Sony's new PlayStation 4 game console will be able to smoothly run games consumers play on it thanks to improved power, and an upgraded frame PC World reported Wednesday.
"We had to build systems software to make use of all these hardware features. We needed to build in a Web browser, a Blu-ray player with a Java Virtual Machine, media playback, network services, and so all of this caused a complexity and the cost of software and hardware to rise dramatically," Dominic Mallinson, vice president of research and development of Sony Computer Entertainment America told PC World.
The new $399 game console will have eight x86 CPU-codes titled Jaguar, and manufactured from Advanced Micro Devices. It also comes equipped with upgraded graphics coprocessors capable of handling 1.84 teraflops of performance.
Consumers can expect the machine to also have 500 gigabyte hard drive that can play blu-ray DVDs. There are also eight gigabytes of GDDR5 memory or quick network speed random access memory found in graphics cards. Game makers put 176 gigabytes of network speed a second on the machine since they wanted the computer to run faster.
Consumers will therefore be able to watch shows, movies, or play games on other gadgets and machines other than just the game console. People will be able to use their real names rather than imaginary ones, and include more colleagues when playing.
"Now for PS4 we've really integrated down to the deep level, supporting second screen not only on the PlayStation Vita [handheld], but also on iOS and Android devices," Mallinson told PC World.
The device also comes equipped with 11 apps including Amazon Instant Video, Netflix, Hulu Plus. Crackle, Crunchyroll, Epix, NBA Game Time, NHL GameCenter LIVE, Redbox Instant by Verizon, Vudu, and YuppTV.
Sony's previous game console models are the PSone, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation 3 in various sizes.
