PlayStation 4: All about the Sony PS4 console, PlayStation 4: The Games Outings Agenda – Gamekult

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The video games of the moment on PlayStation 4

On January 7, 2020, at the Sony conference at CES 2020 in Las Vegas, Jim Ryan, CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment announced that 106 million consoles have passed in 6 years. For more than a billion games sold. Sony announces that these are also 103 million active users on the PlayStation Store, for 38.8 million players registered in the PlayStation Plus.

PlayStation 4

PlayStation 4 is the fourth Sony show console, but the sixth console of the PlayStation universe if we take into account the portable consoles. The PS4 was officially announced on February 21, 2013 during a PlayStation Meeting organized in New York. Sony thus revealed the logo, the console controller, and the first games.

But it will be necessary to wait until the E3 in June 2013 to discover the design of the new console as well as its launch price set at € 399.99 and its release scheduled for November 29, 2013 in France. The console will arrive a little in advance in the United States, since the American exit will be set for November 15, 2013. For the first time in the history of Playstation, Japan will be the last territory served. Indeed, the PS4 will not arrive until February 22, 2014 in the land of the rising sun.

Sony PS4 1 TO at the best price basic price: € 349

With a price 100 € lower than the Xbox One (its main competitor) and with options and a policy more addressed to players, Sony and PlayStation 4 will win the battle of communication during the 2013 E3 and pre -orders The console will be a huge success to the point where the PS4 will quickly be out of stock with most resellers with in addition to that a long waiting list which is starting to extend over several months.

When it was released, the PlayStation 4 will make a fairly impressive launch which recalls that of PlayStation 2 in its time. The PS2 which is to date the best -selling console in history. And the PS4 will follow in the footsteps of its big sister, given that over the months, the new console of Sony will accumulate the millions of sales exceeding the figures of the PS2 over the same period.

PS4 Slim Sheet

On September 7, 2016, Sony organized a second PlayStation Meeting in New York. However, it will not be to announce a new new generation console, but two new versions of the PS4. Sony therefore presents a lightened slim version of its console with some improvements. If in broad outline the console is identical in every way with the PlayStation 4 normal on its performance, the latter offers an improvement in the level of Bluetooth, WiFi and USB ports.

The console also loses a few grams for a total weight of 2.1 kilograms. The console is offered with a 500GB orTO hard drive, in order to be able to install more games. For the rest, the PS4 Slim is identical to the Playssation 4 FAT.

PS4 PRO sheet

The main announcement of the PlayStation Meeting of September 7, 2016 is of course the PS4 Pro. The PlayStation for Pro-Gamers, those who want to play in optimal conditions. The PlayStation 4 Pro is therefore the premium version of the PlayStation experience. Available only with a 1TB hard drive, the pro board of a 2.1GHz (against 1.6 on PS4 and PS4 Slim).

As for the GPU, the latter is increased from an AMD Radeon 800 MHz with 18 graphic cores (1.84 TFOPS) to an AMD Radeon 911 MHz with 36 graphic cores (4.2 tflops). The Blu-ray player remains the same as the basic PS4. The PS4 PRO has HDR technology to the point allowing you to upset games in 4K instead of offering more expensive native 4K.

The PS4 Pro will be quite criticized when it was released, since its main competitor (the Xbox One X) will allow you to read the games in 4K. However, the console is sold € 100 more expensive than the PS4 Pro.

Dualshock 4 PS4 sheet

For the first time since 1997 and the arrival of the first Dualshock, Sony changes the shape and style of the controller for the PS4. Indeed, the Dualshock 4 is quite different with an increased ergonomics, a more rounded shape, new much more pleasant triggers. The “Start” and “Select” buttons give way to the “option” and “share” buttons. Thanks to the “Share” button it is possible to capture videos, make screenshots and share them on social networks. A great first that will have its small effect in 2013 !

The big novelty is the arrival of a touchpad in the center of the controller that will allow new interactions in optimized games, but also a light-bar at the back of the controller that allows you to do detection of movements with the PlayStation Camera. From 2016 with the new controller that accompanies the outings of the PS4 Slim and Pro, a thin light bar arrives on the touchpad.

On January 7, 2020, at the Sony conference at CES 2020 in Las Vegas, Jim Ryan, CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment announced that 106 million consoles have passed in 6 years. For more than a billion games sold. Sony announces that these are also 103 million active users on the PlayStation Store, for 38.8 million players registered in the PlayStation Plus.

Sony is also the leader in virtual reality with the PlayStation VR which has a total of 5 million headsets elapsed. During the first quarter of the 2021 fiscal year, we learned that PlayStation 4 had just exceeded the 110 million console mark sold. In 2020, the PlayStation 5 will enter track.

PS4 comparison

Consoles	PlayStation 4	PlayStation 4 Slim	PlayStation 4 Pro
Release date	November 29, 2013	September 16, 2016	November 10, 2016
Weight	2.8kg	2.1 kg	3.3 kg
CPU	1.6GHz	1.6GHz	2.1 GHz
Gpu	AMD Radeon 800 MHz with 18 graphic cores (1.84 tflops)	AMD Radeon 800 MHz with 18 graphic cores (1.84 tflops)	AMD Radeon 911 MHz with 36 graphic cores (4.2 tflops)
Hard disk	500 GB	500 GB [or] 1 to	1 to
Drive	Blue-ray	Blue-ray	Blue Ray
USB	2 USB 3 ports.0	2 USB 3 ports.1	3 USB 3 ports 3.1
Wireless	IEEE 802.11 b / g / n	IEEE 802.11 A / B / G / N / AC	IEEE 802.11 A / B / G / N / AC
Bluetooth	Yes, 2.1 (EDR)	Yes 4.0	Yes, 4.0
Optical outing	Yes	No	Yes
Hdr	Yes (since the maj 4.0 of September 2016)	Yes (since the maj 4.0 of September 2016)	Yes
Resolution	1920 x 1080p	1920 x 1080p	3840 x 2160p
Fps	30 fps	30 fps	60fps
Retrocompatibility	No	No	No
Starting price	€ 399.99	€ 299.99	€ 399.99
Current price	€ 299.99	€ 299.99