The upcoming Sony PS4 console could be more powerful than most PCs, according to the CTO and co-founder of Avalanche Studios.
Linus Blomberg believes that the current generation of consoles are feeling the mounting pressure from increasingly popular mobile platforms, and the fact that they are often vastly overtaken in performance by PCs a new generation of consoles was desperately needed to revitalise the market.
“It’s always very exciting with a new console cycle, for a number of reasons,” Blomberg said. “The consoles desperately need a boost since having been overtaken in terms of performance by PC’s several years ago, and also losing market share to mobile platforms.”
The PS4 should be run on a digital-forward business model, relying on online game streaming and cloud gaming rather than traditional disc-based titles.
“The PS4 will not only be a very powerful gaming machine from a hardware perspective, but it will also be a social tool and integrated marketplace more akin to the successful mobile devices.”
“It’s the best of all worlds in a way; great performance for demanding high-end gaming, good social ecosystem and connectivity, and integrated business marketplace. For Avalanche Studios as an open-world games developer this is super exciting and opens up many new opportunities.”
The recently released user interface screenshots show the PS4 will integrate social media aspects into the PS4’s operations, allowing players to become much more involved in the PlayStation community.
“It’s a perfect fit for the types of games we do, and we are confident that we’ll bring open-world gaming to a whole new level because of it. I’m glad Sony decided to go with 8GB RAM because it means that the PS4 will out-power most PC’s for years to come,” Blomberg added.
The Just Cause series developer is excited about the potentials of the new PS4, as it integrates PC components into its console build, including an eight-core x86-64 AMD Jaguar CPU with 8GB of GDDR5 RAM and a GPU capable of reaching 1.84 teraFLOPS.
“The off-the-shelf philosophy behind the architecture makes sense from a pricing and heating point of view, but it also means that Sony more easily can make incremental improvements of their system. If that’s actually their plan I don’t know, but it could help preventing the inevitable loss of market shares that the long console cycles entail.”
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Via: GamingBolt
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