The Playstation 4(Codename: Orbis) Thread : Part 6

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Discussion is continued from the *Part 5* thread, here!
 
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Shi shi
 
I have ten ps4's in my house. If some of you give me your bank details then ill ship you one to beta test.



Did anyone fall for that before reading this statement of me confirming that I'm lying?
 
If, come Christmas, the Japs and Americans are playing on shiny new PS4s and I'm not, I'll have a face like a smacked arse.

And that's all I have to say about that.
 
News: PlayStation 4 gets Nvidia PhysX And APEX support - CVG UK

Graphics card maker Nvidia has confirmed PhysX And APEX support for the PlayStation 4.

"Game designers use PhysX and APEX technologies for collision detection and simulation of rigid bodies, clothing, fluids, particle systems and more across a wide range of platforms, including desktop PCs, game consoles, and mobile and handheld devices," explained the firm.
"Taking PhysX technology content creation to the next level, NVIDIA APEX technology lets artists create intricate physics-enabled environments. They can expand the quantity and visual quality of destructible objects; make smoke and other particle-based fluids integral to game play; and create life-like clothing that interacts with the character's body to achieve more realism in their games," it added.

What that usually means in literal terms is an overload of particle effects, enhanced explosions and intense levels of environmental debris erupting at every given opportunity.

Here's one of Nvidia's most recent demonstrations of PhysX and APEX tech, using free-to-play PC shooter Hawken to show off some high-end particle physics - just to give you some idea of what might be possible on PS4.

 
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Keeping my options open at the moment in regards to which next gen I will be buying… I don’t like the xbox controller but I won’t be letting let stop me buying the 720 if significantly better!! But to be honest – based on the known and rumoured specs we know at the moment it looks like the PS4 is the way to go (Hope they get the PSNetwork side sorted and working better) … interested to see what the “better” steam box is going to be like… Main issues with that atm, the way look at it anyway, is the cost of the box (got a feeling it won’t be cheap) but more so the linix & steam issues… game are window based – they opened steam on linix recently and there was only 60 games available!!!!

Either way gen gaming is going to look awesome on projector!!! I think I need to win the lotto to free up more gaming time!!!
 
Phys X looks good.
 
me too. too much glitching. its not so bad offline but online it can get you killed.
 
It's International Women's day today so surprise your wives with a PS4 preorder.

"Honey, you've been working so hard to keep the house clean, food on the table, and socks in my drawers. So to show you how much I appreciate you and am proud of you, I got you a PS4 on preorder."
 
It's International Women's day today so surprise your wives with a PS4 preorder.

"Honey, you've been working so hard to keep the house clean, food on the table, and socks in my drawers. So to show you how much I appreciate you and am proud of you, I got you a PS4 on preorder."

Mine (future) would love that!!!!! Bit worried I have to share it to be honest LOL
 
She'll hang out on our forums while you're hogging the PS4!
 
Found this link to a tweet from Shuhei Yoshida, President of Worldwide Studios, Sony Computer Entertainment on another site.

Shuhei Yoshida ‏@yosp
I say Oculus, you say _ _ _ _?

https://twitter.com/yosp/status/294530025380802560

Interesting.

The only system requirments I can see for the Oculus Rift is an HDMI port.

Frequently Asked Questions | Oculus Rift - Virtual Reality Headset for 3D Games **Click on "HARDWARE" **

Will the Oculus Rift Developer kit work with my Xbox 360, PS3, Wii or next gen console?

Not yet, The Oculus Rift developer kit will target PC-only. We hope to make the headset compatible with major consoles and mobile devises in the future.

:cool:
 
I wouldn't get to exicited about PhysX with PS4 it will be software emulated as AMD hardware doesn't have hardware PhysX as that's a Nvidia exclusive, you wont see the level of detail and FX as in the demo vids it not possible with software alone, If anything it's a Dig by Nvidia to say look what you really could of had if you stayed with us.
 
I wouldn't get to exicited about PhysX with PS4 it will be software emulated as AMD hardware doesn't have hardware PhysX as that's a Nvidia exclusive, you wont see the level of detail and FX as in the demo vids it not possible with software alone, If anything it's a Dig by Nvidia to say look what you really could of had if you stayed with us.

Hard to say that at the moment though, maybe after somethings shown or more information is made available, but I can't see them spouting this, then letting it get gimped somehow.
Maybe everything slung together will show off some nice touches/effects, or more.
I hardly see it as a "dig".
 
Look what the ps3 did with very limited memory and Lightweight gpu.

The ps4 should be amazing, much faster memory and 16 times more. Plus new and better techniques for graphics. I can't wait
 
Hard to say that at the moment though, maybe after somethings shown or more information is made available, but I can't see them spouting this, then letting it get gimped somehow.
Maybe everything slung together will show off some nice touches/effects, or more.
I hardly see it as a "dig".

ok i may have been off the mark with Nvidia dig remark but really all Nvidia are saying is that PS4 will use PhysX which with it being more PC based isn't surprising AMD does use PhysX but as i said it's software based, the video that CVG used to show the differences with Hawken isn't a fair comparision as it was used to show off Nvidias GTX 600 line of graphics cards which of course has Hardware based PhysX and one of the promotion points Nvidia uses against AMD cards.

in the end with PS4 and software PhysX it will be better than no PhysX at all which is a great thing it will for sure add to the games , i guess all im saying is people shouldn't look at that Hawken vid and think PS4 will be doing the same level of PhysX becasue it cant.
 
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ok i may have been off the mark with Nvidia dig remark but really all Nvidia are saying is that PS4 will use PhysX which with it being more PC based isn't surprising AMD does use PhysX but as i said it's software based, the video that CVG used to show the differences with Hawken isn't a fair comparision as it was used to show off Nvidias GTX 600 line of graphics cards which of course has Hardware based PhysX and one of the promotion points Nvidia uses against AMD cards.

in the end with PS4 and software PhysX it will be better than no PhysX at all which is a great thing it will for sure add to the games , i guess all im saying is people shouldn't look at that Hawken vid and think PS4 will be doing the same level of PhysX becasue it cant.

hardware? surely its running in a "compute" type environment, in Nvidia this would be its CUDA cores/language, but it will still be software simulations just offloaded from the CPU to the GPU which really is suited to that sort of task. This is running on the graphics hardware but its not a secret type of processor so really there is no reason for it to not run on an AMD GPU.
 
Michael Pachter really does love to pluck things out of thin air. He reckons Micrsoft will win next generation, when their console Hasn't been announced.

Pachter picks Microsoft to win next console generation | VG247

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What a knob.
 
I've been disregarding pretty much anything Pachter says for years now.
 
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