11/25/09 WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Sony has chosen the CPU for the next generation PlayStation.
We can officially reveal in this world exclusive that SCEI has officially chosen IBM's currently in development POWER7 architecture for it's PlayStation 4 system, currently scheduled for a 2012 worldwide release.
IBM shall debut POWER7 for the server market in the summer of 2010. The PlayStation 4 shall use a cost effective version of the architecture custom designed for Sony's specific needs.
The only information FGNOnline currently has available regarding specifications and performance is that the PS4 implementation of the chip shall use 6-8 cores, 24-32MB shared L3 Cache, Quad threading per core, and a double precision performance approaching 200GFLOPS.
The CELL chip which powers the PS3 is capable of 15 double precision GFLOPS. This would give the PS4 a performance leap of over 10 fold over it's predecessor.
Interestingly, the primary reason IBM cancelled development on the CELL based PoweXcell 8i is because of SCEI's change of stance. The company wanted to move away from the exotic architecture employed for the PS3 to a more traditional architecture favored by third party developers.
As displayed by it's choice of processors, the server based POWER7 and the TBDR based PowerVR 6, SCEI once again has sights set for performance leadership in the next round.
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11/23/09 Aristocrat Launches SEGA Co-Developed Games
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11/16/09 WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Sony has chosen the GPU for the next generation PlayStation.
We can officially reveal in this world exclusive that SCEI has officially chosen the Imagination Technologies currently in development PowerVR Series 6 architecture for it's next generation PlayStation console scheduled for 2012 worldwide deployment.
The PlayStation 4 shall use a high end variant of the Series 6 line. Performance, specifications and features are at this time unknown. The Series 6 shall receive an official announcement from IMGTEC sometime in 2010, with initial models targeting the smartphone and netbook sector.
It is believed that Sony has gained exclusive rights to the technology for the console space.
IMGTEC's PowerVR technology uses an advance technique called TBDR which can outperform a competing IMR product from nVidia/ATi by 3-5 fold whilst maintaining equal die size and price point. TBDR was the primary reason the SEGA DreamCast was capable of such astonishing graphical feats as early as 1998.
Interestingly SCEI has also chosen IMGTEC as the graphics provider for their next generation PSP. That particular product shall however be using the Series 5XT.
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11/13/09 Sega Republic installs Virtual Bowling
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11/10/09 Sega Debuts Sonic All-Stars Sports Game Line
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11/8/09 WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Further details on the future of PlaySEGA.
We can officially reveal in this world exclusive that SEGA SAMMY's webring which includes SEGA Bingo, SEGA Sports, SEGA Drive, SEGA Casino, SEGA Poker and PlaySEGA shall in the near future be available for use in the living room via a new yet to be named streaming device based on the company's RINGWIDE hardware. The unit shall also play host to Film & TV services.
The specifications of the RINGWIDE hardware are as follows -
CPU : Intel Celeron 440 @ 2 GHz
Graphics : AMD GPU with 128MB of GDDR3 RAM, Shader Model 4.0 compliant
Audio : 5.1 ch HD Audio
RAM : 1GB of DDR2 PC5300 RAM
Storage : 8GB Compact Flash
SEGA SAMMY plans a sub $150 price point and a release date targeting the 2010-2011 time frame.
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11/7/09 WORLD EXCLUSIVE: SEGA's future amusement plans for the Middle East.
We can officially reveal in this world exclusive that SEGA SAMMY currently plans another 7 amusement parks in the Middle East on similar scale to the SEGA Republic which opened earlier this year in Dubai.
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11/5/09 SEGA enters into agreement with Ztorm
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11/4/09 Karl Johns becomes Sega UK sales boss
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11/3/09 SEGA planning three titles based on Marvel's upcoming feature films.
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10/31/09 Further details on SEGA Casino
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10/30/09 SEGA SAMMY releases financial information
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10/20/09 JAMMA smaller but positive
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10/18/09 Upcoming PlaySEGA titles
PlaySEGA currently lists the following titles as coming soon -
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10/18/09 WORLD EXCLUSIVE: SEGA scraps plans for new console and handheld
We can officially confirm in this world exclusive that SEGA SAMMY have officially canned plans for platforms based on the RINGEDGE architecture. The story we exclusively revealed in May of this year.
The reason for the cancellation is because SEGA has now found a renewed focus on PlaySEGA and believes that going forward it shall be their new platform, their new "console". SEGA believes that by 2015 they won't be supporting consoles from others vendors anymore and that their entire consumer output shall be exclusively for the PlaySEGA service.
Flash based browser gaming seems to be the future and as technology improves and the audio visual experience starts rivaling those of consoles then those consoles shall go the way of the dinosaurs.
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10/17/09 WORLD EXCLUSIVE: SEGA plans to increase PlaySEGA system roster
We can officially confirm in this world exclusive that SEGA shall be adding titles from the SEGA Master System, SEGA Game Gear, SEGA MEGA/SEGACD, SEGA 32X and SEGA Saturn to the PlaySEGA library in the short term future.
Mid term future plans for SEGA Dreamcast have been set in stone as well.
SEGA has big plans for PlaySEGA and expects the subscription based service to challenge console dominance by 2015.
The portal powers it's software via technologies from Adobe Systems Inc.
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10/16/09 More details on Sega Racing Classic
Further details on SEGA's upcoming RINGWIDE based racer -
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10/16/09 FGNOnline is officially back!
Today is officially the relaunch day of FGNOnline.
With the legal issues with SEGA SAMMY dealt with, FGNOnline can now resume operation on webs.com.
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