Der har været meget tale om generationer i et stykke tid nu. Markerer de kommende konsoller et skifte i generationen? Er de blot en del af den nuværende? Eller hvad er det egentligt, der sker? Sony har nu selv sat ord på, at deres PlayStation 4 Pro, som blev afsløret ved gårsdagens PlayStation-møde, ikke markerer et skifte i generationerne og ifølge dem, vil det heller ikke være en konsol, der kommer til at udviske grænserne mellem den nuværende og den kommende generation.
Mark Cerny, PlayStation System Architect, fortalte i et interview med PlayStation Blog at Pro'en er en konsol, der vil eksistere side om side med den nuværende PS4 og sagde også følgende:
"At the start of a generation there's a lot of adjustment and learning as the developers dig into the tools and technologies that we provide them. That's great because it allows them to create entirely new types of games, but at the same time there's a certain cost associated with that.
PlayStation 4 Pro, arriving as it does mid-generation, means that our target is to take the whole PS4 experience to a new level and to do so without the kind of disruption that moving to new console generation would entail."
Den nye konsol vil altså fokusere på at give spillere en mere glat spiloplevelse i flottere grafiske omgivelser, men det fundamentale gameplay vil ikke ændre sig.
Mark Cerny fortsætter således:
"We're working very hard to ensure the PS4 remains a single unified community. The games are playable on both consoles of course. It's the same discs and downloads, the same online community and most of the user experience is quite similar. The main difference is that with PS4 Pro we're giving developers an opportunity to make their games more impactful and immersive. I'm really looking forward to seeing how the developers take advantage of all that."
Du kan se det fulde interview på PlayStations Youtube-kanal.
Tak, Videogamer.