Playstation 4 to complete the 'Circle of Life?'

[I Don't Need A Name]

According to the recent report from Kotaku the next Playstation is known as the Orbis and is due for release in late 2013.

Current specs reported are an AMD x64 CPU and an AMD Southern Islands GPU, but these are obviously subject to change over the time period. The current GPU is reported to be able to display resolutions of up to 4096x2160, with the added ability to produce 1080p 3D visuals, which is enough to make any 3D fanboy jump for joy, affter the PS3 only managed to scrape 720p.

Major downsides include no backwards compatibility, which resembles the nightmare of the PS3's launch. Sony are also keen to back the elimination of preowned games, whereby new games will apparently be locked to the original users PSN account. However all games will be up for download on the PSN, along with the standard Blu-Ray disc versions.

One final point is the choice of name for Orbis. Orbis is latin for Circle or Ring which, when coupled with Vitae (PS Vita anybody?) would create 'Circle of Life.' Aka, Sony's next generation console collection!

Everyone is looking forward to more information on this, along with that of the next X-Box and maybe some more intel on the Wii-U. All eyes should be looking forward onto this years E3, it seems.

[NorthernChaosGod]

Locking games to user accounts is some straight up bulltrout. I understand the used video game market is also kind of bulltrout for developers, but that's no reason to straight up lock games like that.

[Raistlin]

Didn't we hear that same "no more used games!" spiel before the PS3 was released? I remain skeptical.

[Jessweeee♪]

So in order for everyone in a household to get the full experience from their console, would each person have to buy every game separately?

[Alpha2099]

No backwards compatibility is a MAJOR problem for me. Locking games doesn't sound cool, either. I'm not sure what Sony is thinking when they make decisions like this.

[Freya]

Orbis? ptf Locked to an account pft. Sony pft

[Hollycat]

Orbis? pft Locked to an account pft. Sony pft

I have nothing to add other than:
No backwards compatability? pft.

Well said.

[Sephex]

They can name it what they want, but if the lack of backwards compatibility and locked out used games turns out to be true I will be very disappointed.

[edczxcvbnm]

I barely play anything on my PS3 as it is. I will probably skip the PS4 all together when it comes because of a lack of exclusive games. With the majority of 3rd party games being multi console you should get the console that does what you want it to do. I also trust Sony the least out of the three console makers.

[NorthernChaosGod]

Didn't we hear that same "no more used games!" spiel before the PS3 was released? I remain skeptical.

Did we? Hmm. Still sounds troubling that they'd even mention.

[krissy]

they hahaha

A Sony spokesperson declined to comment about these details, citing the company's policy not to comment on "rumors or speculation."

the entire page is marked with a red RUMOR tag

whatever

if i can't play used games on it i'm not buying it but i'm not going to lose hair over it. is the next microsoft console doing the same thing? according to that article it sort of is.

i just also
don't
like
kotaku
and it's weird because i used to before they became a part of that giant media conglomerate that includes jezebel et alia.

[Raistlin]

krissy offers some important perspective here. I wouldn't base any conclusion off of that article; there's still a long way to go until we know anything conclusive.

That being said, I think it's highly unlikely that I will get a PS4 for myself anytime in the foreseeable future after the launch, regardless of whether any of this is true.

[VeloZer0]

The no backwards compatibility also really gets to me. Without backwards capability it takes much, much more for me to justify buying a new machine.

I think Sony is dreaming of a world where everyone re-buys all of their favorite games every time a new system comes out.

[Raistlin]

That reminds me, the lack of backwards compatibility thing strikes me as more likely simply because newer PS3s have sucked on that issue too (and apparently so does the Vita). Which just makes me wonder wtf Sony is thinking. The PS2 was good with backwards compatibility, and it was a great system that everyone wanted. Instead of sticking with something that worked, they have gotten continually worse.

[Depression Moon]

Coming this early I'm going to take this with a grain of salt and I most likely won't upgrade to the next generation as I still have plenty of catching up to do on the PS3, Wii, PS2, GBA, SNES, and NES.