PlayStation 4: We Have To Keep Something New For Later

PlayStation 4: We Have To Keep Something New For Later (Sony)
Sony has unveiled the next version of its next popular gaming console, the PlayStation 4, which it plans to release in time for the 2013 holiday season.

Powered by an eight-core x86 processor and 8GB of RAM, Sony showcased “Driveclub” to display the level of detail that the PlayStation 4 is capable of.

PlayStation’s “iconic” controller won’t be changing much in shape and size, but more bells and whistles have been added. The aforementioned share button, a colored light bar to give each player a little flare, and a sensor that will allow the PS4′s Kinect-like camera depth-and-motion sensor to read where the player is, have all been added to the enhanced controller. Sony didn’t detail how the camera will be used in games.

The Wii U took an early stab at building a social network within a home console with its Mii-verse of game chatter and doodles, but PlayStation 4 will go a step further and feature “enhanced social capabilities” made possible through partnerships with Facebook and UStream. In a bid to become the “fastest most powerful gaming network in the world,” Sony will be putting social media at the core of PS4 experiences, giving gamers the ability to share live streams of their gameplay online with the press of a button. In fact, the new DualShock controller will have a dedicated button just for sharing content to social media.

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Well, that was weird. We got a console reveal without Sony actually revealing the console. It’s left a lot of people confused, maybe even concerned, so given the chance we had to ask: where was the PS4?

“Why do you care?” jokes Shuhei Yoshida, president of Sony’s Worldwide Studios.

Pressed as to what we should be reading into when we get a console reveal without the reveal of the console itself, Yoshida tells Kotaku “It was almost the other way around. When we planned for this event, obviously we discussed what we should show and talk about.”

“As far as the DualShock 4 is concerned we wanted to do the live demo. And we were like, yeah, we have to show the controller, because it’s awkward not to show the controller when someone is doing a demo. And also the feature that the DualShock 4 has, the share button, is a very key idea behind the design of the PS4… We really wanted to explain what we’ve done with the DualShock 4, but as far as the system itself we have to keep something new for later. Otherwise you’d get bored.”

( Via http://kotaku.com )

February 21, 2013