Wednesday 7 September 2016

    PS4 Neo Officially Revealed and named as 'PS4 Pro', along with Specs, Release Date and Price. Also including the release of 'PS4 Slim'.




              Sony unveiled its new console which is more powerful compared to previous version, naming it Playstation 4 Pro. Sony revealed the release date of this powerful console expecting the launch date to be on November 10, 2016 and costs around $399 US dollars and 30,000 Indian Rupees. The console's purpose is to aim at higher-end gamers, despite not being a new generation console and being a part of current gen console, its still a step up for the Playstation 4. Revealing its specs and upgrade which are higher compared to the previous version of Playstation 4.




                    Andrew House, president and group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, during a Playstation meeting event, discussed about the decision of Sony's to meet the higher-end gamers' expectations and pursuing 4k resolution gaming for Playstation and HDR, which are both new and main features of this powerful console. He described these as "natural path" of progression for visual fidelity. He also introduced 'Mark Cerny' the 'Lead' Architect, who said "Sony's vision is to take PS4 experience to new extraordinary Levels".




                     He also added "Our Goal is to deliver high-fidelity graphical experiences. We aim to provide developers with tools to further their visions".

                     The hardware upgrades in the new PS4 Pro are a '1TB Hard Drive', 'Doubled GPU Power' and 'Technology adapted from AMD polaris Graphical Architecture' allowing the console to higher levels in resolution not thought possible on consoles. The CPU clockspeed has also been boosted. The PS4 Pro will not have a 4k Blu-Ray Drive.

The new PS4 Pro Specs can be found below:



                     Cerny went on to show off a number of games running on PS4 Pro displaying them in a 4k Display. The games were Marvel and Insomniac Games new 'Spiderman', Ubisoft's 'For Honor' and Eidos Montreal's 'Deus Ex: Manking Divided'. He described the new Resolution capabilities and its impact on Gaming as "Transformative".

                    Cerny used Sony Bend's 'Days Gone' to show how HDR can deliver "A Level of Photorealism that you never experienced in a Game". Other games shown at Higher-Resolution using HDR include 'Uncharted 4: A Thief's End', 'Infamous: Last Light', 'Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor' and 'Horizon: Zero Dawn'. HDR support will be introduced to all models of PS4 through an update next week.

                    The same Discs and Downloads will run on both models of PS4 but play in different ways. Patches for over a "half dozen Sony titles" are in works to take advantage of PS4 Pro.

                    Sony has also confirmed of the existence of the new PS4 Slim, a slimmer version of PS4 we've been hearign from past few weeks. Its smaller, more energy efficient system with 500GB Hard Drive that will be going forward as a standard PS4. 



                     It will be on "most markets" on September 15 for $299(299 Euros/ 259 GBP).

                     According to Sony, its volume has been reduced to 30 percent and it weighs between 16 to 25 percent less. Additionally it uses 28 to 30 percent less power.






                    
                      PS4 Slim has been released today and it comes as no surprise, because 'Multiple' people had actually gotten their on hands on them sharing the photos videos and impressions online. This is the second new PS4 to be announced this year, following confirmation of a new 4k, HDR enabled powerful console called 'PS4 Pro/PS4 Neo'.

                   --Sony first announced the new system 'PS4 Pro' as 'PS4 Neo' back in June. Days before E3. Sony confirmed it was in the works but declined to share anything important. It also claimed that PS4 Pro will be sold along side the PS4, as a complement to that console. Shortly thereafter, Microsoft revealed XBox One S and Project Scorpio at E3. Sony has been silent on the subject of its new console since its announcement.--  

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