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PS4
Latest Information and News


I've put important text in Bold for you guys in a hurry.





Index/Quick Look


  • Release Date
  • Price
  • Specs
  • Games
  • PlayStation 4 Eye
  • PlayStation 4 Move
  • Controller
  • Backwards Compatibility
  • Instant Boot Up
  • Friends List/Party Chat
  • Blue Ray
  • Bundles
  • Preoder









The Play Station 4 is Sony's newest gaming console to be released in November 2013 will provide the average gamer a "frictionless and seamless" gaming experience.


10 Minute Video Overview of E3





Release Date

The PS4, along with it's competitor the Xbox One is going to be released sometime in November. However Sony did not release a specific day yet.





Price

The PS4 will cost $399 in the US, 349 in the UK and 399 in Europe when it goes on sale in November. That's a whole $100 cheaper than the Xbox One.
This Price does NOT include the PS4 Camera.





Specs

AMD's technology is coursing through this new system's veins, and Sony recently told us that it believes the PS4 to be the most powerful gaming device every conceived. Sony revealed the system runs on a single-chip custom processor and utilises eight x86-64 AMD Jaguar CPU cores, with a next-gen AMD Radeon based graphics engine powering the way.
So it's very much a PC-based system then, which is great news for developers who will find it much easier to code games for the next gen consoles and for PCs. However, that CPU is hardly next-gen - it may have been heavily modified for this system but the AMD Jaguar platform is by no means the fastest of its kind - indeed it's slower than Intel's fastest by orders of magnitude.
However, with fewer redundancies than a PC has, the PS4 will certainly be able to make use of every single Watt of power it draws. And the games we've seen so far certainly look impressive.


Main Processor:
Single Chip Custom Processor
CPU: x84-64 AMD Jaugar 8 cores
GPU: 1.84 TFLOPS next generation Radeon based graphics engine

Memory:
GDDR5 8GB

Hard Disk Drive:
Built in

Optical Drive:
BD 6xCAV
DVD 8xCAV

I/O:
Super speed USB (USB 3.0)

Communication:
Ethernet (10 Base-T, 100 Base-TX, 1000 Base-T
IEEE 802.11 b/g/n
BlueTooth 2.1 (EDR)

AV Output
HDMI
Analog-AV out
Digital Output (optical)




Games


Used Game Policy

The PS4 will offer unrestricted access to pre-owned games. So when you buy a titles, you are free to trade it in at retail, sell it to another person, lend it to a friend or keep it. Microsoft initially intended to restrict these factors with the Xbox One, but significant backlash from the gaming community forced it to backtrack and feature-match the PS4.



PS4 Exclusive Titles


  • Drive Club
  • Galak-Z The Dimensional
  • Infamous Second Son
  • Killzone: Shadow Fall
  • Knack
  • Warframe
  • DC Universe Online
  • MLB 14 The Show
  • The Order: 1886
  • Rocketbirds 2: Evolution
  • Super StarDush HD





PlayStation 4 Eye


The PlayStation Camera is a newly developed camera system that utilizes two high-sensitivity cameras equipped with wide-angle lenses and 85-degree diagonal angle views.
Sony said the cameras (amounting to 1280 x 800 pixels) can cut out the image of a player from the background or differentiate between players in the background and foreground, enhancing game play handily. There's also mention of logging in using facial recognition and using voice and body movements to play games "more intuitively." To remind you guys, this isn't coming with the PS4. This will be released as a bundle most likely costing $499 USD.

Specifications:
  • External Dimension: Approx. 186mm x 27mm x 27mm
  • Weight: Approx. 183g
  • Video Pixel: (Maximum) 1280 x 800 pixel x 2
  • Video Frame Rate: 1280x800 pixel @ 60fps, 640x400 pixel @ 120fps, 320x192 pixel @ 240fps
  • Video Format: RAW, YUV (uncompressed)
  • Lens: Dual Lenses, F value/F2.0 fixed focus
  • Field-of-View: 85 degrees
  • Microphone: 4 Channel Microphone Array
  • Connection Type: PS4 dedicated connector (AUX connector)
  • Cable Length: Approx. 2m (tentative)





PlayStation Move


The PS4 Eye and PS4 Move go hand in hand.
Sony has confirmed that PlayStation Move will play a big part in the PS4 ecosystem. However, it has not yet been revealed whether the PS4 will launch alongside a new PS Eye camera and new Move controllers or whether the peripherals are staying the same with all the enhancements made console-side.
By tracking the light bar on the DualShock 4 pad and associating it with faces in the image, the game can identify which player face is connected to which game avatar. By using facial recognition the game can associate a face with a PSN profile.

Specifications:
  • High sensitivity, dual color cameras. Two cameras here.
  • 1280x 800 12 bits/pixel, 60hz
  • Higher frame rates at lower resolutions
  • Wide angles diagonal field of view is 85 degrees
  • 3 axis acceeletromter, tilt sensor
  • Wide baseline 4 microphone array
  • Dedicated port, exclusive SCE connector
  • Game-loop sync can be changed, depending on framerate of game


Controller (DualShock 4)


Unlike the previous Sony Playstation Controllers, Sony has innovated there latest controller, DualShock 4, adding new features to enhance the overall gaming experience.

The analogue sticks have been tightened up to be more precise, and the controller also features a brand new three-axis gyroscopic motion sensor with three-axis accelerometer which should be great for getting you immersed in the games. The camera continuously tracks all four controllers with precise accuracy. Rotational tracking is provided by the internal components.
The controller has a two-point Vita-like touchpad on the front with a 1920x900 resolution, and a tactile clicking sound letting you know you've pressed it. The light bar on the front will glow different colours depending on whether you're player 1, 2, 3 or 4 and will be tracked by the new PS Eye camera. The controller also has an Xbox-style headset jack and a mono speaker inside it.

The Share Button:
The last 15 minutes of gameplay is automatically recorded with the PS4, by pressing the share button, you can share the gameplay recorded to your friends instantly.

Features:
  • External Dimensions: Approx. 162mm x 52mm x 98mm
  • Weight: Approx. 210g (tentative)
  • Buttons: PS button, SHARE button, OPTIONS button, Directional buttons
  • (Up/Down/Left/Right), Action buttons (Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square), R1/L1/R2/L2/R3/L3, Right stick, Left stick, Touch Pad Button, Touch Pad 2 Point Touch Pad,Click Mechanism, Capacitive Type
  • Other Features: Light Bar, Vibration, Built-in Mono Speaker
  • Ports: USB (Micro B), Extention Port, Stereo Headset Jack
  • Wireless communication: Bluetooth Ver2.1+EDR





Backwards Compatibility

The PlayStation 4 will not be backwards compatible and will not play PlayStation 3 games. However, there will be networks that will allow classic PlayStation games to be played by offering them through the PlayStation Store.




PlayStation Instant Boot-Up

The PS4 will now have an instant on/off feature allowing your to shut down during a game and then boot up from scratch in seconds and resume where you left off.

Even more, Chris Norden has stressed that Sony has three tenets of PS4 design: simple, social and immediate. Gamers will be able to start playing titles before they've even finished downloading.
And with one button sharing, Norden says the goal is to make it so simple users will "do it without thinking about it."




Friends List/Party Chat


"The PlayStation 4 has party chat and, I can also tell you, that your PlayStation 4 friends list will let you have up to 2,000 friends," said Hollie Bennett from Access PlayStation in a video released this morning.


Read more Here





Blue Ray

Blu-ray is a must for PS4, the PS3 came a little too early for Sony to comfortably include the hardware, but it still pushed ahead with it at great cost. These days, Blu-ray is one of the defining parts of the PlayStation brand and essential for delivering huge amounts of data for top-end games.

Blu-ray wasn't mentioned at all at the event, but I'm assuming that was just to keep things centered on games.




PS4 and PS Vita Bundle

This as of this point is strictly a rumor, however many creditable sources have leaked out information stating there will be a bundle costing around $500 USD that will include the PS4 and the PS Vita. The PS Vita normally is $250 which in this case you're getting the PS Vita for $150 off.




Preorder



Preorder [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] from Bestbuy for $399 USD.

Analyst say there will most likely be shortages on the new Next Gen consoles a few days after the release and during the holiday season.





Will Update Soon





Sources
TechRadar





Want information about the Xbox One?


Visit Xbox One Mega thread with latest information by Daw



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Very nice and detailed post. Keep it updated.

Thanks for adding my topic. Appreciate it.
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Very nice post, it beats daw's next gen console thread. :sly:
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I can tell you took time on this post!
it told me a lot of information and almost everything i need to know!
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Tile wrote I can tell you took time on this post!
it told me a lot of information and almost everything i need to know!


Thanks for the feedback man!
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Thanks for this... very useful!
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Useful indeed but one thing, Watch Dogs isn't an exclusive title.
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zMoFo wrote Useful indeed but one thing, Watch Dogs isn't an exclusive title.



Updated! Thanks for the help. I thought Watch Dogs was an exclusive do I didn't do the research on that game.


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Great post, I can tell you took your time on this.
I smell a sticky
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