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[BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO]

Sony fans already in denial. Tomorrow is gonna be fun.

Bookmarking this post, tomorrow is going to be fun.

 

[Satchel]

We were promised 8.

No you weren't.

All specs were subject to change.

 

[Whiteshirt]

Yep. I think that is it.

If it is, the guy has spam for brains. The onion and garlic bus is actually a good thing since its a fucking APU.

 

[Gorillaz]

oh boy here we go

downgrade incoming yall

 

[jordan0386]

You cant build up THAT much goodwill, then say lolz, sorry guys we're not ready.

IdeaMan may know some stuff. But, I doubt it gets delayed.

 

[Angelus Errare]

raytracing chipz

 

[metareferential]

Yep. I think that is it.

Eurogamer picking up on its own articles?

 

[Toki767]

I can't wait for when tomorrow goes by and Sony's statement is something along the lines of "We do not comment on rumor and speculation."

 

[fritolay]

cancelled preorder

wiiu it is

 

[Pie and Beans]

I'm seriously leaning towards DF publishing an article tomorrow which says "PS4 bandwidth downgraded to 156GB/s and split memory pooolz!" because Sony will confirm the 20GB/s bandwidth for the CPU.

Hardly earth shattering news, and Leadbetter will get it wrong, either by incompetence or through malice, but he will get it wrong.

They'll run it through their graphical equaliser again so certain numbers become different ones and run with it.

 

[ExigentContact]

I hope the drop off, of whatever, isnt significant.

You just cant have two consoles doing the same damn thing.

The PS3 and Xbox 360 got on pretty well doing just that, lol.

 

[cyberheater]

The RAM is produced in China and on it is actually written GRRD5.

LOL. That's genuinely funny. Well done.

 

[Anpanman]

Exactly, this isn't some nonsense like them being cheeky about bandwith or what not, they came out on the presentation saying 8GDDR5, that's what they have to stick with cause that's what they promised.

Yeah, because Sony's consoles always ended up with the announced specs. /sarcasm

 

[rrs]

So, what could the magicial difference possibly be? Could this be hot air made by MS PR?

 

[Radec]

Yeah, almost like they ran the cost numbers and no way can they put 8GB of GDDR5 in it. Maybe they are switching to DDR3 or only putting 4GB in.

Whatever it is it HAS to be bad, because there's no way in hell you can improve upon 8GB GDDR5!!!!!!!

Or it is nothing.

 

[Shearie]

I knew Sony shouldn't have hired Don Mattrick.

 

[CaptainTiptop]

Sony fans already in denial. Tomorrow is gonna be fun.

Not surprising that this sorta shit would come from someone like you.

 

[KillerTravis]

I don't really expect anything significant, but if it is I smell bans.

 

[Zombie James]

Eurogamer picking up on its own articles?

The original article wasn't about the PS4's specs or the CPU bus, it was about the process of Ubisoft porting a game.

 

[Kato]

What if it was an statement about the length of the "record x minutes in the background" ?

 

[slabrock]

hopefully they can use the n64's ram expansion pak to balance it out

 

[Ol No Bones]

This could be nothing. Possibly a downclock. Maybe heat issues?

 

[Captain Tuttle]

GDDR5 in short supply. PS4 potentially delayed. Sony may opt for lower density chips bringing total amount down to 4GB.

NeoGAF crashes.

good gravy

 

[cyberheater]

Eurogamer picking up on its own articles?

Hmmm. So no then. Tomorrow will be interesting.

 

[SMZC]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=628386

Thanks a bunch.

 

[OverHeat]

If you know something, spill it. Its got less to do with being a "Sony fan" and having some goddamn common sense.

EDIT: I just looked at your post history. Forget I bothered to address you. You are one of "those" ones.

Internet detective at is best

 

[Orayn]

Yep. I think that is it.

Couldn't be, that article came from Eurogamer and used information that was already available, apparently.

the dream is dying

THE DREAM IS DYING

This is all I could think of.

 

[KefkaPalazzo]

Oh man...one part of me should be upset because I pre ordered a PS4...the other part of me is desperate to see Sony-GAF get a punch to the gut to send them back to earth. I'm so conflicted!

 

[Croyles]

You will have to sign your soul over to Cerny in order to use the 8gb GDDR5 RAM.

 

[jbug617]

I think they are not going to have enough consoles at launch.

 

[Dunkers92]

Man this has me worried

 

[Paches]

the dream is collapsing

FTFY

But seriously, this is probably nothing.

 

[Nethaniah]

Yeah, because Sony's consoles always ended up with the announced specs. /sarcasm

Again not talking about some lower clocks or bandwith, read the posts in the thread before responding with bullshit please, especially if you're gonna quote me.

 

[TheJLC]

For $399 you get a PS4 with 4 GB GDDR5 of RAM for $499 you can have the PS4 with 8 GB of RAM!

 

[Napalm_Frank]

The Sony brand is finally over

 

[Zukuu]

You need to connect it online day 1, to download more RAM.

 

[Dlacy13g]

Normally I would take any "breaking" story like this with a huge grain of salt BUT given Sony felt / wanted to make a statement first before the news came out really does spin this in a negative frame. This could be any number of things from production issues, clock speed issues to a major executive leaving Sony.

edit: yeah...so i re-read the tweet... "memory drama"... ignore all in my post after clock speed issues....

 

[Portugeezer]

This is probably just typical games journalism bullshit. Drama my ass, probably nothing.

I don't see why people would expect them to ditch the GDDR5, that has always been the plan, the quantity is what changed before the reveal. Could they drop it? I doubt it, games in development already use more than 4GB.

 

[chubigans]

Based on his tweets, sounds like something they are planning to reveal in a technical article about the PS4 that Sony wants to clarify, not anything that has actually changed.

I guess we'll see.

Yeah, this is what it sounds like to me too.

 

[Gestault]

The RAM is produced in China and on it is actually written GRRD5.

My pick of the entire thread. Can I buy "NeoGAF Gold" for this guy?

 

[LyleLanley]

So, what could the magicial difference possibly be? Could this be hot air made by MS PR?

I have no idea how Microsoft PR could be involved with this since Eurogamer was supposedly told to wait on releasing the article by Sony.

 

[SirIgbyCeaser]

The PS3 and Xbox 360 got on pretty well doing just that, lol.

Not if you stopped paying for Gold Online and netflix.

 

[metareferential]

The original article wasn't about the PS4's specs or the CPU bus, it was about the process of Ubisoft porting a game.

You're right, it could be then.

But why would Sony need to comment on that?

 

[REV 09]

The ram really isn't that big of a deal...not sure why everyone clung to it as if it were the holy grail of next gen. If there is news then it's probably not positive considering that the ram is the last thing that would need an upgrade.

I really wish they would just announce more games for 2014.

 

[RamzaIsCool]

My best guess is that Eurogamer got some info on the OS allocation of the RAM. It might be bigger then we anticipated, 2 GB or something. Which means the total amount of RAM for gaming is smaller then we initially thought.

 

[DNaDe]

This could be interesting.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

It's a downclock.

 

[thesuperfunk]

Euro launch delay perhaps?

 

[Cyberia]

dafuq is this shit?

Just look at his post history lol.

 

[ExigentContact]

Not if you stopped paying for Gold Online and netflix.

And things are only getting more similar in that area next gen. Subscription fees for everyone!

Except Nintendo.