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PS4 Gets Priced at $399, Launching in Q4

By - Source: Tom's Hardware US | B 31 comments

Sony's new console will be significantly cheaper than the Xbox One.

E3 is now well under way in California and last night, Sony took to the stage to talk about the next generation of PlayStation, the PS4. Though the company shared quite a bit of information with us at its event back in February, Sony also saved a lot of stuff for E3 (including the console itself!), so there was plenty to talk about yesterday.

 

Thanks to the event in February, we know that the console packs an eight-core 64-bit x86 Jaguar CPU from AMD; a GPU with a unified array of 18 compute units, collectively capable of generating 1.84 Teraflops of processing power; 8GB of RAM; 802.11n WiFi; Bluetooth 2.1; and USB 3.0. Thanks to additional information released since yesterday, we now know that it also boasts an upgradeable 500GB hard drive. What's more, Sony last night revealed how much we'll have to pay to get our hands on the console as well as other details about the software and games for the PS4.

During last night's keynote, Sony confirmed that the PS4 will be priced at $399 when it launches later this year. If you're in Europe, you can expect to pay €399. For your money, you'll get the console itself as well as a controller and USB, HDMI and power cables. If you want the PlayStation Eye camera, you'll have to fork out an extra $59. Another DualShock controller will cost $59.

No word on a release just yet, but Sony is still saying Holiday 2013 for the U.S. and Europe so we'll keep you posted on that one. In the meantime, Sony has already opened up pre-orders for the console for those desperate to ensure they snag one as soon as possible.

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    icemunk , June 11, 2013 4:25 AM
    Not bad. Kind of what I expected for the price. My PC is still faster... 1.84 teraflops for video is equivilent to a Radeon 7850. I'm sure they'll be able to squeeze some extra power out of it as well.
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    icemunk , June 11, 2013 4:25 AM
    Not bad. Kind of what I expected for the price. My PC is still faster... 1.84 teraflops for video is equivilent to a Radeon 7850. I'm sure they'll be able to squeeze some extra power out of it as well.
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    natoco , June 11, 2013 4:53 AM
    My bet in Australia will be around $599-699 since they love ripping off the consumer over here, even though our dollar is close to parity with the US. For 499au I would actually be half interested in it. But my ps3 still plays movies so probably not.
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    natoco , June 11, 2013 4:54 AM
    My bet in Australia will be around $599-699 since they love ripping off the consumer over here, even though our dollar is close to parity with the US. For 499au I would actually be half interested in it. But my ps3 still plays movies so probably not.
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    mapesdhs , June 11, 2013 5:00 AM

    That means it'll be over 400 UKP in the UK. Still too much for a 'console' IMO.
    I didn't buy a PS3 because of the whacko pricing, looks like I'll skip this one
    aswell, stick with PC gaming and the (at least atm) freedom it offers.

    redeemer, actually I think the PS4 looks kinda cool, reminds me of Bladerunner,
    but then I'm an 80s guy, I don't like the whole curved/blobby styling that infests
    everything from hifi to shoes these days. :D 

    Ian.

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    sna , June 11, 2013 5:00 AM
    Quote:
    My bet in Australia will be around $599-699 since they love ripping off the consumer over here, even though our dollar is close to parity with the US. For 499au I would actually be half interested in it. But my ps3 still plays movies so probably not.


    you are near Japan , get the Japanese version :p 
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    JJ1217 , June 11, 2013 5:11 AM
    Quote:
    Not bad. Kind of what I expected for the price. My PC is still faster... 1.84 teraflops for video is equivilent to a Radeon 7850. I'm sure they'll be able to squeeze some extra power out of it as well.


    Not only that, but games are also going to be console optimized. I'm sure we'll see 7950 performance out of the 7850 like graphics..

    And it uses GDDR5, and its cheaper. And its free online. And a big one, it has Kingdom Hearts Three under its belt. PS4 wins this one.
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    JJ1217 , June 11, 2013 5:13 AM
    Quote:
    My bet in Australia will be around $599-699 since they love ripping off the consumer over here, even though our dollar is close to parity with the US. For 499au I would actually be half interested in it. But my ps3 still plays movies so probably not.


    Do you think they do it purposely? I live in Australia, its not like they want to do it purposely. In America and whatnot, retailers by in much larger bulk, getting discounts. Australian retailers have an even smaller market, and so the price eventually goes back to the customer. It pays to not be so ignorant, and instantly blame a retailer, who if you think about it, is barely making any money from selling it.

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    JeanLuc , June 11, 2013 5:22 AM
    Not so much extra power but programmers can code directly to the hardware making console ultra efficient Typically a PC is only able to take advantage of 60% of the potential performance because of the overhead from Windows and DirectX. Still in a couple of years time that 40% will be a distant memory as processes shrink and performance doubles.
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    ddpruitt , June 11, 2013 5:46 AM
    I have to admit I'm actually impressed for the specs and price this may be worth it. Better specs, lower price, supports used games, and no always on connection? I'm actually mulling over preordering one of these (PC still rules though).

    As the noobs say MS has been pawned.
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    ddpruitt , June 11, 2013 5:49 AM
    Quote:
    Not so much extra power but programmers can code directly to the hardware making console ultra efficient Typically a PC is only able to take advantage of 60% of the potential performance because of the overhead from Windows and DirectX. Still in a couple of years time that 40% will be a distant memory as processes shrink and performance doubles.


    You never program to the metal, not even OSes are written this way. This is too complex and too dangerous. DirectX doesn't have as much overhead as what you would think and it's optimized for what it does. You lose much more trying to program in assembly, the size of source code explodes exponentially, is difficult to read, difficult to write, and really hard to write decent algorithms in.

    What you gain more than offsets any loses.
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    rmpumper , June 11, 2013 5:58 AM
    Quote:

    That means it'll be over 400 UKP in the UK. Still too much for a 'console' IMO.
    I didn't buy a PS3 because of the whacko pricing, looks like I'll skip this one
    aswell, stick with PC gaming and the (at least atm) freedom it offers.

    redeemer, actually I think the PS4 looks kinda cool, reminds me of Bladerunner,
    but then I'm an 80s guy, I don't like the whole curved/blobby styling that infests
    everything from hifi to shoes these days. :D 

    Ian.



    Nope. 399USD, 399EUR, 349UKP
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    soldier44 , June 11, 2013 6:13 AM
    I will be too busy playing BF4 on PC above 1080p res to care much about the consoles anyway. But at least their console looks like something from this year and not from the late 90s like the crapbox one. Good pricing too.
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    chomlee , June 11, 2013 7:03 AM
    What I think is great about the PS4 is that at the time of the announcement, the machine is capable of running graphics that only high end pcs can attain. When the ps3 was realeased it was already outdated (by the pcs) by at least a year or 2. Obviously, PCs will continue to get better graphics over the next 5 years but with the efficiency of the console, the PS4 may continue to have comparable graphics to the PCs for the next 3-4 years which is great.
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    DRosencraft , June 11, 2013 8:13 AM
    $100 less than the Xbox, none of the annoying DRM, and a wider range of games from day one. I have a hard time seeing how Microsoft is going to win this console cycle right now. Some metrics showed they barely matched/beat Sony this last cycle, and they had a more significant advantage out the gate. It seems Microsoft is really going to have to rely on an installed die-hard fan base, and hope their game library develops very strongly. They're essentially relying almost entirely on the US market at this point. Unless Sony does something stupid, they very well may have secured an impressive comeback for the next several years.
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    aoneone , June 11, 2013 8:13 AM
    My question is, will this be faster than a 3770K + gtx 670 setup? I need to know! Thx in advance!~ ^_^
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    rad666 , June 11, 2013 8:23 AM
    At least on this console the NSA spy camera is optional.
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    RedJaron , June 11, 2013 9:44 AM
    They keep saying "eight-core" but I want to know if that's a true octa-core, or four Bulldozer-like modules with shared resources.
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    macpeteo , June 11, 2013 9:57 AM
    I will probably be getting the PAlystation4 this time around but I will wait at least six months (my games will not be available till then anyway).
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    Hovaucf , June 11, 2013 10:15 AM
    Has either system detailed their codec support (mp3, mkv, etc)?
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