Yo tengo muchas ganas de que la competencia por fin anuncien sus nuevos sistemas. Esta misma semana han salido nuevos rumores de por donde van los tiros:
Sony:
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Microsoft:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-11-21-microsoft-were-no-longer-just-competing-with-traditional-console-companies
Sony:
16.11.12 - The British magazine PSM3 has published in its latest issue a report on the PS4. In it, the magazine has compiled all relevant notifications to next generation console from Sony and talked to developers and other sources.
First The console does not mean PS4
* The PlayStation brand will be present in the device name, but not the 4th
* The number 4 in Japan is pronounced "shi". "Shi" also means death. Many hospitals in Japan have therefore no room with the number 4 or even a fourth floor - similar to a few high-rise buildings in the West no 13th Floor have.
* The code name of the console is - as reported - currently Orbis and could perhaps later be part of the final name.
Second Games of the first generation will look like the high-end PC demos on watchdogs and Star Wars 1313 or Square Enix's Luminous tech demo.
* PS4 demos to be shown by Sony at E3 2013th
Third PS4 games will not run well at 4K 'Ultra HD' resolution.
* The standard resolution of the PS4 should be at 1080p and 60 fps.
* If 4k can be used, then probably only for videos.
4th Used games are not readily run on the PS4.
* Sony is planning certain protections in the PS4, including perhaps an online pass or something similar.
5th The memory should be at 4GB to 8GB
The PS4 will probably have 4GB of memory, but in the end could have 8GB: If the Microsoft Xbox 360 successor have 8GB memory, then Sony would be put under pressure and should follow suit.
6th 16GB flash memory are planned.
7th The PS4 will not be backwards compatible with PS3 games.
8th Games need to be registered to PlayStation Network account.
9th The paid premium service PlayStation Plus will be an important pillar of the PS4.
10th Every PS4 should be shipped with a PS Move compatible controller and camera.
11th Classic games will be available via cloud gaming (Gaikai).
12th "In-Game" Advertising is to keep on the PS4 collection.
13th The console will use an AMD Accelerated Processor (4 cores). The chip carries the code name "Liverpool" and is produced in a 28-nanometer process.
14th The PS4 will cost about EUR 400 to EUR 500 in Europe, where Sony has here probably expect to lose.
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Microsoft:
Microsoft's VP of the Interactive Entertainment Business, Phil Harrison, has acknowledged that the company's internal development studios are no longer competing with just traditional console manufacturers, but web and tech companies including Google and Apple.
Speaking at the London Games Conference this evening, Harrison said that his game development teams are now multiformat studios, working not only across Xbox but Windows 8, Surface and mobile devices.
"We are now really a multiplatform studio," he told the audience. "We are not just building games for Xbox 360, we're building experiences for smart glass, we're building dedicated games for Windows Phone 8 and for Windows 8."
Around 30 titles released for the Windows 8 launch period were developed in-house at Microsoft Studios, according to Harrison. Thinking multiformat at Microsoft is part of a wider remit at the corporation, he said, pulling other developments such as cloud computing into the entertainment business.
"We think this expands our competitive map," he said. "We're no longer just competing with the traditional console companies, but our competitive landscape includes the likes of Google, the likes of Amazon, it includes obviously the likes of Apple."
"We think that's great. We think it's good for us, we think it's good for the industry and we think it also moves us into this network generation more aggressively and with more determination. And this is in turn powered by the cloud, and this is another corporate investment that Microsoft is making the future of how technology and devices interact. We think of Microsoft as now being a devices and services company.
"There isn't an organization that embodies that strategy more precisely and concisely as Microsoft Studios inside the interactive entertainment business."
He also went on to shed some light on the recently announced tablet and mobile phone studio in London, headed up by former Rare developer Lee Schuneman.
"We are trying to build a new kind of studio," he said. "We describe it as being a 21st Century studio.
"It will not make retail products. It will be making products largely based on the Windows 8 platform and technologies. And it's more about exploring new business models and pioneering new ways to play on devices that we think are going to be powering the future of our industry over the next five or ten years. We're hiring from the console industry, the web 2.0 industry and from the online gaming industry."
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-11-21-microsoft-were-no-longer-just-competing-with-traditional-console-companies
