{"id":46341,"date":"2013-02-21T12:24:26","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T04:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/?p=46341"},"modified":"2013-02-21T12:24:27","modified_gmt":"2013-02-21T04:24:27","slug":"sony-announces-playstation-4-without-a-single-picture-of-the-console","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/21\/sony-announces-playstation-4-without-a-single-picture-of-the-console\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony announces PlayStation 4 without a single picture of the console"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The much anticipated Sony PlayStation 4 has been announced today. It has backings of big gaming companies. The presentation showed a lot of information on the games and the DualShock 4 controller except for the console itself.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/21\/sony-announces-playstation-4-without-a-single-picture-of-the-console\/sony-ps4-dual-shock-4-controller\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-46342\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"46342\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/21\/sony-announces-playstation-4-without-a-single-picture-of-the-console\/sony-ps4-dual-shock-4-controller\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sony-ps4-dual-shock-4-controller.jpg?fit=800%2C528&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,528\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sony-ps4-dual-shock-4-controller\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sony-ps4-dual-shock-4-controller.jpg?fit=300%2C198&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sony-ps4-dual-shock-4-controller.jpg?fit=800%2C528&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46342\" alt=\"sony-ps4-dual-shock-4-controller\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sony-ps4-dual-shock-4-controller.jpg?resize=601%2C396\" width=\"601\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sony-ps4-dual-shock-4-controller.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sony-ps4-dual-shock-4-controller.jpg?resize=300%2C198&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->There is no pricing and the availability is just Holiday 2013 (I presume it is towards the end of the year). However, looking at the video of the games, I think they look awesome.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Technical Specification<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Here is the Technical Specs of the Sony PS4 if you are interested.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Single-chip custom processor, with eight x86-64 AMD Jaguar CPU cores and 1.84 TFLOPS next-gen AMD Radeon based graphics engine<\/li>\n<li>8GB GDDR5 memory<\/li>\n<li>Built-in hard drive<\/li>\n<li>6x Blu-Ray and 8x DVD drive<\/li>\n<li>USB 3.0 and auxiliary ports<\/li>\n<li>Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11 b\/g\/n Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth 2.1<\/li>\n<li>HDMI, analog AV-out, and optical S\/PDIF audio output<\/li>\n<li>DualShock 4 controller, with two-point capacitive touchpad, three-axis gyroscope, three-axis accelerometer, vibration, light bar with three color LEDs, mono speaker, micro USB port, stereo headset port, extension port, 1000mAh battery<\/li>\n<li>PlayStation 4 Eye camera, with two 1280 x 800 cameras, f\/2.0 fixed focus lenses, 85-degree field of view, 30cm minimum focusing distance, four-channel microphone array<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scei.co.jp\/corporate\/release\/pdf\/130221a_e.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here to Check Out the Press Release (with specs)(in PDF format)<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>From the information that I have read, Sony focused a lot on social sharing and connectivity. And with Sony Eye, I see that as a direct competition with Xbox 360.<\/p>\n<p>From the blog post of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2013\/2\/20\/4009410\/sony-playstation-4-ps4-announcement\" target=\"_blank\">The Verge<\/a>, the PS3 games is not backward compatible with the PS4 console<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Unfortunately, while the new console will in fact <i>not<\/i> be backwards-compatible with current PlayStation 3 titles, the much-anticipated streaming solution for PS3 titles isn&#8217;t here. However, Perry did say that the company was &#8220;exploring&#8221; the ability for PS3 titles to eventually be available on almost any device.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Nevertheless, PS4 do have some great games to start with.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Games<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>From the video, I think the games look awesome. Here are some titles: &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Killzone: Shadow Fall<\/li>\n<li>Deep Down<\/li>\n<li>Watch Dogs<\/li>\n<li>Driveclub<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2013\/2\/20\/4008586\/sony-playstation-4-first-games-revealed\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to check out the games for Sony PlayStation 4 (PS4)<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>Another interesting thing about the Sony PS4 is that Sony is going to launch a Sony PlayStation app for Android and iOS later to complement as a second screen for the console.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/21\/sony-announces-playstation-4-without-a-single-picture-of-the-console\/ps4-android-ios-app\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-46343\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"46343\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/21\/sony-announces-playstation-4-without-a-single-picture-of-the-console\/ps4-android-ios-app\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ps4-android-ios-app.jpg?fit=630%2C420&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"630,420\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ps4-android-ios-app\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ps4-android-ios-app.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ps4-android-ios-app.jpg?fit=630%2C420&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46343\" alt=\"ps4-android-ios-app\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ps4-android-ios-app.jpg?resize=600%2C400\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ps4-android-ios-app.jpg?w=630&amp;ssl=1 630w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ps4-android-ios-app.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anything that I missed? Or yes, how does Sony PlayStation 4 looks like? I guess everyone will be curious to know. We do not have the answer (yet).<\/p>\n<p>[ad#boxlist]<br \/>\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2013\/02\/20\/liveblog-sony-playstation-4\/\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a>)<br \/>\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2013\/2\/20\/4008586\/sony-playstation-4-first-games-revealed\" target=\"_blank\">source2<\/a>)<br \/>\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2013\/2\/20\/4011496\/playstation-4-tech-specs-revealed-amd-jaguar-cpu-faster-blu-ray-720p\" target=\"_blank\">source3<\/a>)<br \/>\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2013\/2\/20\/4011668\/sony-playstation-app-for-ios-and-android-adds-second-screen\" target=\"_blank\">source4<\/a>)<br \/>\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2013\/2\/20\/4009410\/sony-playstation-4-ps4-announcement\" target=\"_blank\">source5<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The much anticipated Sony PlayStation 4 has been announced today. 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