AMD representatives have repeatedly hinted that throughout the life cycle of game consoles specialized processors transition to new production technology is one of the most effective ways to reduce costs. His views on this subject shared the vice president of Sony's core business units Masayasu Ito .
Let's start with the fact that Mr. Ito talked about the failure of existing PlayStation 4 to work with optical disks Ultra HD Blu-ray Player. To do this will update not only the optical disc drive , but also the CPU, which must be supported by the standard codec used. Sony spokesman did not rule out that the updated AMD processor can offer already in 2016, and it will bring not only energy consumption but reduction but also support Blu-ray standard due to hardware decode acceleration.
The possibility of a more powerful version PlayStation 4 according to Masayasu Ito is considered only at a theoretical plane. He explained that the processor used in the x86 architecture simplifies the task of Release Management with a faster version of the processor. On the old and new versions of PlayStation 4, the same games are played with a different speed, this will clearly upset owners of the old version . Such modernization in a single generation of video game consoles are uncommon, usually everything is limited to reduce power consumption and reduce overall dimensions.