The Wii U is going to hurt for third party titles unless Nintendo magically manage to win next-gen by a wide margin.
PC, NextBox, PS4 - all the same architecture, near zero porting costs. Wii U - completely different.
Heat should not be an issue. The PS4 is not a mobile device, it's plugged into the mains - you can strap a large heatsink and fan on it.
It's more likely a cost issue.
I think it's going to be the other way around.
If Microsoft and Sony are going to sell PCs at a loss, then people will be looking to buy them and hack them. Being able to switch your PS4 to a Steambox with all the emulators would be awesome.
I considered buying AMD stock just before the PS4 announcement, I didn't in the end, because I thought the knowledge was so widespread it would already be priced in.
I know in previous forecasts, AMD had already established a line for "custom chip" revenues, which analysts believed to refer to PS4/XboxNext components.
If you think consoles will exceed market expectations next year - buy in. If not, don't.
AMD was the stock ...
Team Fortress looks on par with Toy Story 1, and that's not just in the cut scenes.
Of the games shown, Knack and The Witness could be done this gen. The others games, no way.
So tempting - get Bioshock Infinite, get Bioshock and XCOM for free.
XCOM isn't unlocked yet, but I'm sure it will be, this game is going to be hot.
No, the drug of choice for the analyst is cocaine, snorted off a stripper's body.
None of that downmarket crank nonsense.
Yeah, it broke so many records that Ustream kept on falling down.
Great going UStream. Next time, just use Youtube.
Planetside 2 is perfect for keyboard and mouse too. Reckon we'll let you have that somewhere down the line though, we're generous like that.
Sadly for arq888, facts and reality disagree.
Biggest game in the world right now - League of Legends. Steam figures only going one way.
PC install base - massive. Next gen install base - zero.
He was never going to let Microsoft buy them. Epic is a middleware developer with a sideline in games. For Epic to make the most money, they need to be platform agnostic.
Gaikai will be the way to go for BC.
Maybe you insert the PS3 disk and then it confirms that your account has the right to stream it - something like that.
They'll release the design at the same time that Microsoft are doing their next gen unveiling. Spoil that party :)
The PS4 is a PC. Makes no difference.
Here's what I want to know - how fast is it before it can get hacked and turned into a Steambox?
They've not got round to designing the casing yet - the PS4 is probably a tower PC right now, it's probably got Vaio stamped on the side of it.
Knack looks like a current gen game. You can do that on a PS3.
I was hoping for a new font. Disappoint.
Are you shitting me? The PS4 and the NextBox are x86, they use the same instruction set. They're all just PCs.
The WiiU is PowerPC based. Do you remember when Macs went from PowerPC to x86, do you remember how big of a deal that was?
The fact that people are agreeing with you, just shows how self deluded (or just stupid) Nintendo fanclowns are.
The fact that the PS4 uses GDDR5 memory makes no difference, you write to that memory using ...