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本帖最后由 chenzj 于 2016-4-6 20:44 编辑
译者注，笔者英文能力粗浅，中文捉鸡，看到浩然Wish兄贴出了初步简讯，情不自禁动手初翻了一下，欢迎大家挑错。
原文链接：http://www.wsj.com/articles/sony ... d4d9c3&mod=e2tw
原文标题：Sony plans new playstation for graphics heavy games。为满足运行高画质游戏需要，索尼计划推出新的PS主机
The days of waiting six or more years between videogame-console releases are coming to an end.
传统的每代家用主机六七年才换代的历史将宣告结束
Sony Corp. is planning to sell a more powerful version of its PlayStation 4 machine to handle higher-end gaming experiences, including virtual reality, people familiar with the matter said, while continuing production of its existing console that has so far sold more than 36 million units world-wide.
索尼公司正在规划推出一款机能强化版的PS4来提供高端游戏体验，包括VR在内。相关人士表示，索尼仍然将继续生产已售出超过3600万台的现行标准版PS4。
Existing PlayStation 4 owners would need to buy the new model to take full advantage of the enhanced graphics and power, though it is likely that the current model and the coming one would share the same software catalog, one of the people said.
其中一位相关人士介绍，虽然现行版和强化版PS4将分享一样的软件阵容，现有PS4用户需要购入新型号来获取其增强的图像和机能。
The new console would be announced before the planned October release of the PlayStation VR, Sony’s new virtual-reality headset, the people said. It would be able to handle ultra-high-definition resolution graphics. The upgraded console would also provide more power for running the PlayStation VR, whose main competitors, Facebook Inc.’s Oculus Rift and HTC Corp.’s Vive, are designed to work with top-shelf computers.
据相关人士介绍，新款主机将在索尼的PSVR头盔今年10月面世之前正式对外公布。新款主机提供4K分辨率的图形处理能力。强化版主机将提供更多的机能来支持PSVR，帮助其应对基于高端PC平台的Oculus Rift和HTC Vive这两套虚拟装置。
News of an upgraded PlayStation console was earlier reported by Kotaku. A spokesman at Sony Computer Entertainment, Sony’s videogame division, declined to comment.
升级版主机的消息最早为kotaku爆出，SCE的一位发言人拒绝予以评论。
Videogame console successors typically are released every six to seven years. The PlayStation 4, for example, was released in 2013, the PlayStation 3 in 2006 and the PlayStation 2 in 2000. Machines from Microsoft Corp. and Nintendo Co. have followed similar release cycles.
游戏主机的赢家常常每隔六七年换一代。PS4 2013年上市，PS3 2006年上市，PS2 2000年上市，微软和任天堂主机遵循相似的周期。
Microsoft recently signaled plans to deliver console upgrades in lieu of entirely new systems years apart as it looks to more deeply integrate its Xbox One system with its Windows 10 operating system for personal computers.
微软近期表示将以主机升级替代每隔几年换代主机的做法，以更好地将Win10和X1整合。
“We will see more hardware innovation in the console space than we’ve ever seen,” Xbox head Phil Spencer said at a press event in San Francisco on March 1, in which remakes of several games with 4K resolution capability—quality four times greater than today’s standard of full high-definition—were announced. “You’ll actually see us come out with new hardware capability during a generation allowing the same games to run backward and forward compatible.”
菲尔斯宾塞3月1日在旧金山的一个记者吹风会上这样说“我们会在主机领域看到前所未有的众多革新（进化）”，在会上，宣布了一些游戏将以4K分辨率重制的消息。“你们将看到我们在一代主机之内推出新型高配硬件并允许同一批游戏在高低配上都可以运行”。
A spokeswoman for Microsoft said the company remains “committed to console innovation.”
微软的一位发言人表示，该公司将“致力于主机的进化”。
Nintendo is developing a new gaming platform, code-named “NX.” It hasn’t revealed any details about it, though some analysts believe it could be available as early as October.
任天堂正在发展一种新的游戏平台，名曰“NX”。该平台尚未公布任何细节。尽管一些分析师认相信NX最早会在十月揭开面纱。
Nintendo declined to comment on its console release cycle.
任天堂对自家的主机发售周期保持沉默。
Sony’s goal with the upgraded PlayStation 4 console is to capture gamers willing to pay for a richer gaming environment, including a high-end virtual-reality experience, the people familiar with the matter said.
相关人士表示，索尼的强化版PS4的目标是抓牢那些愿意为更高端的游戏体验-包括高端VR体验-掏腰包的发烧友。
Even without a beefed-up console, Sony is expected to be a leader in the VR market this year despite delaying its PlayStation VR system until October, according to Piers Harding-Rolls, an analyst at research firm IHS. Sony’s headset starts at $399, below the $599 Rift and $799 Vive.
根据IHS分析师Piers Harding-Rolls的意见，即使没有强化版PS4，虽然VR被推后到今年十月，索尼已经被看好成为本年度的VR市场领袖。PSVR定价399美元，低于Rift（599美元）和Vive（799美元）
Macquarie Securities projects Sony will sell eight million PlayStation VR headsets in the product’s first two years on the market, but Macquarie says it will take years before the hardware device itself becomes a considerable profit contributor. For now, the headsets will drive highly profitable software sales, Macquarie wrote in a research note recently.
Macquarie Securities 推算索尼在最初两年将售出800万台PSVR头盔。但Macquarie 声称在PSVR具备拉动市场能力之前还得过几年。现在，Macquarie认为该头盔将极大带动游戏软件市场。（译者注，此处略有歧义，请大家帮助查看一下）
About 1.4 million virtual- and augmented-reality headsets will be sold word-wide this year and nearly 40 million headsets by 2020, researchers at Gartner Inc. estimate. Augmented reality blends digital images with a person’s view of the real world.
Gartner调查公司的调查人员表示，今年全球将售出140万个VR和AR头盔，2020年这个数值将翻到4000万个。
Sony has been expanding its offerings recently, including the rollout of an online TV-streaming service, to attract a wider range of customers. Simultaneously offering a standard model PlayStation 4 and an upgraded version to appeal to both casual gamers and hard-core fans is part of this effort, analysts say.
为了拓展用户，索尼已经扩大了服务范围-包括（向全美客户）提供一种互联网电视直播服务。分析人士指出，同时向市场提供标配版PS4和高配版PS4将有助于把大众玩家和死硬派玩家同时收入掌中。
Damian Thong, an analyst at Macquarie Securities, said he expects PlayStation 4 software to be usable with future-generation consoles, a switch from the past, when certain games were incompatible with different-generation consoles.
Macquarie Securities的一位分析师，Damian Thong，声称他希望PS家族的下一代主机能够继续兼容PS4游戏。告别过去新老主机互不兼容的惯例。
“It would clearly signal the end of the traditional console generation cycle,” said Mr. Thong, in a recent letter to clients.
Mr. Thong在最近给客户的信中写道，“很明显，传统主机隔几年一换代的传统将一去不返。”
译者注2，即便是華爾街日報，其新聞也只能作為參考。搞一套升级版主机绝非我们想象那么简单，整个PCB板件都要重新设计、电压都要重新来过，而且老游戏在未经重新编译的条件下是无法享受到新硬件的任何恩惠
译者注3，名越埝洋在选拔如龙6女主角的时候，面对日本媒体讲过，在4K画质时代，对夜店妹的挑选要十分严格，容貌上的一点瑕疵都会被放大，如果此话当真，高端画质玩家可以期待下4K如龙6。
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