroying the ps3 /xbox360. Now I just don't even care for buying a new gaming pc, the pro&scorpio are enough for my graphics' needs.
Microsofts move to leak about console after Scorpio?PS5 early development have supposedly been leaked...
Your move, Microsoft!
or was that from wherever you got story from?
if Sony started straight after 4pro release they would be less than a year into planning/development!
doubt they started sooner, as they was working on both ps4slim & 4pro, not including vr
Indeed.
Sony maybe dropped the ball in their need for a small formfactor to fit PS4 Pro in tiny itty bitty 10inchx10inch japanese micro apartments and skyhigh electricity rates. They could have ramped those clock speeds up and used a larger centrifugal fan like MS to get to +5 tflops, and add another 64bit memory controller to widen the mem interface to 320bit.
For a midgen enthusiast product you have to eek more out of your silicon, since you only get 1 chance to make an SKU. Can't just release a higher end Pro 1 year later or you'll disenfranchise and alienate and anger some of your 1st adopter consumer base who just spent $400 a year ago on a system that can't even deliver 1080p 60fps.
For a midgen enthusiast product you have to eek more out of your silicon, since you only get 1 chance to make an SKU. Can't just release a higher end Pro 1 year later or you'll disenfranchise and alienate and anger some of your 1st adopter consumer base who just spent $400 a year ago on a system that can't even deliver 1080p 60fps.
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tongue_of_colicab
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I really wish people would stop saying that.
Yes Japanese homes are small but even in my 20m2 crappy one room apartment the size of a console is going to make fuck all difference.
Same for power consumption. My apartment is built out of paper with piss poor insulation but even in summer with the air conditioning running in tundra mode 16/7 and my PC's and tv turned on I still only pay 30 or so bucks a month. A console, even a power hungry one, isn't going to make much of a difference when I didn't even notice much of a difference when I bought R9 290. That thing alone uses as much power as a whole console.
Yes Japanese homes are small but even in my 20m2 crappy one room apartment the size of a console is going to make fuck all difference.
Same for power consumption. My apartment is built out of paper with piss poor insulation but even in summer with the air conditioning running in tundra mode 16/7 and my PC's and tv turned on I still only pay 30 or so bucks a month. A console, even a power hungry one, isn't going to make much of a difference when I didn't even notice much of a difference when I bought R9 290. That thing alone uses as much power as a whole console.
what the heck is that?PS5 early development have supposedly been leaked...
Your move, Microsoft!
It's actually a wafer testing jig, they're some of the most insane PCBs ever made. (from www.andus.de)
It may be old news but the same line was quoted again in the recent article by the WSJ.
Sony's forecast of PS4 unit sales in FY17 is modest.
https://www.slashgear.com/next-playstation-console-to-debut-in-2018-predicts-analyst-30483678/
Sony's forecast of PS4 unit sales in FY17 is modest.
https://www.slashgear.com/next-playstation-console-to-debut-in-2018-predicts-analyst-30483678/
PS4 Pro had to come out in 2016, otherwise it would have been in the way of this year's Vita Pro announcement.
https://trademarks.justia.com/867/82/vitapro-86782821.html
https://trademarks.justia.com/867/82/vitapro-86782821.html
Sony's line of aromatic sand for pets?
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