Playstation 4 Release Date: Sooner Than You Think?

Both Xbox One and PlayStation 4 plan to have a game arcade with their online communities. This could be a wildcard in the competition. Xbox had a huge victory with Minecraft during the last generation of consoles... and the first of arcade based online gaming. Could the online networks (PlayStation Network Plus and Xbox Live Gold) influence which console in the end has the better games. Though there are many games that cross over to both platforms such as Castle Crashers and Happy Wars as well as countless others, could a new independent game such as Minecraft be a deal breaker for a decision during the next get console battle or will they just be parts of the play? Randy Pitchford, and others I suspect had ideas of where Microsoft was going with certain aspects of the Xbox One console. To what extent no-one knows, and it would be unfair to suggest he did any leaking. At the same time it's interesting to ponder. How the Playstation 4 has benefited in no uncertain terms by being beffed up from 4gigs to 8 gigs after Microsoft leaks were happening. From a paper stand point that the system is perceived more powerful due to the bumping of things like memory from 4GB to 8GB of GDDR5 ram. There s no problem, but the perception of which console is more powerful for numbers is interesting. See Microsoft also has 8GB of ram, but it is DDRThe difference is that GDDR5 is more useful for pushing graphics power. The memory allows use of larger junks of data to be accessed for assets. Where DDR3 accesse less data, but at a faster rate, and in more cycles faster. They basically impact the CPU differently. DDR3 is more task efficient in working with the CPU where as GDDR5 places more latency in the way of working with the CPU. How much latency? That is debatable. Microsoft's reasoning was because they are using 3 OS's (operating systems) to make sure that the TV functionality, Kinect 2.0, and gaming are able to be function at an optimum level for the system to be an "all in one" console. So function in both consoles has dictated form. All of this tech talk is exactly that. DDR3 is the memory that most PC's from mid to high range use, and push games at a very fine level. At the same time GDDR5 is also pushing graphics for games on PC's that use them as well. Micorosoft added an customized ESram, which acts like a bandwidth bridge to handle more beefy amounts of data to pass from the DDR3 memory. At first it was thought that it would be only read functions. Now we know it can do read and write function due to "holes" in the cycle. Pardon the geeky tech talk, but I wanted to give you the reader a point of reference. Yet, memory is not the end all be all in how powerful a game system is. Outside of theoretical measurements and bragging rights. A console has to show an advantage. So for now let's concede that overall the Playstation 4 has more power than the Xbox One on paper. I'd like to think of it as a Ferrari and Lamborghini being compared to each other. Now let's get to why power on paper is theory, and not actuality. With the upcoming release of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 everyone is in the hype of which console is better. People compare all sorts of things such as specs, controllers, secondary screens, and even motion sensing. One thing people forget to compare is games. If you are a gamer this should be your main concern. Which console will have better games? Much of this is your own opinion since everyone has their own style of games they enjoy. But a consoles lineup is important to those who will be purchasing the console on or soon after launch day. Sony's Playstation 4 has been on high because of their technical specs on paper. Reminding me and many others of the initial reactions the Playstation 3 vs the Xbox 360 specs comparisons happened in the beginning of this current generation. Let's start with how the leaks, and developer input has had an effect on how the new platforms were built; specifically the Playstation 4.