According to reliable sources, Sony announced the game console for the next generation of PlayStation 4 at its media event in New York City. PS4 has the latest AMD core and a newly designed touchpad. And, support for cloud games and multiple social sharing features. PS4 will not initially support PS3 with the old game, but can be downloaded through the cloud game to play.
PS4 hardware configuration and before the leak is relatively close: 8GGDDR5 high-speed memory, 8-core AMD processor, the latest architecture of the GPU, the basic structure similar to a PC hardware.
PS4 will have a new design handle Dual Shock 4, the basic shape and the current Dualshock 3 similar to the shape more compact, built-in touchpad, with share button and dynamic sensing. The Dualshock 4 handle glows when Sony demonstrates the game, presumably with Sony's Move 3D system.
Sony acquired Gaikai, a cloud gaming platform company for $ 380 million last year, and the cloud gaming experience will now be in many features of the PS4. The word "instant" appears many times at Sony's press conference and players do not have to wait for the game to download before it can start playing through the cloud. Although PS4 does not natively support PS3 and previous PS games, players can play these old games through cloud games. PS4 also supports the second screen features, Sony hopes all the PS4 games can also play on the PSV, which is equivalent to the PS4 as a server, while the PSV is another screen to move (if grab non-winning TV, holding the PSV can Still playing).
Andrew House, chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment, said "Players are the center of the PlayStation universe." PS4 will have a series of social sharing features, players can PS4 and their Facebook account binding, when friends buy a new game can know immediately. The system handle for the PS handle is now turned into a social sharing button, which lets you share a video of a game played in a few seconds. PS4 will also support some of the more interesting ways for people to control their own friends.
The first generation of PlayStation and PlayStation 2 largely redefined the content and target audience for video games; it has transformed video games from just kids to entertainment for teens or adults. "We're born rebellious and different," Andrew House said.
The starting games include "Killzone: Shadow Come", "Racing Club", "notorious: second son", "Knack", Blizzard also announced at the meeting and Sony hand, the PS 4 launched "Diablo III ". The first PS4 game Sony showed was "Knack," a cartoon style image that looks like a Pixar movie. The images and effects of these games are significantly better than the PS3, the characters almost photo-realistic. Capcom also demonstrated the next generation of game engine, the overall effect of Demo quite amazing.
The whole conference, in addition to see the concept of PS, Play Station Cloud service and a series of debut masterpiece preview, the hardware we only see the new handle (that Share button is still very awesome), and most important Is also the most concerned about the next generation of game console PlayStation 4 real machine Even if it is a real machine photos we have not seen any specific parameters, which is some pit father, I feel like everyone drew a pie. Let's look forward to PS 4 on Holiday 2013, but what exactly looks like a PS 4? Continue to hang everyone's appetite ...
Today, unlike the game business model and player habits change, Sony in the game market can be regarded as crisis-ridden. Apple TV, Google, not to mention Microsoft and its Xbox want to make an impact on people's homes and on TV. A new generation of console game will be the winner?