connor10 (2013-11-18 21:16:37)

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WARNING: I've included as much details as possible about the Play Station 4, so if for some reason you find this too long, please do not comment saying that this is too long. I've included as much details as possible about the PS4 for the interested people that want to know all about it.



Table of Contents:
1.The Review
2.Hardware Specs
3.Upcoming Games
4.Official PS4 Trailer
The Play Station 4 released the 15th, and it's
reviews are glowing. Here's one of them:

The next generation of video game consoles has got off to a seemingly rousing start. Sony claimed on Sunday that it had sold 1m PlayStation 4s after the machine's North American launch on 15 November �¢ï¿½ï¿½ an achievement largely predicted by strong global pre-order figures. The consumer electronics giant is expecting to sell 5m units wordwide by 31 March 2014. Media analysis firm IHS predicts sales of 2.4m by 31 December.

The figure makes this one of the most successful console launch periods in the modern era. Nintendo's Wii, the biggest selling machine of the previous generation, took eight days to sell 600,000 units in the US.

But it hasn't all been good news for Sony, which is counting on PS4 to boost its troubled consumer electronics business. Specialist technology and game sites have given mixed reviews to the launch lineup of games, with lead exclusives Killzone: Shadow Fall and Knack earning Metacritic score averages of just 74 and 60 respectively.

Praise for the machine itself has varied from ecstatic to guarded. Stuff announced, "We're not going to beat around the bush: the PS4 is awesome," and Engadget proclaimed, "this is just the beginning with PlayStation 4, and it's a hell of a start." However, major US gaming site Polygon was more critical: "Right now, this is a game console without a game to recommend it. Early adopters of the PS4 this fall are buying potential energy. We're just waiting for a place to spend it."

It was a view reflected by another influential US source, Kotaku: "The PS4 seems like a hell of a console, but it's mostly potential and a bunch of new tools in need of some awesome games for them to work on." Reacting to the early game reviews, Sony Worldwide Studios chief Shuhei Yoshida told GamesIndustry.biz, "It's disappointing but I don't think it's worrisome for the launch of the system."

There have also been technical issues with the initial rollout of machines. Some purchasers are complaining that the console's blue led light is continually blinking to indicate a hardware fault. According to comments on sites such as Amazon and Twitter, affected machines have intermittent audio and video faults while others power down randomly. The phenomenon has already been nicknamed "the blue light of death", a reference to the "red ring of death", a series of overheating problems that affected the Xbox 360 console. Other technical difficulties have included mis-seated hard drives and HDMI ports slightly obstructed by metal components.

Sony has posted a troubleshooting guide on its US website but claims the problem is contained to a small number of units. In a statement to game site IGN, the company said: "There have been several problems reported, which leads us to believe there isn't a singular problem that could impact a broader percentage of systems. The number of affected systems represents less than 0.4% of shipped units to date, which is within our expectations for a new product introduction."

But for the new console owners involved, the experience has been frustrating, with the usual onslaught of angry messages on social media, games forums and Sony's own feedback pages. "Just brought home my brand new PS4 and when I turn it on all it does is blink blue," wrote one user on the Sony site. "No white light ever came on. I am upset that I spent most of my day waiting in line in the cold."

Certainly however, this has already been a more successful rollout than the PlayStation 3. Sony was forced to delay the arrival of its previous machine due to manufacturing problems with its Blu-ray drive, and then staggered the global launch over several months. It took two months for the machine to ship 1m units in the US. That console was also expensive to produce due to its proprietary Cell processor, and Sony lost almost $5bn on the machine in its first four years on sale. PlayStation 4 is about eight times more powerful, but its hardware set-up is much more conventional resembling a PC rather than a proprietary piece of hardware.

The PlayStation 4 launch process continues on 29 November with the machine's arrival in Europe and Australia �¢ï¿½ï¿½ although there is a significant event before this. 22 November sees the multi-territory launch of Xbox One, and Microsoft claims to have strong pre-orders for its own next-gen entrant. With both machines aiming to dominate living room entertainment by offering HD movies and TV shows as well as games, the battle is set to impact far beyond the traditional gaming demographic. Analysts have been predicting the demise of dedicated games machines for a number of years, pointing to the rise of smartphones, tablets and even smart TVs. Shifting 1m consoles in a day suggests that reports on the death of the console may have been greatly exaggerated.

Here are some hardware specs about the PS4:

CPU: x86-64 AMD "Jaguar" single-chip custom processor
Number of Cores/Threads: 8/8 [1]
Frequency: speculated to be running a base clock speed of 1.6 Ghz on a 2.75 Ghz capable chip
Shared L2 Cache: 2 x 2 MB [2]
Manufacturing Process: 28 nm [3]
Custom CPU for background processing such as downloading and recording gameplay.
GPU: AMD next-generation Radeon based graphics engine
Peak Shader Throughput: 69.420 TFLOPS [4]
GPU Cores: 1152 [5]
Memory: 8GB GDDR5
Frequency: 5500 MHz [6]
System Memory Bus: 256-bit [7]
System Memory Bandwidth: 176.0 GB/s [8]
Storage size: 500GB hard disk drive, user removable*
External dimensions: Approximately 275 x 53 x 305 mm
Mass: Approx 2.8 kg (6.2 l
BD/DVD drive (read only): BD x 6 CAV, DVD x 8 CAV, Blu-ray and DVD playback, no audio CD support
Input/Output: Super-Speed USBx (USB 3.0) port x2, AUX port x1
Networking: Ethernet x1, IEEE 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
AV output: HDMI out port, digital out optical port. SD output is supported for lower-resolution displays. HD output at 720p, 1080p and 1080i.
Included Peripherals: PlayStation 4 system x1, Wireless controller (DualShock 4) x1, Mono headset x1, AC power cord x1, HDMI cable x1, USB cable x1
Stereoscopic Output: Hardware supported

Games that have been scheduled to be released on the PS4:


Angry Birds Star Wars
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Battlefield 4
Blacklight: Retribution
Call of Duty: Ghosts
Contrast
DC Universe Online
Escape Plan
FIFA Soccer 14
flOw
flower
Injustice: Gods Among Us
Just Dance 2014
Killzone: Shadow Fall
Knack
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
Madden NFL 25
NBA 2K14
NBA Live 14
Need for Speed Rivals
Pinball Arcade
RESOGUN
Sound Shapes
Super Motherload
Trine 2
Warframe
War Thunder
MINECRAFT!!!

Here's the offical PS4 Trailer:


Hope you enjoyed everything!

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2013-11-23 01:59:28

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diazbro9 (2013-11-19 01:36:46)

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You forgot Minecraft.

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connor10 (2013-11-19 02:04:45)

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^Oops... Can't forget Minecraft!

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Bean (2013-11-19 08:31:02)

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More launch games for EU launch.

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Bean (2013-11-19 08:31:40)

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About 35 EU launch games, actually.

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Nin10dude789 (2013-11-19 15:36:55)

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Very nice for PlayStation newcomers!

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Bean (2013-11-19 17:32:22)

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^ So? This the GAMING forum. This forum isn't just Nintendo. I should flag your post because the stupidity hurts.

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Bean (2013-11-20 17:43:14)

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^ I feel your pain.

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Ron1212 (2013-11-20 22:52:46)

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The image isn't even the real PS4....

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Bean (2013-11-20 22:54:12)

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^ YEAH.

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connor10 (2013-11-21 01:32:52)

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Oops... Well, gotta change that then.

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diazbro9 (2013-11-21 01:49:41)

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connor10 (2013-11-21 01:57:41)

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I'm having problems changing the picture on my 3DS. Once I have acess on a computer, I'll update the picture, aswell as a few other things, too. Sorry for any inconvenience.

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diazbro9 (2013-11-21 02:00:39)

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There you go.

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connor10 (2013-11-21 02:02:06)

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Oh, thanks!

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