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PS4 Pro Bandwidth is Potential Bottleneck for 4K But Thought-Through Tradeoff: Little Nightmares Dev

With more and more developers looking to hop aboard the 4K train, especially with the release of Sony's PS4 Pro, there's been plenty of talk about the limits of the console in achieving a 4K standard.

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madmonkey012675d ago ShowReplies(4)
user816732675d ago

Someone has found a fix about the console shutting down mid-game with no warning ?

MRMagoo1232675d ago

yes they have patched it so a random guys broken or over heating ps4 pro works normally like everyone else's...../s

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user816732674d ago

There has been report about people who replaced the console with the warranty but still does the same thing.

Aenea2674d ago (Edited 2674d ago )

First time I am hearing of this 'fault'...

Care to link to this 'report'?

cyclindk2674d ago

Yeah, overheat. (actually, it happens so it DOESN't overheat). I had mine sitting on a glass table top, got hot as $hit. I thought the flatness of the surface would be sufficient for good ventilation, but the surface just got way to warm.

user816732674d ago

Basically, you just go in Google and type:
Ps4 pro shutdown
Ps4 pro shutting down
Ps4 pro shut down
Etc.

I think it's some sort of HDCP handshake issue but believe me it's annoying as f**k.

user816732674d ago

Thanks XanderZane, you seem like the only sane person here. The fanboyism is strong in them, they may just have went to the dark side.

For our common problem, i am almost sure that it is a HDCP handshake issue. I am testing now with HDMI Link turned off. So far, no problem.

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IamTylerDurden12675d ago

The Pro is the best console on the market.

Irishguy952674d ago

Its the newest and most expensive so it damn well better be

andrewsquall2674d ago

@Irishguy95 Lol that sure didn't apply to Xbone when it was the most expensive.

vallencer2674d ago

Meh opinions. I think the xbox one is still best. That's coming from a guy who owns a 4k tv which means I should probably have a pro. But I just don't care for the og ps4 enough to upgrade. I probably will eventually. Before you jump on the Xbox fanboy bandwagon I'm really not. Xbox has had its short comings. I personally don't think kinect is one of them. I use it all the time even if it's just voice commands. They're both great systems but because xbox isn't selling like they want it to it gets way more updates and changes because they're listening to consumers more. So that's nice.

But like I said meh opinions. They're like buttholes everybody's got one and they all stink including mine.

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kenwonobi2674d ago

Yep it's not like it's a Xbox. Dead on arrival and removing things left and right.

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senorfartcushion2675d ago

It is a waste of tech. A mistake to bring out and several pundits have said Sony are annoyed that they had to go through with it after all of the effort and money was wasted. It is a silly product, unworthy of being sold (how would a boutique version of a console ever work?)

Errorist762675d ago

I played all Christmas on my brother's Samsung 8090 and boy, if you had done the same you'd know how much crap you're spilling. Of course you're stuck with 900p hence your desperate tries of trolling.

senorfartcushion2675d ago

I have access to one (or i did, i can't really any more because i don't just call it a waste of tech 'online')

It doesn't help the gameplay in any way, it is an extra $€£400 on top of the original ps4 purchase(if you did purchase one) and you also have to buy the new TV.

How is it NOT a waste of time and money? Blu Ray isn't Blu Ray anymore, the DVDs no longer POP like they did, we just get used to it. And like o said, the gameplay is the same.

Waste, waste, waste.

Hardiman2675d ago

It is amazing on the right tv. Nothing even comes close. I just write them off as being uneducated as to what the product is and how to get the most out of it. Cause once you see it you cannot unsee it.

freshslicepizza2675d ago

@Errorist76
"I played all Christmas on my brother's Samsung 8090 and boy, if you had done the same you'd know how much crap you're spilling. Of course you're stuck with 900p hence your desperate tries of trolling."

so when scorpio comes out are you going to tell ps4 pro owners they are stuck with checkerboard rendering and not getting true 4k? i think we all know the answer.

mark cerny did not want to make the ps4 pro have an advantage in many areas over the regular ps4, including ram. they also dont want to allow an advantage in multiplayer so if the ps4 is locked at 30fps they dont want ps4 pro owners to play at 60fps. they are also locking the system to run older titles the exact same cpu speeds unless they get patched by the devbeloper. that means 1,200 plus games will not receive any benfits at all on the ps4 pro. there is a lot of restrictions including psvr where developers are also not allowed to create ps4 pro only titles.

so you essentially will have about 3 years of games where ps4 pro owners hope the developers take advantage of the new hardware until the ps5 probably comes out.

uptownsoul2675d ago (Edited 2675d ago )

@moldybread -- "they also dont want to allow an advantage in multiplayer so if the ps4 is locked at 30fps they dont want ps4 pro owners to play at 60fps" -- You do realize that the same rules will apply to the Scorpio. So Forza Horizon 3, or Scalebound, or the MP of Crackdown 3 is locked at 30fps on vanilla XB1 then it's locked at 30fps on Scorpio.

"not allowed to create ps4 pro only titles" -- With the exception of VR, the same exact thing will be true for the Scorpio

so you essentially will have about 3 years of games where Scorpio owners hope the developers take advantage of the new hardware until the following Xbox probably comes out.

Errorist762675d ago (Edited 2675d ago )

@condemnedman

It's irrational and I simply doubt he really tried it or has seen it in person. He's just not believable. He's just talking it down, nothing more.

It's really tough to go back to 1080p gaming after one has been spoiled by the 4K/HDR glory. Unless he forgot his glasses it's simply fanboying, nothing more. I mean come on...you read his first post. How could anyone talk sensibly to someone who posts trash like this?! Same with moldy.brain...it's a waste of time trying to have a serious talk with this kind.

But who do I tell that...

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Ju2674d ago

^ What Errorist said. Once 4k, you think what's 1080...once you see it, you can't unsee it. And what has this to do with Scorpio? The console that doesn't exist.

Kribwalker2674d ago

I bought the Panasonic Tc-58dx800, and the one S games like Ff15, FH3 and Gears 4 with HDR pop, so I imagine the Pro would do some amazing things, even though most games are upscaling on that one as well (obviously from higher resolutions or using checkerboard). If I played more PS4 games I'd pay the $279 it would cost me to upgrade my OG PS4 to the Pro. I still might, but I'm undecided right now.

Obscure_Observer2674d ago

@uptownsoul

Well said, sir! ;)

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Tussin1872675d ago

Please tell us all how you found out all this info. It seems to be working as it is selling. I have one and I'm completely satisfied with it.

As usual, someone without the console bashing it and spreading crap that they heard in a dream. And to top it all off, another person actually agreed with you. O_o

senorfartcushion2675d ago

Podcasts mostly.

Let's Drown Out, PS I Love You XOXO, Podcast Beyond (not so much there but the other two...) etc

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Errorist762674d ago (Edited 2674d ago )

@SenorRookieGangsta

I knew it was you. We were wondering already what you are doing over Christmas. Thanks for the confirmation.

madpuppy2674d ago

Yeah, There is this sad SOB that calls himself HvD that trolls gaming sites all over the internet with anti PS4 and PS4 Pro rhetoric, You really have to be pretty pathetic to waste your time doing something like this, he must live a small and petty life.

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Bruh2675d ago

Anyone with a 4K display and a console gamer would disagree big time, the increased resolutions alone help to provide much clearer and sharper pictures on a good 4K TV. As non-pro titles that run at 1080p or below look blurry and flat

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senorfartcushion2674d ago

But none of that stuff bothers me. I've just finished INSIDE and had the time of my life....on my normal ps4 on my 4k tv.

The game was thrilling, incredibly designes, intelligent and confident.

I'm thinking constantly about how well the story opens and the metafictional storytelling that blew my mind. I'm not thinking about what p the game was in.

Even at 480p, that game would LOOK nice. But not having a PSPro didn't stop me playing it tonight. That is my argument: it is a waste of money, I'll wait for the ps5.

pleasuretokill2674d ago

1080p with decent AA looks amazing on my 55" 4k OLED. Of course native 4k looks quite a bit better, but I've got no problems with a 1080p game done well either on my 4k tv.

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nitus102674d ago

@moldybread

The PS4 pro being locked at 4K 30fps?

The following article begs to differ. http://smartstocknews.com/8...

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Liqu1d2675d ago

Usual suspects pretending to be victims in the comments I see. "B..B..But if it was Xbox...".

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GUTZnPAPERCUTZ2675d ago

I think it's funny... I was just stating about how Scorpio Increasing Memory bandwidth over 100gb/sec faster than Pro was smart for 4k, but all anyone cared about was "Da GPU is only 1.8tflops betterz derrp" because they are uneducated and downvoted me to no end... now that an Actual dev said it, people still are not accepting it lol smh. The Pro is not a bad console and brings plenty of power for noticeable gains over PS4 and X1, but it is a cheap console and will not be the same caliber as Scorpio as many think it will...

Errorist762675d ago (Edited 2675d ago )

Power has never decided any console war. Games and general support has..and price. And games will be optimized for the most common product in the first place anyway.

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Raiden2674d ago

@Dasharrivals
No company can go true business without making mistakes it's how the recover and learn from it, but as you mentioned the Kinect, doesn't that have the most advance camera and do we not need camera for VR, do or don't we, am I wrong and we don't need camera

objdadon2674d ago

And yet neither console will have games built exclusively for it to really use the power because of "no player left behind. " sony did it right, an upgrade, Microsoft went for overkill just to play the same games as the xbox one.

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