Sony Launches PS4, the Newest Generation of PlayStation
It's finally here.
The PS3 hit the market in November of 2006. Over the last few years, the market has been looking towards the next generation of PlayStation, the PS4. Today, after months of teasing us with photos, unboxings, and demonstrations, Sony officially launched the PS4. It's only available in select markets right now, but the PS4 has arrived.
The PS4 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; USB 3.0; and an upgradeable 500GB hard drive. It'll set you back $399.
Sony says there will be 33 PS4 titles available by the end of the year, 15 of which will be Blu-ray titles SCE World Studio. The rest is made up of digital download titles. Sony is calling them the 'launch frame' line up, which means not all of them are available starting today, but they will be out in the next six weeks. Check out the full list below for what you can expect over the next month and a half:
- NBA 2K14
- Call of Duty: Ghosts
- Skylanders Swap Force
- Need for Speed: Rivals
- Battlefield 4
- Madden 25
- FIFA 14
- NBA Live
- Killzone: Shadow Fall
- #DRIVECLUB
- Knack
- Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag
- Watch_Dogs
- Just Dance 2014
- LEGO Marvel Superheroes
- Basement Crawl
- Pool Nation Extreme
- Contrast
- Warframe
- Pinball Arcade
- War Thunder
- N++
- Minecraft
- DC Universe
- Planetside 2
- Counterspy
- ResoGun
- Flower
- Doki-Doki Universe
- Hohokum
- Tiny Brains
- Super Motherload
- Blacklight
The PS4 launches in Europe and Australia in two weeks, on November 29. UAE and Saudi Arabia will follow, on December 13, with Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, and Malaysia getting the console on December 17, 18, and 19, respectively. South Korea, South East Asia, South Afrida and India are also suppsed to get the console in December, though Sony hasn't talked about specific release dates for those markets. Bringing up the rear, a whopping 99 days behind the North American launch, is poor Japan.
Head on over to Tom's Guide for their PS4 review, and stay tuned for our in-depth technical analysis of the new consoles coming soon.
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IB
I will say that it is very disapointing that the titles that are most interesting are the ones that have the longest delay (such as watch dogs). This reminds me of Killzone 2 for the PS3 which showcased the game (with a fake video) and then when the PS3 was released, Killzone 2 was delayed (for about 2 years).
Why? Spend $400 and not have to upgrade your hardware for 7 years or spend that much every year to stay current.
The yearly upgrade cycle myth is delusion from console gamers with inferiority complexes.
I haven't spent anything on my PC in three years and it can play BF4 better than the PS4...which still isn't even 1080p HAHA. I even got to enjoy BF:BC2 and BF3 at 1080p over that time, while you were at less than 720p at 30fps.
1080p standard for the next five years? Your not even there yet on battlefield 4. Not to mention ZERO backwards compatability and fees to play online = false economy.
I'm a PS3 owner as are a lot of my friends. Only one that I know of plans on buying one this year. The rest of us plan on waiting well into next year. Most of us got burned on the $500 original "fat boy" and had to buy a new "slim" a few years later. The fat boy had a TERRIBLE laser failure rate...it was easily repairable by yourself by buying the part, or you could send it in to Sony and pay them $150 with a 90-day warranty. However, the replacement lasers usually failed within a half year for those who bothered either way.
We are going to sit back and watch a while. Besides, there is still plenty of PS3 gaming and Gran Tourismo 6 comes out Dec. 6 for it (no PS4 version until 2015 at the earliest which will likely be GT7). Also,"Drive Club" for the PS4 has been delayed until March 2014 at least...hope that won't turn out like all the delays we saw with GT5...
Though the PS4 would still stay the same because of it's released status.
If something goes wrong in a PC we can RMA JUST THAT PART & replace it easily, rather than ship back the entire system. Consoles are now & always will be for the sadly misinformed marketing-dominated people who cannot fathom that games are nearly 8 years behind what they could & SHOULD be as a result of the console manufacturers play for market dominance. This limits games both graphically & control-wise due to console's simplistic, slower & less precise controllers (meanwhile PC can use any peripheral controller in existence including console controllers) The PC hardware market has lots of competition driving both technology forward & prices downward. PC games are hugely cheaper because they are distributable digitally by companies like Steam, GoG, Origin and Amazon DD.
I love games but I hate consoles both from a player AND a developer standpoint. If they were upgradable, compatible with any & all peripheral controllers/hardware, didn't limit the progress & quality of games & actually belonged to us once we buy them (so that we may install any software/operating system we want & use them as we wish) then consoles would be awesome! or wait... no, they'd be Personal Computers for gaming. High fives & respect to anyone who smashes a PS or Xbox & comes over to the free future of quality gaming: Personal Computers