PS4K, codename NEO--details revealed? (Gaming)

by cheapLEY , Monday, April 18, 2016, 23:16 (2941 days ago)
edited by cheapLEY, Monday, April 18, 2016, 23:19

Giant Bomb posted an article with details about the new, upgraded PS4. Still no actual confirmation, but it's look more and more true (and making me question my purchases of a PS4 a few weeks ago).

Some tidbits:

The NEO will feature a higher clock speed than the original PS4, an improved GPU, and higher bandwidth on the memory.

Starting in October, every PS4 game is required to ship with both a “Base Mode” which will run on the currently available PS4 and a “NEO Mode” for use on the new console.
Games running in NEO mode will be able to use the hardware upgrades (and an additional 512 MiB in the memory budget) to offer increased and more stable frame rate and higher visual fidelity, at least when those games run at 1080p on HDTVs. The NEO will also support 4K image output, but games themselves are not required to be 4K native.

. . . there will be no NEO-only games, and Sony will not let developers separate NEO users from original PS4 players while playing on PSN

Sony seems committed to keeping the NEO and the original PS4 player bases connected. As such, there will be no NEO-only games, and Sony will not let developers separate NEO users from original PS4 players while playing on PSN. Likewise, Sony explicitly and repeatedly states that developers cannot offer exclusive gameplay options or special unlockables for NEO players—so don’t expect NEO owners to get a level editor or a special Rocket League car that you won’t have access to on your original PS4.