Sony officially announced the PlayStation 4 on Februat a 2 hour event called PlayStation Meeting 2013, which was hosted by Andrew House & held at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. On MaSony revealed the console had surpassed 20 million PS4 units sold to consumers. A single PS+ membership applies across the PS Vita, PS3, and PS4 consoles.ĭuring Sony's Gamescom 2014 briefing, the company announced that as of August 10th 2014 they had sold 10 million PS4 units to consumers. Free-to-play & subscription-based games are however exempt, as are other online services such as Netflix. The new controller also gives players new input options via a touchpad and motion sensor light bar.įor the first time on a Sony console, a paid membership to their PlayStation Plus program will be required to play online multiplayer on the PS4.

It is capable of streaming games via Gaikai's streaming service, and features options such as gameplay video sharing, instant game resume from hibernation, a robust social network-like friends list, PS Vita integration & remote play, and background uploading and downloading. It uses the x86 processor and 8GB of GDDR5 memory, making it much more PC-like (and easier to code for) than Sony's previous console, the PlayStation 3. The PlayStation 4 is the fourth video game console produced by the Sony Corporation, and was released November 15th in North America and November 29th in Europe and Australia.

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