Iterative hardware represents a tightrope that Sony's just starting to navigate with PlayStation 4K. Inevitably, some are outraged by the idea, while others are on board. But the platform holder has said that it will not rush fans with its high-end hardware revision – it's simply planning a new option for those who want it.
"We will absolutely have a single community of players," group president Andrew House told CNBC when asked about the new console which was officially confirmed last week. "All of the games releasing within this life cycle [of consoles] will absolutely be playable on the standard PS4. This just offers the consumer another option."
He continued: "If you are looking for the highest graphics performance, if you recently bought a 4K television and you're looking for content, then Neo is going to be great option for you. But it is that, an option, rather than saying the cycle has moved on."
House concluded that people have expectations when they purchase a PlayStation platform. "People invest in a console and they want to have that investment validated over a decent period of time," he said. "That being said, with iterations like Neo we are, to some degree, as an industry, acknowledging the pace of iteration has shifted. The critical thing is to give the consumer options, rather than dictate the future for them."
[source cnbc.com]
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Can't wait for it
Exactly what I expected from the Neo and one of the reasons I am interested in it - I do have a 4K TV after all and very interested in the best visual presentation I can get from a console so this is very much aimed at me!
Any word on the operating temperature or average fan speeds during full render? Or would the extra processing require even louder fans? Lol... Right now I can't use remote play at night cause my fan gets crazy loud, and it gets pretty hot even just using Netflix. No 4K tv yet, so I'd love to see solid 60 fps at 1080p on the neo without so much noise
I still think that after sometime the games will underperform on the base model. Something like playing a new game on a somewhat older PC.
yes, release it end of 2018. I can deal with a 5 years console cycle.
Weren't we promised 4K output when the base PS4 was initially announced, or am I mistaken?
I'm ok with new console every 3 years as long there's full compability for at least six to nine years between them.
That's very nice of Sony to give us "options". I hope they make a little money out of it, those guys deserve it!
Xbox has got PS rattled.
@charlesnarles Im not worried about that. Gpu will switch from 28nm to 14 . And according to what is known about Polaris chips I think that power consumption will be similar. Cpu is a question. Really overclocked jaguar ? Lets see.
@charlesnarles Played the Doom demo and thought my PS4 was going to either take off or explode, the amount of noise coming from it. Similarly during Witcher 3 and occasionally Bloodborne but never on Netflix, unless you meant using remote play to use the Netflix app?
I blame Microsoft's for all this :-/ They were the ones who said they were thinking about doing this last year with the X1(I guess even they know the Xbox ONE is rubbish from day 1) so no way could SONY just stick with this PS4 now(looking at all those brilliant looking PS4 Exclusives yesterday I can't see why they even need to bring out a better console yet, oh well) Microsoft know their Xbox ONE isn't good enough so now all normal gamers will have to go through all this upgrade confusing BS now :-/ GOD I wish Microsoft never entered the Console gaming business. Saying all that I will get a PS4K(if it has a 4K Blu-ray player in it which it must do)
@Carl-G Nothing wrong with MS and it's Xbox, they've all been successful machines. I'm happy with my PlayStations generally and I've never owned an Xbox but I'd move over to the MS camp if I felt the gaming there was better. At any rate without MS you can bet PS wouldn't be doing as well as it is. Don't be a fanatic
I just hope there's a decent trade in programme. Stil, the end of 2017 seems a long way off from now. I feel like we could wait another year before stumping up for a 4K TV.
The thing is both Microsoft and Sony will have had these upgrades planned from the start. It's not a case of anyone copying or panicking - the reality is that they've both decided this is where the market is going.
This is good to hear as frankly it sounds like MS are replacing the X1 with Scorpio but are being sly about it...!
I think its down to the jump in technology from multiple areas that all seemed to happen in a short space of time. New API's, new hardware - both internal and external etc. 3yrs ago, Sony and MS had to release a console to continue delivering the next gen of games but all this tech wasn't ready or its full requirement/specs known. They could have 'future' proofed their consoles but would probably have at least doubled the costs. Now all that technology is available, specs known etc they can offer a console for a relatively cheap price to continue delivering the gaming experience we expect.
The PS4 isn't 'useless' but it isn't 'great' either. Games, like Uncharted 4, are not able to run as the developers want but that doesn't stop it being a 'great' game. ND hoped to offer 1080/60 but had to settle for 30fps in its campaign and 900p for its MP. There is occasional technical hitches (pop in, frame rate drops etc) too and I bet the shadows, lighting etc are not at the highest possible settings either. As I said that doesn't make the game 'unplayable' or 'bad' but its compromises because the hardware is at its limit.
Chances are PS5 could last a lot longer than PS4 and not need a mid-gen iteration. If it delivers 4k gaming at a solid frame-rate with little to no compromises on visual effects etc then why upgrade? TV's are unlikely to be replaced by 8k, VR I guess could replace its screens with higher res, get lighter and maybe become wireless but I can't see technology 'jumping' (like it has over the past year) all at once that aged the current generation so quickly
@stevejcrow it just runs pretty warm during Netflix, not loud like MGS5 menu fan craziness tho. I even vacuum clean it like they suggest
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