It’s not only Microsoft that is preparing a new Xbox, behind closed doors, to succeed its Xbox 360, but Sony is also working on its PlayStation 4.
According to the Internet rumor mills, the next console battle is expected during 2011-2012 as it’s a time when industry analyst Colin Sebastian and Crytek’s CEO Cevat Yerli are expecting a possible Xbox 720 and PS4.
To know about the capabilities of a PS4, it is essential to know what this current PS3 has and what not. It seems that Sony will certainly need to closely assimilate the software development and hardware components for the PS4.
We may see some obvious technology upgrades like 802.11n chipset instead of 802.11b/g if the PS4 is just a restoration of the PS3. Similarly, we should expect a massive hard disk, an increase in the onboard memory, and a new graphics processor.
We may also see a replacement for the PS3’s NVIDIA-built RSX graphics processor? There are rumors as well that Microsoft may use Intel’s Larrabee chip in the coming Xbox to fix a real-time physics and AI.
We can consider a strong argument to drop an optical drive from the PS4 as the PS3 was somewhat involved in helping Blu-ray beat off HD DVD. We know well that game demos, full-length movies, TV shows and video trailers of gigabytes-worth are being downloaded by the console owners. In PS4, a mammoth hard disk would help to pipe the game straight to the console on the day of release and there would be no longer install load times.
What consumers really want from a PS4? Well, the consumers are expecting to have a machine that can play the best games and give them new tastes of gaming experience as they had from PS2. The PS4 can go one of two ways: the best all-capable box that provides integrated playTV, larger hard disk and Blu-ray and the other way is to present a pure gaming machine with mass market appeal.
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