specs – Video Game News, Reviews, Walkthroughs And Guides | GamingBolt

Xbox One to Feature 8 GB of RAM, Blu-Ray Drive, Kinect With 1080p Field of View

Ravi Sinha — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:27:13 +0000

Microsoft’s Marc Whitten took the stage at the Xbox Reveal event, where the Xbox One was announced, and after a small rib at Apple, announced the system’s core specs.

According to Whitten, the Xbox One has 5 Billion Transistors, 8 GB of RAM and a 500 GB HDD. But that’s not all – it’s architecture is 64-bit, with a Blu-ray drive and various power states. It also comes with built-in Wi-Fi and can operate silently if need be.

Kinect has also been significantly powered up with a 1080p field of view, reportedly making it more powerful than ever. Microsoft is touting this as “offering human control for a human experience”.

Scary or the future? You decide. Thus far, it’s all been about Kinect and the design for the Xbox One which looks pretty bulky and awful.

Possible Wii U specs revealed; sports a 3GHZ quad core processor and 768MB RAM

Kartik Mudgal — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 06:56:29 +0000

Take this rumour with a big grain of salt, but Wii U daily is reporting that Nintendo’s next-gen console is 50% faster than the PS3 and Xbox 360, and have also revealed some of the specs. They got this information from an “unnamed Japanese developer”. The developer was reportedly porting a PS3 game to the Wii U.

So here are the specs:

Quad Core, 3 GHz PowerPC-based 45nm CPU, very similar to the Xbox 360 chip.
768 MB of DRAM “embedded” with the CPU, and shared between CPU and GPU
Unknown, 40nm ATI-based GPU

They also say that Nintendo is working on two systems; one with 768MB RAM and another with 1GB RAM. The RAM is also embedded in the CPU, and before you go “lul wut” on us, IBM does have this technology.

And again, this is just a rumour, so the final specs could be quite different.

PSP E-1000 Specs Released

Shubhankar Parijat — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:46:30 +0000

Sony announced during Gamescom that they will be releasing a Europe only new model of the PSP, called PSP E-1000. The handheld is supposed to have no Wi-Fi, no brightness button, no mute button, only one speaker, but it can play all PSP games, and it’s really cheap. 99 Euros, to be precise.

Now, the full tech specs of the PSP E-1000 have been released. Check them out below:

Specifications for PSP-E1000 series
Design and specifications are subject to change without notice.

LCD screen: 4.3 inches / 10.9 cm (16:9) full-transparent type, TFT drive. Approximately 16,770,000 colours displayed.

Sound: Monaural speaker.

Internal disc drive: Read-only Universal Media Disc drive.

Interface: DC IN 5V connector. Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0 compliant). DC OUT connector. Headset connector. Memory Stick PRO DuoTM slot.

Power source: AC Adaptor: DC 5.0 V. Lithium-Ion rechargeable Battery Pack.

Maximum power consumption: Approx. 6 W (when charging).

External dimensions: Approx. 172.4 × 73.4 × 21.6 mm (width × height × depth) (excludes largest projection).

Weight: Approx. 223 g (including Battery Pack).

Operating environment: temperature 5C – 35C.

Compatible codecs: Universal Media Disc Video: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Main Profile Level 3. Music: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Main Profile Level 3, Linear PCM, ATRAC3plusTM Memory StickTM For details, refer to the User’s Guide.

Universal Media Disc laser

Wave length: 655 – 665 nm.

Power: Max. 0.28 mW.

Type: Semiconductor, continuous.

AC Adaptor

Input: AC 100-240 V, 50/60 Hz.

Output: DC 5 V, Max. 1500 mA.

External dimensions: Approx. 61 × 23 × 84 mm (width × height × depth) (excludes largest projection).

Weight: Approx. 62 g.

PSP2/NGP specs revealed by Sony

Shubhankar Parijat — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 08:04:17 +0000

Sony has released a press release, revealing all the specs of the PSP2, and it’s damned impressive. It’s more powerful than the PS3- no, really.

Check out all the specs below:

“SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES

ITS NEXT GENERATION PORTABLE ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM

Ultimate Portable Entertainment System Makes Its Debut This Year, Further Expanding the PlayStation® Business in the Portable Gaming Market

Tokyo, January 27, 2011 – Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE) today announced its next generation portable entertainment system (codename: NGP), which delivers the ultimate portable entertainment experience. NGP will make its debut at the end of the year 2011.

NGP is designed to offer unparalleled interactive entertainment that is only possible on PlayStation®. This new system offers a revolutionary combination of rich gaming and social connectivity within a real world context, made possible by leveraging SCE’s experience from both PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) and PlayStation®3 (PS3®) entertainment systems.

Deep and immersive gaming is at the core of PlayStation’s DNA, and NGP is the latest embodiment of this vision. By having both Wi-Fi and 3G network connectivity, together with various applications, NGP will enable infinite possibilities for users to “encounter,” “connect,” “discover,” “share” and “play” with friends wherever they are. Within the device are a range of features that provide a genuinely cutting-edge, next generation ultimate portable entertainment experience.

* l Stunning OLED and Revolutionary User Interface

NGP incorporates a beautiful multi-touch 5-inch organic light emitting display (OLED) as the front display. A high-performance CPU / GPU combined with OLED enables rich, visually striking graphics never seen before on a portable entertainment system, for both games and other digital entertainment content. The new system also incorporates a unique multi-touch pad on the rear, and together with the front touch display, NGP offers new game play allowing users to interact directly with games in three dimension-like motion, through “touch, grab, trace, push and pull” moves of the fingers.

* l Super Oval Design and Dual Analog Sticks

While succeeding the basic design philosophy of PSP, NGP adopts the Super Oval Design form factor, created to fit comfortably in users’ hands. For the first time, a portable entertainment system will feature two analog sticks, which enable a wider range of game genres to be brought into the portable experience.

* l LiveAreaTM

Every game title for NGP will be provided with a space called “LiveAreaTM” where users can share the fun and excitement with other players. Users will have access to the latest information of games provided from SCE and 3rd party developers and publishers through PlayStation®Network. Additionally, NGP users will be able to view an “Activity” log that is constantly updated with accomplishments from users who are playing the same game, which in turn can trigger active real-time communication among users.

* l Near

SCE will also provide location-based services on NGP as part of the basic features utilizing PlayStation Network. The new application called “Near,” developed specifically for this service and the network, will be pre-installed in the system to let users find out what their friends in the vicinity are playing now or what they were playing recently. Users can meet their friends and new players virtually, regardless of what games they are playing, simply by sharing their game information across different dimensions of time and distance.

* l New Game Medium

NGP adopts a new game medium, a small flash memory based card, dedicated for NGP software titles. Taking advantage of the flash memory feature, this innovative card can store the full software titles plus add-on game content or the game save data directly on to the card. By adopting flash memory based card, SCE will be able to provide game cards with higher capacity in the future, allowing developers to store more game data to deliver rich and immersive games.

NGP will also come equipped with two cameras on its front and rear, as well as three motion sensors, gyroscope, accelerometer and electronic compass, all of which are designed to enable users to enjoy the world of entertainment that is linked with real life experiences.

PlayStation®Suite (PS Suite), announced today, will also closely coordinate with NGP. The newly developed and released game content for AndroidTM based portable devices can also be enjoyed on NGP. As a result, users will have access to not only the most leading-edge content, but also some of the more casual experiences that typify the mobile market place.

SCE will vigorously promote NGP towards the launch as the next generation portable entertainment platform and deploy various measures to further expand the portable gaming market.

?Next generation portable entertainment system (codename: NGP) ?

CPU
ARM® CortexTM-A9 core (4 core)

GPU
SGX543MP4+

External Dimensions
Approx. 182.0 x 18.6 x 83.5mm (width x height x depth) (tentative, excludes largest projection)

Screen
(Touch screen)
5 inches (16:9), 960 x 544, Approx. 16 million colors, OLED
Multi touch screen (capacitive type)

Rear touch pad
Multi touch pad (capacitive type)

Cameras
Front camera, Rear camera

Sound
Built-in stereo speakers
Built-in microphone

Sensors
Six-axis motion sensing system (three-axis gyroscope, three-axis accelerometer), Three-axis electronic compass

Location
Built-in GPS
Wi-Fi location service support

Keys / Switches
PS button
Power button
Directional buttons (Up/Down/Right/Left)
Action buttons (Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square)
Shoulder buttons (Right/Left)
Right stick, Left stick
START button, SELECT button
Volume buttons (+/-)
Wireless communications

Mobile network connectivity (3G)
IEEE 802.11b/g/n (n = 1×1)(Wi-Fi) (Infrastructure mode/Ad-hoc mode)
Bluetooth® 2.1+EDR ?A2DP/AVRCP/HSP?”

Stay tuned, we will have more info for you soon.

Shogun 2 system requirements released

Shubhankar Parijat — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 06:54:56 +0000

Creative Assembly has released the system requirements of their upcoming RTS Total War: Shogun 2. Find the full specifications below:

Minimum Specs (Required for playing Total War: Shogun 2):

2 GHz Intel Dual Core processor / 2.6 GHz Intel Single Core processor , or AMD equivalent (with SSE2)
1GB RAM (XP), 2GB RAM (Vista / Windows7)
256 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card (shader model 3)
1024×768 minimum screen resolution
20GB free hard disk space

Recommended Specs (Recommended for optimum game play of Total War: Shogun 2):

2nd Generation Intel Corei5 processor (or greater), or AMD equivalent
2GB RAM (XP), 4GB RAM (Vista / Windows7)
AMD Radeon HD 5000 and 6000 series graphics cards or equivalent DirectX 11 compatible graphics card
1280×1024 minimum screen resolution
20GB free hard disk space

Shogun 2 will be releasing on March 15.

EndGadget drops PSP Phone specs

Shubhankar Parijat — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 06:50:51 +0000

EndGadget says it has its hands on four videos of the PlayStation Phone thanks to the Chinese website IT168, and they have dropped the full specs of the device.

EndGagdet claims that it’s not confirmed that the “said Xperia-branded device is powered by a Qualcomm Adreno 205 GPU, along with what’s likely to be a 1GHz Snapdragon QSD8255 as featured on the HTC Desire HD.” Neocore reports a 59.1 frames per second figure, and Quadrant reports a high score of 1,733.

Other information taken from a variety of resources is that the phone will have a resolution of 8454 X 480, a 4″ LCD screen, a 5 megapixel autofocus camera with an LED flash but without the ability to record HD videos (the latter part has not yet been confirmed), a battery capacity of 1,500mAh, a 512 MB RAM and ROM, a microSD slot, a SIM slot, a miro-USB slot, and a second microsophone on the back of the device for active noise cancellation. The device’s game running… thingie is called the PlayStation Pocket.

Well, now it’s more or less confirmed. Heck, it IS confirmed, albeit unofficially. Although, Sony did hint at it at their CES conference yesterday.

EndGadget also got their hands on new images of this PSP Phone earlier this week as well.