One week for what?Originally Posted by JeffHCross
Playstation 4 unveiled, presumably.
https://us.playstation.com/meeting2013/
Yeah I'm tired of all this speculation crap. 2/20/13, let's do it!
shizzle that thing is going to be expensive as hell to replace when i throw it to the ground in a fit of rage.
i also don't like the lost of "the sticks". trying to imagine moving my player with a touch pad and it just doesn't seem natural.
No way they get rid of the dual sticks. No happening.
you also claimed 720 wouldn't have blue ray which everyone else is taking as a given right now. who knows but it wouldn't shock me for sony to do something "stupid" and get rid of the sticks.
It finally looks like we may have an actual picture of what the PlayStation 4 controller looks like. The picture comes by way of Destructoid, which posted the picture taken from an unknown source (if Destructoid updates its story to state where the picture comes from, we will make note of it).
Developing…
Story: IGN
Last edited by cdj; 02-14-2013 at 02:29 PM.
If Microsoft goes Blu-Ray, they might as well just give the console wars trophy to Sony because the amount of money they'll have to pay to Sony will basically make it where Sony can DRASTICALLY change their current design and blow Microsoft out of the water hardware wise.
I'm 95% sure that Microsoft will go with a proprietary disc format that will have pretty much the same disc space as a Blu-Ray but won't have to pay Sony anything for it. Nintendo did the same thing with the Wii-U and Microsoft would be insane not to do it as well.
well i "like" that controller better than the other "leak" today. it's tough to tell but the "trigger problem" looks like it will remain as well.
It finally looks like we may have an actual picture of what the PlayStation 4 controller looks like. The picture comes by way of Destructoid, which posted the picture taken from an unknown source (if Destructoid updates its story to state where the picture comes from, we will make note of it).
Developing…
Story: IGN
No, just no. You are missing the point of why the next Xbox will have Blue-Ray. It is not just about having more disc space for games. They want their system to be the entertainment hub of choice. To do that you need to be able to play Blue-Ray as they are the only High Definition disc that matters in the world of movies, etc. MS gambled on HD-DVD and lost. They are not going make the same mistake again.
The ONLY way mors is right is if Xbox "gambles" and says go completely digital for your HD movie needs. I don't think we are there (yet) so I believe MS will go blue ray but they could conceivably not and "justify" it by saying just download your movies to your 720 and save the space in your living room and you don't have to get off your couch to change movies.
This belongs in the "doing your business" thread sir,
Why would Microsoft have to pay Sony to use Bluray? I was under the impression that Sony was just a major supporter of Bluray...I was always under the impression they didn't actually own the rights to the tech.
I do agree about the controller. No way in hell Sony ditches the sticks. Not a chance.
Exactly, this is one of those things that people are usually mistaken. Not only that they have no clue that even Microsoft makes a tiny little royalty from Blue-Ray Discs. The VC-1 codec used in all Blu-Ray discs comes from... Microsoft They are no longer the patent holder but still get royalties for each Blue-Ray sold where the VC-1 codec is utilized.
Of course all royalties go through the Blue Ray Disc Association, which has grown a bit. I think it started with 9 or 10 companies. Now up to almost 20.
So again, Mors needs to hit the old R&D desk to reformulate what exactly will be the cause Microsoft's eventual doom.
"Dissecting" the PS4 controller:
From IGN, an update on the PS4 controller:
Important Update: A trusted source has told IGN that this controller is real. However, our source notes that it's an early prototype. The controller, in other words, is likely to change between now and when the console launches.
Sony has responded to our inquiry to note that it "can't comment on rumors or speculation", its typical response. We'll almost certainly find out what the final controller looks like at the PlayStation event in NYC on February 20.
The original story (with a further update) is below.
We finally have an actual picture of what the PlayStation 4 controller looks like, at least in prototype form (see the above "Important Update" for more on that). The picture comes by way of Destructoid, which posted the picture taken from an unknown source.
There’s a lot of familiar stuff on the controller along with a litany of new and interesting features. For starters, the directional pad (d-pad) on the left seems to feature meatier, bulkier buttons that are put closer together than on DualShock 3. The face buttons on the right side of the controller seem standard.
The analog sticks look to be a bit further apart, though they remain level, unlike the Xbox 360 controller's unevenly placed sticks. However, the sticks themselves are concave, like the Xbox 360’s. PlayStation 3’s controller includes convex analog sticks.
The much-rumored touch pad – a la the back of PlayStation Vita – appears at the center of the controller. There’s a small, mystery button to the left of the pad, above and to the right of the d-pad. Is this the rumored share button? Or is it a start or select button, both conspicuously absent from this version of the controller?
Meanwhile, there’s a glowing “something” on the top of the controller – most likely PlayStation Move-related – as well as a PlayStation button seemingly identical to the one on the PS3 controller. Above the PlayStation button appears to be a speaker, and what looks to be an audio jack is underneath the controller, perhaps used to plug in a headset.
Sony has indicated, per usual, that it does not comment on rumor and speculation.
Update: Another source has told IGN that the mysterious space in the middle of the controller can be pressed like a button, something Kotaku's source has also stated. Our separate source also indicates that the R2 and L2 buttons may actually be more in line with spring-loaded Xbox 360-like triggers and that the light atop the controller is indeed a PlayStation Move sensor.
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