During Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2013, Sony announced detailed information about its upcoming next-gen PlayStation 4 console. Console's recommended price is set at 399 USD/400 EUR/349 GBP. It is available for pre-order now and will be released on December 31, 2013.
Press release:
Shared Game Experiences
Engage in endless personal challenges with your community and share your epic triumphs with the press of a button. Simply hit the SHARE button on the controller, scan through the last few minutes of gameplay, tag it and return to the game—the video uploads as you play. The PS4 system also enhances social spectating by enabling you to broadcast your gameplay in real-time.
PlayStationPlus
Designed to bring games and gamers together, and to fuel the next generation of gaming, PlayStationPlus helps you discover a world of extraordinary gaming experiences. PlayStationPlus is a membership service that takes your gaming experience to the next level. Each month members receive access to an Instant Game Collection of top rated blockbuster and innovative Indie games, which they can download direct to their console.
PlayStationPlus gives you exclusive access to a diverse range of immersive online multiplayer experiences to suit all players' tastes, from Killzone Shadow Fall to DRIVECLUB, Watch_Dogs and Destiny. Play and chat with your friends and a community of like-minded gamers from all over the world who love the same games as you do. One payment gives you access to PlayStationPlus on your PlayStation4, PlayStation3 and PlayStationVita systems.
Current PlayStationPlus members can carry their membership over to their PS4 system, and continue to use it with their PS3 and PS Vita systems, at no additional cost.
Gamer Focused, Developer Inspired
The PS4 system focuses on the gamer, ensuring that the very best games and the most immersive experiences are possible on the platform. The PS4 system enables the greatest game developers in the world to unlock their creativity and push the boundaries of play through a system that is tuned specifically to their needs. The PS4 system is centered around a powerful custom chip that contains eight x86-64 cores and a state of the art 1.84 TFLOPS graphics processor with 8 GB of ultra-fast GDDR5 unified system memory, easing game creation and increasing the richness of content achievable on the platform. The end result is new games with rich, high-fidelity graphics and deeply immersive experiences.
The specifications are as following:
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| Memory | GDDR5 8GB | |
| Hard Disk Drive | Built-in | |
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| I/O | Super-Speed USB (USB 3.0), AUX | |
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