This article is a comprehensive list of PS4 information. Please follow the links in each category to find details on the console, its capabilities and availability.
Release Date:
- November 15 (US)
- November 29 (EU)
Launching in 32 Regions by end of the Year
Official Website | PS4 PDF | 360 Degrees of the PS4 |
Contents inside Retail Box | Buyers Guide
SPECS
The full list of technical specifications for the PlayStation 4 have been revealed by Sony at E3:
- Recommended retail price: US $399, Canada $399, €399 and £349
- CPU: x86-64 AMD “Jaguar” Single-chip custom processor
- Number of Cores/Threads: 8/8
- Estimated Frequency: 1.6Ghz (Max 2.75Ghz)
- Shared L2 Cache: 2 x 2MB
- Manufacturing Process: 28nm
- GPU: AMD next-generation Radeon based graphics engine
- Peak Shader Throughput: 1.84TFLOPS
- GPU Cores: 1152
- Memory: 8GB GDDR5
- Frequency: 5500MHz
- System Memory Bus: 256-bits
- System Memory Bandwidth: 176.0GB/s
- Storage size: 500GB hard disk drive, user removable*
- External dimensions: Approximately 275 x 53 x 305mm
- Mass: Approx 2.8kg
- BD/DVD drive (read only): BD x 6 CAV, DVD x 8 CAV
- Input/Output: Super-Speed USBx (USB 3.0) port x2, AUX port x1
- Networking: Ethernet x1, IEEE 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 (EDR)
- AV output: HDMI out port, DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) port
- Included: PlayStation 4 system x1, Wirelesscontroller (DualShock 4) x1, Mono headset x1,AC power cord x1, HDMI cable x1, USB cable x1
Article Links
GPU Articles
- Article 1 | A2
- Graphics card comparison that have PC equivalent
- Unity Engine Coming to the PS4
- PS4 is using huMA to improve 3D performance
- PS4 using huMA, Tech explained
- Part 2 of the huMA Tech
Find the Original Playstation Thread with a list of upcoming games here
Controller & Accessories
(Camera sold separately from PS4)
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Playstation Plus for PS4
- 12 Hit games for PlayStation®3 and 6 for PS Vita
- New games added to your collection every month
- Exclusive discounts of up to 75% on the PlayStation®Store
- One membership works across PS4™, PS3™ and PS Vita systems
PS+ Articles
Features with NO PS+ requirement
- Party Chat| Cross-Game Chat | PS4 Apps | Video Services (ex. Netflix, Hulu) | Free to Play games |
- Remote Play | Certain MMO Games | Auto Patch Games and Auto Update Firmware |
- Recording and Streaming functions (Share button) |
Gaikai
Technology Features & Remote Play
- Uploading/sharing services | Try before you buy | Play as you download | Remotely take Control of a Friends game
- Remote Play –
- PS4 remote play to the Vita MANDATORY for all games unless it uses some sort of accessory ie Camera/…
- Zero lag for remote play
- Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida Explains how PS4 and PSVita will interact with Remote Play
- Can’t Remote Play while watching Netflix on PS4
- Shuhei Yoshida talks more about the Remote Play
- PSN Games purchases possible to be played in the future of PS4
- The Last of Us, Journey, Uncharted 3 streaming fine through Gaikai
XMB gone, Playstation Dynamic Menu (PDM)
Article 1 | A2Video 1 | V2 [Early Dev Kit build]| V3 [Rewind theater] |V4 [Shuhei Yoshida starts gamescom with PS4 UI] | V5 [DS4 Volume Control]
UI Capabilities Articles
Upload to and View from:
Ustream | Twitch , Link 2 | Youtube |Facebook | Twitter
- Commentary while streaming your gameplay
- Friends list now capable of adding 2000 friends
- Text and VOICE MESSAGING will be on the PS4 confirmed
- PS4 can multitask [like Vita] with multiple apps
- Record last 15 minutes of gameplay
- Automatic 15 minutes of recording, UNLIMITED AMOUNT for MANUAL recording , Capture Cards!
Interviews
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Mark Cerney
Article1 | A2 | A3 | A4 , A5Video 1 | V2
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Shuhei Yoshida
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Fergal Gara
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Jack Tretton
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Jim Ryan
Extra Videos that may answer your questions
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- Walmart can’t guarantee Release Day Delivery | Best Buy | Target |
- Sony tells UK stores to suspend preorders of PS4, afraid no PS4’s during Holiday season.
- Over 1 Million Preorders worldwide!
- 1.5 Million Pre-orders for PS4 at Gamestop
- PS4 has pent-up demand
- PS4 game preorders doing really great!
- Sony Factories can’t keep up with demand, running flat out of PS4
- Sony UK “PS4 Pre-orders levels are unprecedented in over 20 Years”
- PS4 Preorders stated over a million worldwide but are merely a fraction of the real amount – Jack Tr…
6 responses to “PS4, Everything About it So Far”
Specs are pretty much all I care about, so I like that it’s the first item highlighted.
Very detailed and comprehensive. Excellent information gathering work.
Thank you for this great article! So many questions clarified and so many things I did not think to ask elucidated! There’s also a list of upcoming games here guys
Bookmarked. Needs a tab for barely contained excitement.
Hope it works with my Astro A40 Headset!
Specs are way over my head. I’m more interested in the games, and the “restrictions” (ahem – M$).
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