Ep. 123 – PC In My Console
Summary: So the PS4 is officially a list of specs, the controller has a share button, and the Internet is about to be flooded with "check out my latest kill" videos. The next generation is here. Get hyped. Tech/Hardware News: Google demos Project Glass features. “OK, Glass... Make me look like a dork.” The truth about Google Glasses. Microsoft fined $731 Million over browser monopoly. nVidia unleashes a Titan. $1000 or £847. AMD shows of TressFX, because you’re worth it. OpenELEC now supports HD Audio bitstreaming on Intel HD2000+ GPU’s. Gaming News: PS4 Debut Sony shows everything... except the PS4 itself. Single Chip Customer processor/ CPU AMD Jaguar x86-64bit 8 cores / GPU AMD Next Generation Radeon graphics engine capable of 1.84 TFOPS Memory - GDDR5 8GB Shared (Sony calls it Unified) – Will deliver 176GB/second of bandwidth Hard Drive - Built-in (Rumored 160GB & 500GB in initial System offerings) Optical Drive - 6X Blu-ray XL drive with 8X DVD read ability (Supports Blu-ray XL 100GB discs) I/O - Super-Speed USB 3.0 Communications - 10/100/1000 Ethernet / 802.11 b/g/n wireless / Bluetooth 2.1 (EDR) AV Output - HDMI / Analog-AV out / Optical Digital Output No price announced... $439 - $499 rumored. Interface closeup. All PS4 games will be available digitally. PS4 Eye now looks a lot like Kinnect. Playstation 4 Games Announced/Shown: Knack - Weird little robot guy platformer Witness - New game from Jonathan Blow (Braid) Diablo 3 Infamous: Second Son Killzone: Shadow Fall Driveclub Destiny Features: Details4K capable, but not for games Sharing and gameplay streaming Stream games to Vita Instant on and saved game states No native backward compatibility Sim City attempts to launch. Amazon stops selling as ratings hit a new low. EA even pulls marketing. Wii-U sells only 60k unit after Christmas in the US whilst Sony claims sales boom for the Vita over Christmas. F-Zero AX found in F-Zero GX on the GameCube. Age of Empires II getting a HD remake and released by Microsoft on Steam with Steamworks support. God of War: Ascension loves women. Dead or Alive 5 like jiggly boobs.
