Playstation 4: Thread 02

[nakamura]

BONNET FLEX!

[speedlolita]

There may be more Android devices out there but it is a fragmented user base with umpteen revisions and forks of the OS out there. And a lot of people have moved from an old feature phone to a low end touchscreen Android phone but will likely never use anything but the most basic features.
Presumably Sony have done plenty of market research and have decided the iOS user base is more likely to be forking out for a new console at launch than users of other mobile ecosystems.

Android users cannot afford the PS4. Breaking news!

[Lebowski]

It's going to destroy GT and Forza. Really looking forward to it!

and Drive Club it will destroy that too

[teddymeow]

PS4 teardown by the guy who designed it.

http://video.wired.com/watch/gadget-lab-playstation-4-unboxing-the-new-game-console

[GluedOnBeard]

and Drive Club it will destroy that too

Drive Club isn't a total simulation is it? So it's not in direct competition. I agree that for me it will destroy them both especially from a graphical point.

Project Cars does look amazing, really highlights how much rain (and night) is a big miss for Forza.

[Lebowski]

PS4 teardown by the guy who designed it.

http://video.wired.com/watch/gadget-...w-game-console

Nice vid, shame it dosent show whats in the standard retail box, HD replacement looks like it can be done without having to dismantle the whole thing but im still not sure, bit confusing whether the top back plate slides off without having to unscrew all the stuff at the back.

[Brad]

Cool, thanks for posting.

[teddymeow]

I think that is a standard retail unit too. The box is the same as other images.

[Brad]

For anyone wondering about PS4->Vita Remote play lag... fear not:

[sj33]

Nice vid, shame it dosent show whats in the standard retail box, HD replacement looks like it can be done without having to dismantle the whole thing but im still not sure, bit confusing whether the top back plate slides off without having to unscrew all the stuff at the back.

You would imagine there would be sliding panel the same as with the PS3. After all, Sony fully endorse replacing the HDD with your own, and yet also clearly disapprove of actually opening up the console (hence the seals).

Part of me would have liked to see an external power supply in order to make the console a tad smaller, but I suppose it's more convenient in that you can easily replace the power cables without having to buy a proprietary power adaptor.

[Brad]

Part of me would have liked to see an external power supply

I'm banning that part of you.

[capcom_suicide]

The 8gb ddr5 gets me smiling every time. Looks like lovely engineering and also rather simple to repair by a tech centre. Cool vid.

[Brad]

Yeah, I was impressed by the apparent simplicity of it. Might build my own :-)

[gambit6613]

Very impressive video, its funny that it looks so simple, dont know why but i was expecting it to look entirely different, kind of more too it. Brilliant.

[Profit]

A well designed power supply shouldn't produce much heat or have worse reliability issues than the other components in the device. After all, who worries about not being able to replace the internal power supply in their TV or monitor.