Sony PlayStation event
Join us for Sony's press conference from New York City, where the PlayStation 4 is widely expected to be officially announced.
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Jeff Bakalar 2/20/2013 11:17:43 PMHeadphone jack on the DS4. Pretty cool.
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Roger Cheng 2/20/2013 11:17:49 PMCerny says there is a tighter sense of control thanks to tweaks to the buttons and sticks. There is also a share button, a touch screen, and a light bar to ID players.
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Roger Cheng 2/20/2013 11:18:04 PMThere's a stereo camera that can track the position of the controller through the light bar.
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sarahtew 2/20/2013 11:18:12 PM
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Roger Cheng 2/20/2013 11:18:15 PMThat will likely help with motion games.
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Roger Cheng 2/20/2013 11:18:32 PMA demo game running on the Unreal engine. It looks impressive.
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sarahtew 2/20/2013 11:18:34 PM
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Roger Cheng 2/20/2013 11:18:54 PMThere's an easy conversion path from the PC world to PS4, Cerny says.
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Roger Cheng 2/20/2013 11:19:06 PMCerny touts nearly two terraflops of computational performance.
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dan.ackerman 2/20/2013 11:19:11 PMUnreal Engine 4 demos always look great -- but I wonder how comparable this "prototype hardware" will be with actual PS4 performance.
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Jeff Bakalar 2/20/2013 11:19:22 PMWhere have I seen that stereo camera unit before?
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sarahtew 2/20/2013 11:19:27 PM
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sarahtew 2/20/2013 11:19:38 PM
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sarahtew 2/20/2013 11:19:44 PM
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Roger Cheng 2/20/2013 11:20:00 PMThe next simulation has a million moving objects, an example of its GPU power.
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Jeff Bakalar 2/20/2013 11:20:02 PMSOme tech demos going on right now. 1mil objects with physics rendering. Pretty nuts.
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sarahtew 2/20/2013 11:20:11 PM
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Roger Cheng 2/20/2013 11:20:30 PMCerny showing off a title he's directing.
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Roger Cheng 2/20/2013 11:21:11 PMIt looks pretty whimsical.
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Roger Cheng 2/20/2013 11:21:46 PMIt's some sort of human vs. goblin game, with a unique main character made up of multiple small objects.
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sarahtew 2/20/2013 11:21:47 PM
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Jeff Bakalar 2/20/2013 11:21:49 PMThis new game feels very Pixar-y. Main character is called "Mack"
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sarahtew 2/20/2013 11:21:54 PM
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Jeff Bakalar 2/20/2013 11:22:03 PMKnack. Scratch that
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Roger Cheng 2/20/2013 11:22:07 PMThe title is "Knack."
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dan.ackerman 2/20/2013 11:22:10 PMFirst game demo/trailer looks pretty generic and Pixar-like.
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Roger Cheng 2/20/2013 11:22:25 PMCue polite applause.
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sarahtew 2/20/2013 11:22:28 PM
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Jeff Bakalar 2/20/2013 11:22:28 PMRefreshing to see a new property.
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dan.ackerman 2/20/2013 11:22:47 PMI wonder if we look back at the first game shown off for every new console, if it was a forgettable title...
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sarahtew 2/20/2013 11:23:03 PM
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sarahtew 2/20/2013 11:23:11 PM
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Roger Cheng 2/20/2013 11:23:20 PMSony is striving to keep games simple, Cerny says. He wanted the focus on functionality and ease of use.
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dan.ackerman 2/20/2013 11:23:32 PMWith basically PC parts inside, it's kind of like Sony is beating a potential SteamBox to the punch. (Except for running actual PC games, of course).
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Roger Cheng 2/20/2013 11:23:33 PMPowerful functionality needed to be a button push away.
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sarahtew 2/20/2013 11:23:47 PM
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Roger Cheng 2/20/2013 11:23:47 PMAnother priority is immediacy. Cerny promises less lag time on games.
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Jeff Bakalar 2/20/2013 11:24:00 PMLow-power state will eliminate boot-ups.
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sarahtew 2/20/2013 11:24:00 PM
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Roger Cheng 2/20/2013 11:24:00 PMThe PS4 system can run in low-power state, with the game saved in the RAM.
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Roger Cheng 2/20/2013 11:24:13 PMI guess you can say goodbye to powering up and down.
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dan.ackerman 2/20/2013 11:24:23 PMAdding a "suspend" button to get right back into a game (like turning on your iPad or MacBook), sounds like a pretty brilliant idea.
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Jeff Bakalar 2/20/2013 11:24:29 PMChip dedicated to uploads, downloads
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Roger Cheng 2/20/2013 11:24:40 PMWith the secondary custom chip, you can download in the background. You can play the game even after downloading a small fraction of it.