by Paul on January 5, 2009
The PS3 has the ability to install a Linux OS on its HDD, turning it into a home computer. This offers great flexibility to the system, which some love and others don’t care for. We here at PS4Talk see this as a possible step towards one of the more popular OS’s being available on the PS4, that the regular consumer will care to use. Linux is a massively popular OS, but ask the general person what is is and they just shrug their shoulders and think you’re an uber geek. [click to continue…]
by Matthew on January 5, 2009
When the PS3 was first launched I heard rumours that the cost to build one was over the $600 price range… actually $690.23. iSuppli are a market research company who like to keep track of things like this and in a recent strip down of the latest version of the PS3 console they priced a new model up at just $448.73. This still could mean that Sony make a loss on each console sold… but the good news is that the gap is getting smaller.
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by Matthew on January 2, 2009
I came across some interesting statistics today about console usage in the US. With all this talk of the current gen consoles and what is selling best (ie, the Wii) I was surprised to see which console was at the top of the list of being used the most through out each week. Take a look at the numbers…
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by Paul on December 30, 2008
We recently wrote an article asking for your suggestions for GOTY 2008. Well, we have decided that its now time for a quick poll before the end of the year actually hits us.
From the comments received, we have selected the three main choices of games, and have included an ‘other’ option. If you vote, please leave a comment telling us why you think your choice is GOTY 2008!
My vote is already in…..
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by Matthew on December 29, 2008
In the last post here at PS4Talk we mentioned the possibility of 3D TV coming to the Playstation 4… well it now seems that Sony are completely ahead in that they might be releasing a firmware update that will bring 3D images to the Sony PS3. Sony will be supporting the Blitz Tech 3D Engine as of next year which will make it possible for the console to create stereoscopic 3D visuals and hopefully the same too for Blu-ray content. Of course you will need a compatible screen to utilise these services. [click to continue…]
by Matthew on December 23, 2008
After another busy post about Super Hi-Vision possibly being an option on the Playstation 4, the general opinion was no chance as the current console doesn’t fully make use of 1080p just yet. I have to agree with the comments made that Sony should concentrate on the current technology for viewing. However, I came across 3D TV the other day which caught my attention. In the UK, Sky have mentioned that they have successfully made their first test broadcast (to just 1 TV set) by using a standard Sky+ box. This test will hopefully pave the way to more shows and channels being broadcast in 3D within the next 2 - 3 years. This has led me to ponder the possibility of Sony utilising 3D TV for the PS4.
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by Matthew on December 18, 2008
Sony are planning to raise the prices on some of their products in Europe due to the crazy exchange rate that is going on at the moment.
It needs to recoup some of its foreign-exchange losses after the yen has soared more than 25% against the euro since July. A stronger yen cuts into overseas revenue when brought back as yen.
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by Matthew on December 18, 2008
Toshiba are launching a new SSD that is in the 2.5″ form. It’s capacity is a fairly huge 512GB which makes it the worlds largest capacity 2.5″ SSD drive in the world. It will be officially shown off at CES in 2009 which will be held in Las Vegas in a few weeks time. The 512GB SSD is named the THNS512GG8B and is a NAND-flash-based SSD.
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by Matthew on December 16, 2008
A couple of months ago I came across a new system called “Real Time Games”. The idea behind this system was that GPS tracking devices would be put in Formula 1 cars and then as the cars race the data would be streamed to a company who would then allow you to play live against the real F1 drivers. Imagine racing around a track on your Playstation 3 actually playing against Lewis Hamilton who is driving on track in the F1 final. That would certainly be a step beyond hard on the difficulty setting level. As well as tracking data about where the drivers are on the track, the weather could also be a contributing factor. Rather then the computer randomly selecting a weather settings you would actually race in the current race conditions. One last feature of this system is that the data from previous races can be loaded up so you can play historical races too and gain that level of realism that is far beyond AI.
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by Paul on December 15, 2008
With Flash memory becoming cheaper all the time we at PS4talk were wondering about the possibilities of the PS4 controllers having a small amount of memory built in to them. You may wonder why…well let me tell you. I regularly take my controller around to friends houses as we have multiplayer gaming sessions, and have sometimes wanted to have my save game perks with me that I have acquired on my own PS3. [click to continue…]
