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Sony's More Powerful PS4 To Be Announced Before PlayStation VR Launch (polygon.com)

Posted by msmash on from the new,-improved-PS-is-coming dept.

An anonymous reader quotes a report on Polygon about Sony's alleged PlayStation 4K, which Kotaku reported about earlier: Sony's more powerful version of the PlayStation 4 -- also known as the "PlayStation 4.5" and "PlayStation 4K" -- is expected to be announced prior to the launch of PlayStation VR this October, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal (paywall link). The upgraded PS4 will reportedly be able to play 4K resolution content, according to the report, and deliver "a richer gaming environment, including a high-end virtual-reality experience."

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  1. YAY! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    At least now we're admitting to duplicate postings up front now. An improvement... /s

    What's worse... this isn't even an announcement. It's speculation about an announcement.

    Correction to article: "a richer gaming environment, including a high-end price."

  2. More likely the "4K" PS4 will be like late PS2s by CronoCloud · · Score: 3, Informative

    These "rumor based" articles are stupid. The media outlets should know better, especially given Sony's history with PSfoo hardware.

    More likely this "4K" PS4 will be like the later model PS2's that could do progressive scan (early models couldn't), or the later model PS3's that can bitstream a couple more high quality surround audio formats., with ZERO changes to the gaming capabilities.

    So I'm figuring what we'll see is a PS4 Slim that supports 4K blu-rays and nothing more.