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Rumor: PS4.5 to have twice as powerful GPU; Deep Down and God of War 4 among launch titles - Gematsu
I was going to buy one in May for UC4 but if this is going to be announced just before or during E3 (as the scuttlebutt suggests) I might hold out. It would make sense since once this IS announced all sales of PS4 will freeze without a significant price drop.
As current PS4 owners, would it bother you if they don't introduce a trade in program?
Rumor: PS4.5 to have twice as powerful GPU; Deep Down and God of War 4 among launch titles
by Sal Romano at 03:32 PM EDT, March 30, 2016.
New information reportedly leaked.
PlayStation 4.5
A NeoGAF user named OsirisBlack has posted what he claims is a handful of information about the rumored 4K PlayStation 4 from a meeting held yesterday.
The user’s sources are verified by NeoGAF’s moderators. While this doesn’t necessarily mean the information is correct, it means that they have verified OsirisBlack as someone who would have access to this information.
Here are the details:
Price and Trade-Ins
The price is currently $399. There were discussions about including a better CPU, which would raise the price to $499, a price that is guaranteed to be the maximum amount one might have to pay for the upgraded console.
There are currently no plans for a trade-in program for PlayStation 4 owners, but that could change.
GPU and Blu-ray Player
The GPU is twice as powerful as the current PlayStation 4 and much faster. It runs at higher clock speed and is much smaller than the original.
It will have a 4K Blu-ray player and upscale games that are not 4K-native. (This is not to say that newer games will run 4K-native.)
Media Player Application
There is talk of a “VR Lounge” for the Media Player application, which will be getting a substantial upgrade.
Dev Kits and Existing Games
Developers already have development kits for the new PlayStation 4 and are making games that will directly target and take advantage of its higher specs. These games will work on the current PlayStation 4, but with considerable sacrifices made to performance.
Any upgrades (for current games) that come would do so via game-specific patches released by developers
I was going to buy one in May for UC4 but if this is going to be announced just before or during E3 (as the scuttlebutt suggests) I might hold out. It would make sense since once this IS announced all sales of PS4 will freeze without a significant price drop.
As current PS4 owners, would it bother you if they don't introduce a trade in program?