So you don't think they will move to "4K" within the next 10 years?

Is there something that would be between 1080p (1920 x 1080) and "4K" (4096 × 2304)?

Naw 4K is the natural progression, 1080p and 1600p are popular. The 4K push seems surprisingly big this year, considering TV is still broadcast in 720p in most markets, we may skip 1080p as a standard completely. 100gb/movie for 4K seems a bit large.

2.7K is used from time to time, definitely on my GoPro Hero 3 Black.

Another thing to remember that growth in the video card industry is mainly happening on the mobile / tablet market. I think there might be for more of a push for thinner and lighter mobile screens (or even flexible display technology) Take into account that the public just switched from CRTs to HDTVs. Most of the public will not be upgrading to 4K TV for a long time. Also most video game developers will be happy to develop games that are truly 1080p and 60fps. 4K is the natural progression but it wont be close to being publicly affordable or accepted for a few years. This is one case where the technology leap is coming too quickly.

Since this could be the last generation of consoles as we know them then I don't mind them future-proofing the system for something they know is coming down the road.

I think the emphasis that this may be the end of game consoles as we know them is overplayed. While a dedicated gaming device is now long gone, a full home entertainment center device with strong graphical processing power has a pretty long life left. IMO at least.

I don't doubt that one day we'll be renting them from cable companies though.

PhysX and APEX support for PS4: http://www.marketwire.com/press-rele...da-1765445.htm

That's interesting... since they are using AMD chips. And PhysX has never been supported in AMD graphics cards.

And it still probably won't. They'll support it only on the CPU probably, like they currently do on PCs. They also artificially bottleneck the performance on the CPU by using an x86 instruction set instead of a newer SSE set.

Anyone know if the Driving Force GT will be compatible with the PS4? I'm hoping so since Logitech is now out of the racing wheel business.

Analyst thinks PS4 games might retail for $69.99: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/03/...s-will-cost-70

Seems like the next step. Haven't they gone from $39 (SNES, Genesis) to $49 (PS2, Xbox) to $59 (Xbox 360, PS3)?

EDIT: I forgot PS1 and N64 prices. Were they $40 or $50?

I don't think Sony games will change in price. If they do, Microsoft will use that to undercut the PS4. I hope Sony isn't that dumb.

And games in the NES and SNES eras were $50 if memory serves. With more expensive ones with special chips in the carts and so on. A friend of mine paid $80 new for Strider for the Genesis.

NES games were definitely $39 I think.

I remember Street Fighter II on SNES was $69 at Toys R Us when I bought it when it first came out. Might have just been them gouging the prices.

Virtua Racing for Genesis was $99.99 when it first released. They did have a special chip on it though.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_...ssor#section_2

An article about a tweet, lol..

Michael Pachter is wrong far more than he's right. I don't think the price will rise.

SNES games cost more if they used more memory which was most of the RPGs and Street Fighter games. The same was true of N64. I remember PS1 games being $50.

Hard to say how the pricing will be or how it'll effect everyone. It's no different when a game is release in standard, limited and SE. For some, price is no objective but for some $10-15 can make or break the buy.

As we heard, the PS4 architecture will make Devs happy and supposedly make games easier to do. If that's the case the aurgument of costs due to more people and hours to do a game should go out the window. I know it costs to make games but these games can have anywhere from 700K up to 5+ million in unit sales. That's a lot of $$$$$. Sucking an extra $10 on the front end is terrible especially when they do any season pass or DLC. Move up to that $70 mark seems ok to them but I wouldn't take gamers for granted. Without us they're nothing.

Defiitely, you think?
I want to say NES games were $50, but I could be wrong.

I paid $99 for Mortal Kombat 3 the day it came out on SNES, but that was at an independent game store in Canada, where we still overpay for a lot of things.

Phantasy Star was like $70 on Sega Master System

My recollection as well, $50.

The first year that the N64 was out, quite a few games were $70. That went away and everything leveled out to $60 for the remainder of the N64's life.

I think I paid 50 bucks for Baseball Stars on the NES.

I saved up my cash to buy Zenji on the Coleco for like a year...it was $80 Canadian.