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FRIDAYTON: God abandons PS4 as The Great Flood wipes out Sony HQ [Up: Reveal in OP]
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Thanks, well I'm intrigued. I't won't be a downgrade more like some sort of limitation but still why would Sony comment on that...hmm.
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Deleted member 80556
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I don't either, if anything that would cement the specifications, right?
EDIT: Also, on Sony answering them, the journalists asked for comment and they got it, according to one of the guy's tweets (yes, I know Spanish).
TheBaronOfNA
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You are getting paranoid. If the news were that bad they would have not waited for a day.
Uno Venova
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Already cancelled my pre-order.
metareferential
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If it's serious news that has to do with the console, then they have to make a statement. They can't just not say anything, let the console launch, and then have hundreds of people upset over whatever it was they didn't announce.
MikeE21286
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Huh? PS3 uses GDDR3 for example. Also, we know that a PS4 got approved by the FCC, but we don't know what exactly that PS4 was, do we? Does the FCC report available to the public include size, speed and type of RAM?
starwarsfan541
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Agreed, I dislike Sony, but I prefer them over MS, so I hope its nothing too bad.
Anyways, tomorrow should be... interesting. Its a friday too, I wonder if thats significant. Oftently news stories that are unfavorable break on a Friday to try to distract the public.
zomgbbqftw
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It's probably going to be nothing. This guy is just fishing for hits. Honestly, if it was something big, it would be splashed on Eurogamer's main website right now and not left up to their Spanish language affiliate to wait for Sony.
BleachAndPepsi
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Wait, what? Bizarro, am that you?
Meus Renaissance
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What's the story behind this?
UnluckyKate
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oh yeah. Send the news
They said it's waiting a day so Sony can make a statement. If Sony has to make a statement, it's probably serious.
Zombie James
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I think this would be the safe bet. Still not good news, but not a production delay or spec reduction.
supply issue of 8GIG Ram ?
I don't think so.
but never less, ps4 is region free and I pre ordered mine from amazon 10 minutes after it went up. but I honestly think its something related to downgrade.
Both machines will be ok, but what initially seemed to be much better is diluting little by little as more info pops-up.
was there any bad news before? What does he mean little by little? was there any ps4 downgrade before?
immortal-joe
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So it looks like nothing about the PS4's specs are changing, but something about it is about to sound less impressive, and lessens the power gap with the Xbone. That's my takeaway based on the tweets.
TheRealTalker
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so its likely bad news due to the drama headline
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Oh God think about the children... the children
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Oh God think about the children... the children
Amazing post if facetious.
Basically there are three ways they would logically split the RAM between games and OS: 5/3, 6/2, and 7/1. Given the rest of the hardware in the system, what difference would we expect in games with 5GB vs. 7GB? You would see some minor improvements if developers were really pushing the system, but little else. Basically you reach diminishing returns going from 5->7 given the performance of the PS4's GPU. However, you can buy yourself a lot more in the way of system level features if you choose to put that memory towards the OS. Things like multitasking, instant switching between games and apps, suspending state of games and apps simultaneously, cross game social features, etc.
Given that we know Microsoft has opted for a 5/3 split, it would make sense for Sony to ensure that their system is capable of competing on the system features level, considering they will already enjoy superior graphical performance due to the GPU and memory speed. Also consider that while Sony could always change that ratio in favor of games in the future (as they have with the PS3), they could never go in the opposite direction.
I should say I don't expect that this announcement is related to this particular issue -- I was just responding to another poster.
SwiftDeath
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How do you know this?
GoofsterStud
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Some of these comments are unreal.
Downgrading from DDR5 to DDR3.
(It's not that simple, that's a whole system change, you have to change the motherboard and how things interface)
6 GB of DDR3?
(Again not going to happen. If 3GB single sticks existed this would be a possiblity. To gain from dual-memory the only possibility is adding more sticks, which would cost more, and the mother board would need redesigned.
4 GB of DDR5?
This is possible, seems stupid considering they made a big deal about 8GB we would of heard developers (moaning) by now.
DDR5 downclock?
Possible
Shortage?
Currently there is a surplus. The reason DDR5 became so cheap is because of this. I really doubt this is it.
OS using more memory?
Possible
Downgrading from DDR5 to DDR3.
(It's not that simple, that's a whole system change, you have to change the motherboard and how things interface)
6 GB of DDR3?
(Again not going to happen. If 3GB single sticks existed this would be a possiblity. To gain from dual-memory the only possibility is adding more sticks, which would cost more, and the mother board would need redesigned.
4 GB of DDR5?
This is possible, seems stupid considering they made a big deal about 8GB we would of heard developers (moaning) by now.
DDR5 downclock?
Possible
Shortage?
Currently there is a surplus. The reason DDR5 became so cheap is because of this. I really doubt this is it.
OS using more memory?
Possible
Part of the FCC specification included the highest clock frequency in the system, which coincides with the expected clock of the GDDR5.
My guess it's a site just learning about the 20 GBps bandwidth to the CPU.
metareferential
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Sony matching XB1's price.
Wait, it was higher? Oh, well. xD
Wait, it was higher? Oh, well. xD
TheBaronOfNA
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Both machines will be ok, but what initially seemed to be much better is diluting little by little as more info pops-up.
That sounds incredible vague in the tone of the Spanish text.
Delusibeta
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Actually, five Euros says the article actually is "Sony loses extra bandwidthz, no explanation how". Or, as everyone else mentioned, the OS taking up more than 1Gb of RAM.
Damn, how many pre-orders do you have?
intheinbetween
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I can see two possibilities:
a) GDDR5 to GDDR3
b) 3GBs reseved for the OS
both are "bad news", but not necessarily catastrophic
a) GDDR5 to GDDR3
b) 3GBs reseved for the OS
both are "bad news", but not necessarily catastrophic
Judging by what he has said before in other threads, I have my doubts it is intended to be taken facetiously by others.
LiquidMetal14
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Finally, some bad PS4 news lol
Or maybe not bad but the PS4 has been on such a good roll that I guess something bad had to be said.
Or maybe not bad but the PS4 has been on such a good roll that I guess something bad had to be said.
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
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