Sony finally ended the speculation pertaining to the future of the PlayStation by announcing the PS4 late on Wednesday, and now, the replay of the event can be viewed - in its entirety - on YouTube. The event was, compared to the vast majority of such launch conferences, quite late in the day, so if you missed it, now's your chance to relive the announcement as it unfolded.
Well well well, it seems that all the rumors and general consensus were indeed true - Sony has been working on the PlayStation 4 for the last five years according to Lead system architect Mark Cerny. That's probably round two years after they realized the PS3 wasn't going to cut it, then.
During the big announcement of the PlayStation 4 yesterday, game developer Evolution Studios mentioned that companion app for Android tablets to its Drive Club title would allow gamers to communicate with others from a tablet running Google's software. At the time, it wasn't clear how far compatibility would go with other mobile devices, but Sony has just announced a new version of its ”PlayStation App”, which in turn offers a little more information on the matter. As well as being available to both the Android and iOS-using faithful, it will turn tablets and smartphones into 'second screen' controllers.
New York City played host to yesterday's special event from Sony in which it finally launched the PlayStation 4, and as fans attempt to dissect and digest all the information revealed at the event, the Japanese company has released a trailer which offers an abridged take on proceedings. The trailer features a we words from key players in the console's development, sneak previews at some of the hardware and peripherals, as well as a glimpse of those all-important games. Check it out after the break!
Sony just took to the stage to announce their much-awaited next-gen console; the PlayStation 4 and its accompanying new controller; the DualShock 4.
It has been a matter of fierce debate as to whether Sony does indeed plan to unveil the PlayStation 4 at its special event in New York City on Wednesday. The murmurings, the 'sightings', the leaked controllers - all seemed to point to the imminent announcement of the fourth-gen console, but there remained some skepticism. Now, though, unless Sony really wants to throw a curveball at the on looking tech world, it's safe to say the announcement will in fact relate to the mysterious next-gen release, with the Japanese electronics giant having just fed the nostalgic with three "Evolution of the PlayStation" video clips.
Following on from a report yesterday, in which Destructoid offered a supposed first look at what it claimed was the controller for Sony's PlayStation 4, a second photo has today emerged depicting the same peripheral. Today's image is a lot closer, and taken at a different angle - one which also reveals a 3.5mm jack on the underside of the controller, and from this perspective, the handles also look a certain degree longer.
What with it still being very early in the year, lots of rumors continue to be frivolously thrown about as excited tech fans sink their teeth into the prospect of some landmark releases this year. The console wars are set for a step up, with both Sony and Microsoft releasing their respective next-gen offerings, and if it's the unofficially-dubbed PlayStation 4 you're waiting patiently for, it looks as though the controller for the upcoming entertainment system may have been leaked. Well, a picture of it, at least.
Two weeks are left until executives from Sony Computer Entertainment take to the stage and lift the lid on the what we can expect from the next-generation PlayStation console, but reports emerging prior to the event are suggesting that Sony will be relying on a new set of features to dictate the success of the new hardware.
2013 is set to serve as the arena for the next-gen console battles, and although we're still at relative rumor stage and thus can only make assumptions, a report from Japan suggests the PlayStation 4 will arrive with a price point of around $430, which coincides with one of the previous reports published back in January. Japanese site the AsahiShimbun seems convinced the console will cost around 40,000 Yen, which equates to about $428 at the current exchange, and although the cost is more an indication than a guarantee, suggests Sony will be pricing its next-gen console much reasonably than it did its current one.
