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[Delusibeta]

Eurogamer better deliver now, or they're going in the polygon pile.

It's midnight, what are you expecting them to do?

 

[BTM]

Curious what this could mean

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

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?

Huh, you're right.

Nevermind, forget I said anything.

 

[Deleted member 80556]

You are getting paranoid. If the news were that bad they would have not waited for a day.

Kotaku has always told us that they wait some hours for a response from the company or person which the article addresses. This time they asked for comment and got a message back from Sony to hold their articles so they could declare on their article. But I am now not paranoid so anyway

Sony would not publish a statement on any spec downgrade. That doesn't really make sense. It doesn't even necessarily need to be made public. They didn't issue a statement when the Rsx was down clocked.

Exactly, if anything, they probably are simply explaining their specs better, maybe we'll get some new details on the architecture of the console. Maybe the drama itself is that they are comparing their RAM with another console's RAM. Who knows?

 

[evilalien]

They've already submitted and been approved by the FCC, neither of these things will happen.

Also, there is no GDDR3.

Of course there is GDDR3. It's used in the PS3 and 360. That's isn't to say that it could be used in the PS4 though, it is too slow these days.

 

[injurai]

I was about to request a ban...

now more drama... guess I'll stick around.

 

[Midou]

#TeamItWon'tBeThatBigOfADeal

I almost feel people make statements like this precisely because they know how Gaf will react.

 

[NightAntilli]

Maybe it has something to do with all those random freezes the games were having in their E3 presentation.

 

[Projectjustice]

I Wouldn't be surprised if its a OS footprint being bigger. 1GB is just too small for what they want to do with that share feature.

 

[flippedb]

I want to tweet this guy, but I don't want to make an ass out of myself because my Spanish isn't that great.

Chúpame la polla, tio!

Tweet him that, is how Spaniards greet

Spoiler

don't do it

 

[RulkezX]

This is going to turn out to be nothing, don't waste time sharpening those pitchforks peeps.

 

[Snakeyes]

Calm down people, I'm sure it's nothing major.

 

[Uno Venova]

Damn, how many pre-orders do you have?

3, two more mistakes and it's curtains for Sorny.

 

[GoofsterStud]

I can see two possibilities:

a) GDDR5 to GDDR3
b) 3GBs reseved for the OS

both are "bad news", but not necessarily catastrophic

A is impossible without a major system delay.
B is possible but why not 2GB first, they were originally just using 1. They don't have 3 OS to deal with like that other system.

 

[Mr.Monitor]

No clue why people are freaking out already. I'm not expecting much.

 

[Dan]

The info this delayed article is about, supposedly.

Well, yes, but the tweet indicates this would just be the latest bit of info about the PS4 that makes its surface-level strengths less impressive. Which is odd, unless it's just oddly worded/translated and they mean new info on both machines reducing their distinctions.

 

[ThoughtsOfSpeaking]

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.

this.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

What this guys track record and why would he of all people have some info out of the blue? Let me guess, this will break on his site or what? This better not be phishing for clicks.

 

[Tiops]

Oh God, Sony will drop the ball at this point? Terrible news...

 

[orioto]

I remember the jump to 8gigs was made recently and to the surprise of most devs, who basically worked with 4gigs for month.

What if Sony suddenly thought"well, look at what they've done with 4 gigs, isn't it enough after all.. They're not even using those 8 gigs for now!"

 

[Zombie James]

I can see two possibilities:

a) GDDR5 to GDDR3
b) 3GBs reseved for the OS

both are "bad news", but not necessarily catastrophic

The first one would be. GDDR3 is a massive downgrade.

 

[Eusis]

I wonder if they just analyzed the parts and came to the conclusion that the effective gulf was smaller than people would've liked it to be? So drama, but nothing that's HUGE news or anything.

 

[Amir0x]

I hope those predicting it won't be anything major are right. Sony needs to be successful this upcoming gen.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

I Wouldn't be surprised if its a OS footprint being bigger. 1GB is just too small for what they want to do with that share feature.

That's not exactly bad news though.

 

[Bluekaveli]

4GB of GDDR7 Ram?

 

[DocTarHeel]

Well, bad news is typically released on Fridays, especially if it turns out to be something like a delay or other production problems.

It will be interesting to see what it turns out to be.

 

[Oersted]

Not even sure what we are talking about. Nothing concrete, and at this point its just attentionwhoring.

 

[SolidSnakex]

I remember the jump to 8gigs was made recently and to the surprise of most devs, who basically worked with 4gigs for month.

What if Sony suddenly thought"well, look at what they've done with 4 gigs, isn't it enough after all.. They're not even using those 8 gigs for now!"

They wouldn't do that because the reason it has 8gb is due to Gearbox telling them the console would be dead without it.

 

[Raptor]

That sounds incredible vague in the tone of the Spanish text.

It basically is implying that what was seemed a bigger gap in power it ain't anymore as more info is coming out.

 

[Troll]

No clue why people are freaking out already. I'm not expecting much.

Me neither. Shouldn't be anything huge.

 

[TheBaronOfNA]

They said it's waiting a day so Sony can make a statement. If Sony has to make a statement, it's probably serious.

Again. Why wait? Why announce that you are waiting for a Statement of SHOCKING EXCLUSIVE?

 

[Radec]

A guy posted a tweet, and everyone lost their mind!

 

[RulkezX]

And yeah , some earth shattering bad news for PS4 is gonna break on Eurogamer Spain.

 

[R10Neymarfan]

Now I am nervous, but we shall see what happens. Hopefully GAF won't crash

 

[ReaperXL7]

Its crazy with all of the articles, interviews, spec sheets, and everything else that Cerny, and Sony in general have put out there about the PS4 and its design. Gimping it supposedly just a few months before launch seems like a bad idea to me, but im not a dev so whos. This thread will be a shitfest ti then though thats a sure thing.

 

[Wynnebeck]

I imagine a few people here will be like this tomorrow at Sony's statement:

 

[Mxrz]

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.

This was my first thought, too. But if so then Eurogamer needs to get their shit together. If it turns out to be fluff or nothing, then it makes it look a stupid desperate for clicks hit piece, which hey, Polygon.

 

[MoonLightWave]

You really think you would get 8 GB GDDR5 for $399? BWAHAHA.

Spoiler

Not serious

 

[BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO]

I Wouldn't be surprised if its a OS footprint being bigger. 1GB is just too small for what they want to do with that share feature.

A poster on gaf already explained how that works and why 1gb is fine.

 

[intheinbetween]

A is impossible without a major system delay.
B is possible but why not 2GB first, they were originally just using 1. They don't have 3 OS to deal with like that other system.

a) I don't know, maybe that's the reason for the Sony statement?
b) what if their OS needs more than 2GB to run smoothly?

 

[KillerMan91]

Sony would not publish a statement on any spec downgrade. That doesn't really make sense. It doesn't even necessarily need to be made public. They didn't issue a statement when the Rsx was down clocked.

Pretty much this. Will be amazing to see this thread grow to over 1000 posts and then the statement will be something pretty much meaningless. Exactly why I love GAF.

 

[metareferential]

unless it's just oddly worded/translated and they mean new info on both machines reducing their distinctions.

Could be.

As Y2Kev said, I don't get why would Sony issue an official statement over technicalities.

 

[Nethaniah]

Again. Why wait? Why announce that you are waiting for a Statement of SHOCKING EXCLUSIVE?

Spain don't know how to journalism?

 

[wsippel]

Sony would not publish a statement on any spec downgrade. That doesn't really make sense. It doesn't even necessarily need to be made public. They didn't issue a statement when the Rsx was down clocked.

Depends on what was downgraded I guess. If they have to change something that was publicaly announced, they probably have to have to make the change public. Would be false advertising otherwise.

 

[Hex]

I am expecting worst case, availability issues.

 

[GeoramA]

Better be something substantial for that guy's sake. People are getting way too worked up over this.

 

[Verendus]

I'm thinking about what has happened recently that could lead to mindblowing news. I'm drawing a blank to be honest. Pretty boring state of affairs right now with SCE. I think there will be disappointed people if you're expecting some huge negative thing out of this. I'd take the words of Arnold the Terminator and relax.

 

[B.O.O.M]

It's just gone midnight in the UK, so we're talking about 10 to 12 hours.

excellent. Thanks for the info. Now we wait

 

[KoopaTheCasual]

Both machines will be ok, but what initially seemed to be much better is diluting little by little as more info pops-up.

Darn. From the sound of that translation, it doesn't seem like it will be worse than XB1 news, since it hints at the PS4 still having an edge, but the edge is decreasing. I'm also going to assume it's OS news (2GB for system OS, 6GB to develop on). It's the only thing that Sony hasn't commented on, and they've been incredibly transparent about everything else. A bit of a bummer, but since the GPU always seemed to be the bottleneck, it won't be too much of a restriction for the devs of the PS4.

This reminds me of the Gaf thread from a couple days ago, “Still Scratching Our Heads As To What To Do With [all the PS4 RAM]". Well now you don't have to!... Sorry, a joke in poor taste ):

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Again. Why wait? Why announce that you are waiting for a Statement of SHOCKING EXCLUSIVE?

Yep. Let them wait to get the hits and more attention.

If this is nothing or some rumor crap then I will be disappointed.