Kazunori Yamauchi Describes PlayStation 4 as “Blank Canvas”
The PlayStation 4 was officially unveiled at Sony’s “PlayStation Meeting 2013″ on Wednesday evening, and will be released at the end of this year (“Holiday 2013″).
Although Gran Turismo 6 did not make an appearance, Kazunori Yamauchi was featured in a video of developers talking about the console, where he described the system as a “blank canvas” while speaking about the ease at which content can be developed for it.
Even without an official GT6 announcement, some of the new console’s features create some exciting possibilities that will have a significant impact on how players will interact with the game.
Notably, players will be able to easily share and broadcast videos of their gameplay by simply pressing a “Share” button on the new DualShock 4 controller – a feature which should revolutionize the broadcasting and documentation of online racing.
The console will also be designed to work seamlessly with the PlayStation Vita by making it simple for developers to implement “second screen” functionality with the hand-held device.
Both features are similar to what Kazunori Yamauchi has been mentioning in interviews for several years now, from video uploading features in GT5 (which were eventually pulled before release due to PS3 memory constraints) to the possibilities of cross-platform racing he described in an interview with Joystiq back in 2007.
Aside from the DualShock 4 controller, the appearance of the new console remains a mystery. Check out the full press release for a closer look at the hardware’s specifications and features.
All eyes now turn to E3, taking place in Los Angeles this June, for more information on the new console – and Gran Turismo 6. Stay tuned!
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February 23rd, 2013 at 2:58 pm - #Youngun
A new question to be asked, will the next GT:A be on the ps4 or 3. Dont want to get practise in on the wrong system and the wrong game.
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February 23rd, 2013 at 10:12 pm - #sangdude82
That’s an intersting question. I guess that they will carry on with the ps3/gt5 until gt6 gets released on ps4.
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February 23rd, 2013 at 5:42 am - #KilzoneStrife
Impossible to port unless they use 1 Jaguar CorE PPE and use 4CUs in the GPU to emulate CELL, but even then.. it would require ground up coding as the new architecture is X86-64…
Would be a waste of time. To even rework ram usuage. As the PS4 SOC has the 8GB GDDR5 right next to it…
They should just remake the GT5 – GT6 engine and take it from there. If it took them 6 months to make one car before, it would take two weeks now. Really.
Simply upping the polygons is not good enough for PS4..When Kaz said he was making an “operating system”.. he was hoping they would keep cell.
Now they have a set up thats much much much better, but 1st party devs have had to rework the engines to get it running. and their doing just that.-
February 23rd, 2013 at 1:49 pm - #evertV12
I trust the Japanese engineers <3
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February 24th, 2013 at 2:16 am - #KilzoneStrife
Well,, they have already done what people said is impossible..
8GB GDDR5.. the fastest ram in the world linked to the system in a unified manner..
just to put that in perspective… you only get it in 512MB slots. So, they have literally loaded 16 512MB GDDR5 slots onto the PS4 Motherboard! Insane!
The next xbox uses slow standard pc ram DDR3….
PS4 is in a league of its own.
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February 23rd, 2013 at 5:25 am - #evertV12
I’m guessing GT5 will be ported to PS4 first. Ofcourse with content upgrades but most of all having no more memory limitations. Bottle neck will be internet speed performance vice. Imo GT5 deserves this.
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February 23rd, 2013 at 10:30 pm - #Pit Crew
That would be a waste to port GT5 to PS4…May as well make a GT6 Prologue for all that.
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February 23rd, 2013 at 5:06 am - #KilzoneStrife
Im on my phone at the moment, but here is an example of PS3 to PS4 leap!
Dragons Dogma PS3
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsJ3XwTkjWo&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DZsJ3XwTkjWo&gl=GB
Dragons Dogma 2 (Deep Down: Working Title)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=hWIS8x0Sjg8&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DhWIS8x0Sjg8&gl=GB
Look at the difference !!!!
I want GT6 on PS4 FTW!!
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February 23rd, 2013 at 4:59 am - #KilzoneStrife
If you guys TRULY want to see NEXT GEN..
dont waste time watching Crysis 3 etc.
Check Youtube for the working title Deep Down that was at the Playstation Meeting 2013..
I have NEVER seen in game graphics like that before! For those that played Dragons Dogma… this is Dragons Dogma 2 (look at inventery footage)Go see that video and let that prepare you for Gran Turismo 6 on the PS4.
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February 22nd, 2013 at 8:36 pm - #Sens3582
@ GTrf God of War: Acension and Grand Theft Auto 5 come out this Summer for the PS3
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February 22nd, 2013 at 11:35 pm - #GTrf
GTA 5 maybe buy/ NEW-GofW-????
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February 22nd, 2013 at 8:26 am - #KilzoneStrife
Thank God! Another voice of reason!
PS3 is 0.23TFlops!!! GT5 and Uncharted 2 and 3 and Killzone 3 pushed it to its limits!PS4 is literally 10times more powerful than PS3!!
In fact, going by specs, the PS4 is TWICE the power of the next Xbox 3!!!!XBOX 3
6 core Jaguar CPU for games.2 Cores for Operating system.
8GB DDR 3 at 76GB/sec
AMD GPU 12 CU =1.2TFlopsPS4
ARM CPU to handle Operating system
8 Cores for gaming!
8GB GDDR5 at 176GB/S
AMD GPU 18 CU =1.83TFlopsPS4 is a beast! I would never want a GT6 on PS3!!
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February 22nd, 2013 at 12:35 pm - #TeamCZRRacing
That’s PlayStation for you. PS has always been the best and most powerful console on the market. The PS1, when it came out, slaughtered EVERYTHING else on the market as far as power and sales. Same thing with PS2 and PS3 (at least as far as power goes – it did lag behind everyone else in sales). I’m definitely getting a PS4 when it comes out.
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February 22nd, 2013 at 6:00 pm - #GTrf
Metal Gear Solid 4, Little Big Planet, God of War :)
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February 22nd, 2013 at 6:23 pm - #GTrf
I waiting for “Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes” on the PS3. And I loved the MGS4-Metal Gear Online (the best online game ever) watch youtube. It is a pity that servers MGO closed in 2012> :(((
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February 23rd, 2013 at 6:01 pm - #jomama2010
@CZRRacing…the PS2 was not the most powerful of that generation. Look at the Gamecube and Xbox and compare them to the ps2.
But the PS2 certainly was popular though.
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February 22nd, 2013 at 8:25 am - #xero0083
Ok the ps4 is a blank canvas so hear is a question for you will GT6 be ready for the new system or do you need another 6 years to have it ready ? By that time everything will be hopelessly out dated again and lacking any relevance .
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February 22nd, 2013 at 8:28 am - #KilzoneStrife
PS4 ram is unified GDDR5… if they had to remake GT5 ground up with this kinda ram at the begining, GT5 would have take 1.5years to make. Maybe less, a year.
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February 22nd, 2013 at 7:54 am - #Rowdy Burns
Am I going nuts or does Polyphony Digital NOT appear in the “list of third party game developers and publishers” in the press release?
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February 22nd, 2013 at 7:58 am - #KilzoneStrife
Polyphony Digital is 100% 1ST PARTY!
They were created and are still owned by Sony…
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February 22nd, 2013 at 6:54 am - #Gwenbors
Poop. Just like that, GT6 went from a $60 game to a $560 one… Kind of inclined to agree with those wishing for a little more content per console generation. Gran Turismo has been the title that’s driven basically every single PS purchase since the 2 (nearly everything else I play is available cross-platform).
Wishing PD could’ve given us at least one more GT game within the lifecycle of the PS3… This stuff’s getting expensive…
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February 22nd, 2013 at 10:36 am - #researchALLwars
+560
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February 22nd, 2013 at 2:45 pm - #Traviizter
If they did, there would be no point.
Think about it, pushing the limits of the console means there’s only so much you can do before it gets old. This is what GT5 is, and GT6 on the PS3 would be basically the same game with a new look, more vehicles and tracks and not much else. The PS4 opens up a ton of new doors for the GT series.
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February 22nd, 2013 at 6:48 am - #HKS racer
GT6
*SOON meme*
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February 22nd, 2013 at 3:39 am - #Erik
Oh an js racing crz lol that’s all I promise lol..:)
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February 22nd, 2013 at 3:34 am - #Erik
Add all cars down below plz
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February 22nd, 2013 at 3:33 am - #Erik
Ohh an almost forget the 08 civic spoon..
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February 22nd, 2013 at 3:30 am - #Erik
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February 22nd, 2013 at 3:19 am - #Erik
honda-civic-btcc-race-car- 2000 civic si. Mugen legend max. Mugen crz rz. .honda mugen nsx rr. Honda racing hsv. Juns 1995 prelude si. .2013 accord coupe v6. 2013 civic coupe si. Js racing s2000. Advanced civic mugen rr carbon fiber edition … Add add add plz ASAP .. Pronto..team honda..
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February 22nd, 2013 at 3:12 am - #Erik
Driving is my life racing is my passion..
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February 22nd, 2013 at 3:11 am - #Erik
I go run the canyon where I live so much fun I do it with a 2003 accord v6 some mods..265hp 255 tq…
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February 22nd, 2013 at 3:09 am - #Erik
Plz add these cars down below..
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Forget about gt6 where is Tourist Trophy 2! You Will have 6 gt games now and not a single Tourist Trophy game for ps3! Sure as heck not buying a ps4 or gt6 until TT2 is officially being made with concrete evidence not just word play. Step up Kaz, or step aside.. Can’t even get a bug fix in gt5 without 4 new ones springing up. Gt5 never should have even been released, maybe that is why 6 got underway only 2 years after gt5 dropped and stopped the idea of a 2nd TT2. Please support a TT2