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Sony who announced a $3 Billion plus loss last week is pinning their future, on a brand new processor which some are speculating will lead to a new Playstation 4.

We have been told that IBM is working / developing Sony it's new very fast preprocessor for it's Upcoming PS4 and Bravia TV. IBM is the original architect with Sony and Toshiba of the Cell processor, which has been used by both Sony and Microsoft to power their gaming processors for nearly 10 years.

sources claim that the new multi core PowerPC processor, which Big Blue, has spent several years developing is now part of a joint development project with IBM.

Recently Sony has tried to buy back the Toshiba Cell factory in Nagasaki for $600 million. Sony Hope that this will be used to manufacture the processor for both Sony Toshiba and IBM devices.

Being twice as fast as the current processors, The new 32nm Cell processor is tipped to be capable of up to 16 SPEs. At least, that's what the IBM leaks say.

Sony is gearing up to manufacture the Cell processor in bulk claim local Japanese sources, saying that the smart little processors may be used in Sony notebooks and as said before, upcoming televisions.

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Intel sources have said that they are also working on a new processor that will be ideal for future gaming consoles as well as for use in devices that are both gaming console and media hubs.

A recent conference call of Sony's in Japan. One of the developers hinted that they were working on the PlayStation 4 but would not give any details.

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"For the home equipment the PS3 still has a product life," said Sony's Masaru Kato who hinted that development work for the PS4 was currently underway".

He also said

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"It is no longer thinkable to have a huge initial financial investment like that of the PS3."

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"But this is a platform business, so for the future platform – when we'll be introducing what product, I cannot discuss – but our development work is already under way, so the costs are incurred there."

A senior Sony executive said at a recent CES show, the Company needed a new Playstation console.

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"What we need is a fast processor that delivers content including gaming and 3D movies to a display screen. That processor could be built into a TV a media hub for connection to non-Sony display screen with content delivered over an IP network".

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"We will always need a means by which people can access content other than via an IP network, because in many Countries there is no fast broadband infrastructure. This is where Blu ray will have a life after markets like Europe and the US has moved onto fibre networks".

P.S this was not a Copy and paste. Check the source if you don't belive me

But if the ps3 isn't close to it's limits, wouldn't the ps4 be over the ps3 limits?

not acording to rumors. but there partnering with IBM so idk

Yeah true :\ we'll just have to see

I can confirm this. My girlfriend dad works for IBM, and she asked her dad if IBM is helping sony make PS4 and he said yes.

Thank you for sharing this with us :y:

You're missing the point, whilst the graphics are still incredible in-regards to processing speeds and just general power the PS3 is ancient. On Twitter I remember Vahn saying that just doing the rocket thing on Launch(Black Ops) was pushing the limits, which IMO is abysmal. The PS3 has something like 500MB of RAM, whereas if it was bumped up to modern standards you'd see much more variety in games as the doors are opened for devs to be a lot more creative. Then there's the processor, also out of date(and according to rumours Sony are working on a ****ing brilliant processor w/ Toshiba, if the rumour is true... *dreams of the potential*).

Point being, taking a leap forward isn't always going to be about graphics, because currently the graphics will suffice. The issue is power, something the PS3 & 360 have a minimal amount of.

you have you opinion and ill have mine but i see what your saying i just dont see the point other than the ps3 is hacked so make a new one.

You don't see the point? Well look at it this way- we can continue to make games of Uncharted 3 & GoW3's quality or we can push the technical limits and give developers that license to put literally 10x more effect into their games and generally just raise the bar further. You choose, but I personally can't understand the mentality of not wanting to raise the bar when there's the opportunity to do so(with the exception of if you don't wanna be paying for another console, which I understand, but which shouldn't stop MS & Sony from trying).

Console's should have the ability to upgrade RAM, but, I assume this might cause to many security risks in terms of console hack-ability...