EDGE: all about the Playstation 4

Today, the British edition of EDGE, which has a solid reputation and well-known for his ties with many insiders of the gaming industry, has published its version of what will be a new Playstation. According to them, the developers who have already worked with the latest from Sony and Microsoft, Told the publication that Playstation 4 It will be more powerful than the new XboxWill be updated and the controller will be in Japan and the US at the end of the year. The European release will take place a little later - in early 2014.

The announcement is expected at the event, which will take place on February 20. Journalists and investors have already received an invitation, urging them to "see the future Playstation". Tonight Sony Computer Entertainment published a teaser, called to announce the presentation. It was also confirmed that the company will arrange for the translation of the web player, the details of which will appear later. So, what do we expect from PlayStation 4?

Controller
Sources are familiar with iron boxes, said that PS4 will be equipped with the new gamepad is the same size as DualShockBut with a little touch panel in place of buttons Select, Start and PS. The technology is similar to the rear panel PS VitaAnd impressions about its use are similar to those for the portable console.

A new button "Share" allows to instantly take screenshots and videos and then share them on the web. The console will continuously record the last 15 minutes of the game without sacrificing performance, giving users the ability to edit and lay out an interesting moment "on the spot".

Launch
According to our data, PlayStation 4 appear in Japan and the United States for Christmas, and the European launch will take place only at the beginning of 2014. This delay is due to difficulties related to logistics. At the console will be presented, and a new, improved version PlayStation EyeWhich retain compatibility with PlayStation Move. Accessories will be available on the first day of sales, but it is unclear whether they will be sold separately or included in the package.

Specifications
A huge number of well-known studio is already working with the first samples of the console. Representatives Sony anonymous told us that the company understands how wrong decision was to create such an exotic architecture for PS3And therefore tend to do PS4 as simple as possible for the porting of games, making the iron more similar to what is used in the PC.

Our sources have confirmed the veracity of the recent leak.Although devkity Durango has 8GB DDR3-memory, and Orbis is available only 4GB RAM, RAM in the console Sony will comply with GDDR5, which will transmit data at speeds of 176 gigabytes per second, eliminating deficiencies that affect performance PS3-The game. More addition, Sony said the developers that are working on a new prototype, which will have 8GB of memory for the competition to the next Xbox.

Both platforms operate on the basis of eight-processor AMD to 1.6GHz, while Microsoft uses a special GPU with DirectX 11 support, and Sony - a powerful solution with the architecture "R10XX", also known as the "Liverpool".

Sony created a system that "on paper" is superior to the new Xbox. However, sources who have worked with both consoles, saying that in fact the system from Sony "a little stronger" and "very easy to work with."

Ultimately, the difference between the games on two platforms will be comparable to the difference in the current multi-platform projects on the PS3 and X360 - but Sony plans to promote the expense of the console in the first placemajor releases of its own studios, such as the new Uncharted, to show the superiority of their product.