Sony PlayStation 4 (PRE-ORDER)

Features

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.

New DUALSHOCK4 Wireless Controller
The DUALSHOCK4 controller features new innovations to deliver more immersive gaming experiences, including a highly sensitive six-axis sensor as well as a touch pad located on the top of the controller, which offers completely new ways to play and interact with games. The new SHARE button puts video streaming and sharing a tap away.

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 gameâ€"the video uploads as you play. The PS4™ system also enhances social spectating by enabling you to broadcast your gameplay in real-time.

Entertainment
PlayStation4 will provide gamers access to a rich portfolio of applications that feature the hottest movies and television shows, unique specialized content, and live sports programming.

PlayStation Plus
Introducing the new PlayStation Plus, the membership service designed to bring games and gamers together, and fuel the next generation of gaming on the PS4™ system. PlayStationÂPlus helps you discover a world of extraordinary gaming experiences through the ever-expanding collection of great games that members receive access to as part of their membership. With PlayStationÂPlus on the PS4™ system, youâ€ll also discover a world of like-minded gamers to play with and challenge, connected through an all-new multiplayer service worthy of the next generation.

Personalized, Curated Content
The PS4 system has the ability to learn about your preferences. It will learn your likes and dislikes, allowing you to discover content pre-loaded and ready to go on your console in your favorite game genres or by your favorite creators. Players also can look over game-related information shared by friends, view friends†gameplay with ease, or obtain information about recommended content, including games, TV shows and movies.

Play as You Download
Increase your play time with the ability to play games while theyâ€re downloading titles. When a player purchases a game that is enabled with this feature, the PS4 system downloads a portion of the game, so play can start, while the rest is downloaded in the background during actual gameplay.

Remote Play
Remote Play on the PS4 system fully unlocks the PlayStation Vita systemâ€s potential, making it the ultimate companion device. With the PS Vita system, gamers will be able to play a range of PS4 titles on the beautiful 5-inch display over Wi-Fi access points in a local area network.

Specs

Main processor     

• Single-chip custom processor
• CPU: low power x86-64 AMD “Jaguar”, 8 cores
• GPU: 1.84 TFLOPS, AMD Radeon™ Graphics Core Next engine

Memory     GDDR5 8GB     
Hard Disk Drive     Built-in  (500GB) 

Optical Drive (Read only)     

• BD 6xCAV
• DVD 8xCAV

   
I/O     

• Super-Speed USB (USB 3.0), AUX     

Communication     

• Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T)
• IEEE 802.11 b/g/n
• Bluetooth 2.1 (EDR)

   
AV output     

• HDMI
• Digital Output (optical)