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I know there is a dedicated PS4 thread, but this seems to have become the de facto next gen console discussion thread so I'll post this here.
Bob: Here is the spec sheet Sony released after the conference: click me.
The reason the announcement was really well received by developers and more tech savvy gamers was the choice of a single pool of 8GB of ultra fast GDDR RAM. Up to that point the rumour mill was sure it would be 4GB (and in all other respects the rumours were spot on) compared with Xbox's 8GB of much slower DDR3 RAM (albeit with a cache of faster memory to help compensate).
This led to a back and forth over which solution would be better: was a smaller pool of fast RAM better than a Bigger pool of slow RAM, or vice versa. Both sides made valid points, but the consensus among the hardware geeks was Sony's solution was probably better for games. When Sony announced there is to 8GB: matching MS' rumoured offering, and at triple the bandwidth of DDR3 it seems that any discussion about which is better has become largely moot. I'm not a tech specialist. I'm reasonably savvy so can follow the debate even if I don't completely understand the subtleties. So give this analysis as much weight as it deserves.
On top of this Sony's console is reported to have a significantly more powerful graphics chip and is apparently much easier to develop for than the PS3 was. Sony appears to have learned their lesson after 2 generations of exotic architecture and gone with a more conventional design.
Xbox is rumoured to have a stronger CPU, and their choice of low latency memory is reportedly better for general purpose computing so it might not be as one sided as current speculation would have us believe.
I should probably note at this point that the next gen Xbox's reported specs are still based on leaked documents. It is possible that things have changed. but the same sources who leaked these specs were almost right on the money about PS4 (except for the quantity of memory, which appears to be last minute revision).
From where we stand it looks like PS4 will be significantly more powerful than the next Xbox, but we'll have to wait at least until MS do their unveiling to be sure what their offering's spec sheet looks like (assuming they release it). Whichever is more powerful, both are beasts compared to the current generation of consoles (plus WiiU) and whatever side of the fanboy divide we find ourselves (if any) there is plenty to be happy about.
sroey: There is a new camera. It is stereo for better depth tracking and should work better with the Move controller: for those who are into that sort of thing.
The mad thing is that we are still probably the best part of a year away from release and already the tribes of rabid fanboys from both camps are sharpening their poisoned pens. I happen to find fanboy wars incredibly entertaining as a spectator sport. I can only imagine how much fun things are going to be as things develop.
Sorry mate only just seen this post, although I was aware of the spec details you've listed.
I don't think there is much doubt that Sony will make a console which on pure performance would out perform the xbox, but that was also the case for the 360. The big development from Sony is that apparently the cell processor is out and they back to basically default PC architecture meaning devs can actually write for it.
The only thing with the spec war that I can see is that due to incredible costs in developing games you would program for the lowest demonstration (ie xbox) and port to the highest spec. It may run slightly smoother but it will have been developed for Xbox architecture.
The likely result is the same as this generation that unless a game is exclusive and coded just to the Playstation all that lovely processing and graphical power will be kept unused until the next Drake or Gran Tourismo (although 6 was confirmed to be PS3 which I think may change)is released.
However rumours are the neXbox will use a preportion of it RAM for Kinect 2 and a Windows 8 operating system? If true then the neXbox will have about 5 gig of disposable ram for it gaming. One blogger was claiming the PS4 will able to do 1080p gaming at 60fps while the neXbox will only manage 720p 60 fps. I don't know if true but I do know MS is no longer focusing on games but instead a download service. It's a shame because MS spent huge amount of money making the original Xbox stand out as a great gaming machine, the first few years of the 360 life was excellent when it came to games. However the way MS being messing about with the 360 in the last few years had been horrible. It got to the stage I was thinking about going PC. At this moment I am more likely to buy a Wii U instead of the neXbox. It's my opinion but others too are speaking out their frustration over Xbox quality dropping.
In my opinion MS has drifted the Xbox away from a game console to more of a multi media center.
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