Playstation 4 – When is it coming?

Playstation 4 – is it really happening?

All of you might have been heard of the supposed rumor of Sony entertainment company of leakage of the specs of the much hyped PS4 along with a blue print of the hardware stuff of the gaming console. Here are some of the details of the much-hyped article released by a Japanese magazine.

The play station 4 essentially will be built on the existing platform of PS3 as this will decrease the cost of production and also decrease costs on developing of newer technology. Retaining the looks of original Playstation and adding the newer technology like the CELL BROADBAND ENGINE often referred to as cell BE, play station is working on aiming more at the common gamer this time like how Wii succeeded. This will help cost cut the development of new hardware and software for the cell BE based PlayStation 4. Therefore, eventually the cost of the unit and the software will be under control so that sales of the product are not affected.

When asked about this to Sony Entertainment Company, they simply denied these as pure rumors and said that nothing about it is true. However, the fact remains that they will be working on a PlayStation 4 idea as that is what the research and development wing is supposed to do.

The cell BE based playstation 3 has eight core processing units which give the power for the performance of the console. Now for this PS4 the leaked speculations show that there will about 32 core and that will improve the performance of the gaming engine drastically. Also the size of the cell Be which is about 90nm in the present PS3 has to shrunk to smaller size of about 45nm so that the increase in core number can still be fit in the older platform . the size of the die of CPU remains a important factor in essentially bringing down the cost of the unit. The usage of DRAM in the memory instead of the generic memory like JIREC is also considered for this.

Previously there was a rule of thumb that if you want high end gaming and best graphics one has to put in high initial investment for the console. But this was shattered when Nintendo Wii has pulled the market by a storm with its lowered priced console appealing to the casual gamers and with roaring sales. It is because of this Sony entertainment company is planning to revamp the playstation 3 and bring in a newer console that appeals to common casual gamer and also with lower cost price.

Sony has done a good job of employing in high development cost initially for the PS3 for the cell BE , as it is future proof for generations that doesn’t need new developments or put in more money into it. So now, it can easily work on the new Sony PS4 with lower cost of development.

But as such since PS3 itself didn’t reach the zenith of its sales and users , considering on the PS4 right now is not a right move if the alleged rumor is true.