Playstation 4 AKA "ORBIS" launches late 2013

[DEMONOCIETY]

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THE BUZZ: According to sources the PlayStation 4 is called, or codenamed, Orbis and is set to release late 2013.

A “reliable” source has told Kotaku that the console will contain an AMD x64 CPU and an AMD Southern Islands GPU, which will be capable of displaying games at a resolution of 4096×2160 and will be able to play 3D games at 1080p.

Sony apparently doesn’t plan on offering backwards compatibility and the console will contain anti-used game technology. Games will be available on Blu-ray or digitally and will be locked to a PSN account requiring you to be online when you boot the game for the first time. Second-hand buyers will be asked to pay an unlock fee.

According to the source studios have been receiving development kits since the beginning of this year and are expected to receive more finalized units at the end of the year.

EGM’s TAKE: Of course as with all rumors take this with a pinch of salt. The fact that Sony isn’t going to offer backwards compatibility yet again is the most dubious of these rumors. We just don’t see Sony making that same mistake twice, they have a whole catalogue of PlayStation 3 games that would simply become abandoned. Unless they plan to offer some sort of digital distribution of back catalogue titles similar to the PlayStation 2 initiative they just started.

The specs sound about right, as Sony will want to make the console as future-proof as is possible to avoid it becoming obsolete before it even releases. The second-hand measures are simply the next logical step of online passes, publishers and developers are determined to stamp out used game sales and it appears that they may actual succeed one day.

source: RUMOR: PlayStation 4 Called Orbis – Launches Late 2013 | EGMNOW

kabati! no backward compatibility? and then if mo buy ka ug 2nd hand game it requires to unlock? thats means additional fee? wasaaayyyy maintain na lang ko sa akng PS3

[X]

haha grabeha na gud ani sa security. goodluck sa mga mag console update!

bcn ni backout cla sa cost sa backward compatibility. kai mao man to ila nabuhat sa PS3 before naa. then pag slim or later fat models wala na. hehehe

[verramaruzz]

Okay...I'm done with this bull****! I guess PS3 and Xbox 360 will be my last consoles in this generation. Microsoft and Sony has leaked something inconvenient from us...nuff said.

[janhenz1]

this will prompt George Hotz to ditch his cannabis "habit".
murag na-bored na raba sya sa iyang trabaho sa Facebook mao nag marijuana nalang

[DEMONOCIETY]

update nato gamay basin mausab inyong view on buying PS4

Pachter on PlayStation 4 – Anti-Used Technology Will Never Happen


THE BUZZ: Wedbush Securities analyst, and all round gaming psychic, Michael Pachter has claimed that Sony would never put anti-used technology in its next console.

“The anti-piracy rumors started in 2005, when Ken Kutaragi patented a technology for it prior to the PS3 launch,” Pachter told NowGamer, adding that the Orbis ”reliable source is a monkey.”

Sony apparently considered the technology back before the PlayStation 3 launched, but decided against it. ”Today’s rumor is just a re-hash of that old rumor and the recent one about the Xbox 720,” Pachter said in a statement.

This technology would lead to a backlash from consumers. ”If they all do it, they are susceptible to a collusion charge, and if one does it and the others don’t, the one who does it will see a loss of market share,” he explained.

Apparently it wouldn’t be benificial to the platform holders to take this route.

“If Sony unilaterally did this, I could see GameStop refusing to carry their console, and sales of the PS4 would thereby suffer,” concluded Pachter. “On balance, it’s a dumb idea, making it a dumb rumor. Of course, you never know.”

EGM’s TAKE: It doesn’t take a genius to work out how much hate would be generated if Sony announced this anti-used technology. The used game market has become a major part of the industry and a nice little earner for retailers. None of them will want to see that cash flow disappear, which is why even retailers may protest against the console, as Pachter mentions.

Imagine what would happen to Sony if they made this announcement and Microsoft didn’t. Sony’s marketshare would plummet, millions would jump ship, but would developers go the other way? Both developers and publishers have pushed for the destruction of used game sales, if Sony made this move would it garner strong industry support, forcing the public to choose Sony’s console to get all the best games. It’s all just conjecture of course, as we have no idea what the next-generation of consoles will be like, but this certainly provides some interesting talking points.

source:Pachter on PlayStation 4 – Anti-Used Technology Will Never Happen | EGMNOW


ilang gitangtang ang anti-used technology so OK na!!! if ever if you are a collector of 2nd hand original bluray disc game! d na gasto no need to pay for some extra fees on PSN

[orochimaru700]

layo pa man sad, g tuyo nila ug expose sa public para naay mga negative feedbacks ila mkuha, then they do alterrations/modifications/upgrade for the system... dghan pa ma utro ana, ibutang nato na demo game, layo ra gyud kung naa na ang original release... cheers..

[DEMONOCIETY]

mahitabo ra daw ang anti-used technology sa microsoft new console wait lang ta sa balita sa ilang side

[jiro]

i wonder. if ps3 had anti-used game, would you? you know?

no more "sell used games" para makapalit ug new games.

unsa gaha mahitabo.

would still buy ps4 if the price is just right.

[Zeratul_]

Rumor: Dli ka maka use og "USED" games. Once you buy 2nd hand original games, you still need to pay it to activate your genuine! mayta'g dli!

[jiro]

now if maguba or lost your original account, palit ka ug new console, it means you have to buy all games again.