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In preparation for tomorrow's announcement, Sony Playstation have released a video which looks back at the evolution of Playstation games and how they pushed the boundaries of play with their innovative titles.



You can watch a global livestream broadcast of the PlayStation Meeting this Wednesday (February 20th, 2013) starting at 6:00pm EST, 3:00pm PST and 11:00pm GMT at these links...

US: https://us.playstation.com/meeting2013/
UK: http://uk.playstation.com/meeting2013/

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A press release reveals the machine will include an 8-core 64-bit x86 "Jaguar" CPU developed by AMD and a Radeon GPU with the capability of terrorizing televisions with 1.84 TFLOPS of gaming goodness.

PlayStation 4 includes a Blu-ray drive that spins game discs a brisk 6X and 8X for DVDs. Additional specs in the release note the, already revealed, 8GB of unified GDDR5 RAM along with 802.11n WiFi capability, USB 3.0 ports, Bluetooth 2.1 and ports for optical audio, HDMI and even legacy analog AV hook-ups. Though the console will have internal storage, Sony did not detail its size.

Sony's plan is to launch its new PlayStation 4 console this holiday season. No specific date or price was revealed during the reveal event.

The PS4's main features include:

  • - New DualShock 4 controller with built in touchpad
  • - Dramatically improved graphics and processing power
  • - Based on same X86 chips used in desktop computer to help game developers
  • - 3D camera that can track the controller, and the player
  • - Games can also be played on Sony's Vita handheld console

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The future of PlayStation is all about great games and entertainment, and at PlayStation Meeting 2013, we brought some of the brightest and most creative minds from the development community on stage to unveil the games that will define PS4. A partial initial lineup for PlayStation 4 includes first-party games from Guerilla Games (Killzone: Shadow Fall), Sucker Punch (inFamous Second Son), Evolution Studios (Driveclub), and Japan Studio (Knack), as well as titles from our partners such as Activision/Bungie (Destiny), Blizzard Entertainment (Diablo III), Capcom (Deep Down), and Ubisoft (Watch_Dogs). PlayStation also reinforced its commitment to self-publishing and the independent development community by having Jonathan Blow onstage who gave a sneak peek of his upcoming title The Witness. Finally, the incredible minds at Media Molecule and Quantic Dream gave glimpses of their conceptualization process and the future of gameplay with some remarkable footage. We only scratched the surface at the event, and will have many more exciting titles to come.

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Our next generation console will change the way you interact with friends while you play. PlayStation 4 lets you instantly share images and videos of your favorite gameplay moments on Facebook with a single press on the DUALSHOCK 4 controller’s “share” button. You can also broadcast while you play in real-time through Ustream, allowing friends to comment or jump into your game in new ways.

With PlayStation 4 we also want you to access your games quicker than ever before. PS4’s “suspend mode” eliminates the load time on your saved game and allows you to immediately return to where you left off by pressing the power button. PlayStation 4’s background downloading and updating capability also allows you to immediately play digital titles as they download, or update the system when the hardware is powered off.

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DUALSHOCK 4 adopts the familiar form factor of the DUALSHOCK 3 wireless controller with some key enhancements:
  • - Motion control is enabled by a new highly sensitive six-axis sensor
  • - Dual analog sticks fine-tuned for better precision plus improved surface materials and shape for more delicate manipulation
  • - L2/R2 buttons on the top of the controller employ a curved design for easier, smoother interaction
  • - A new “Options” button combines the functions of the DUALSHOCK 3’s “Select” and “Start” buttons for operating in-game menus

You can see more images of the new DUALSHOCK 4 controller here.
 

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Let's not forget they also took down Battle.net (World of Warcraft, Starcraft 1&2, Diablo 3), a number of Sony Online Entertainment titles, League of Legends, and a bunch of other online gaming services. Not too long ago, Steam and Origin were under DDOS "attacks" as well.

As much as it is extremely aggravating, I personally believe these things aren't all that bad. Let's face it, a Distributed Denial of Service "attack" isn't much more than exactly what it is. In their attempts to be annoying, they're also exposing flaws in the security of these online services, seeing as they keep on succeeding at taking them down. I would much rather see this happening, and be without a game for a few hours, than finding an email in my inbox, stating that PSN's been hacked and millions of peoples' personal information is out in the open.

At the very least, this just shows us how much we care about gaming, and just how much we depend on our games being available. If you take a step back and look at it, it shouldn't bother us nearly as much as it does, for we should have other things to do with our spare time. But, looking at the bunch of nerds we really are...well, you know :D
 
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Got a sudden urge for ps4 this week for reason. Got alot more ps3 than I thought so will take them to cex. Planning to preorder the white console with destiny game for £349 sincenormal black console is same price.

Tempted to get injustice since has all of extra characters that I had to buy on ps3. One question, can you buy preowned games and play online or do you still get online codes in games?
 
Monday's PSN Maintenance has been rescheduled for tomorrow, Thursday 28th August from 16:00 until Friday 29th August 05:00 BST.

Full details can be read here.
 
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Customisable dashboard themes are headed to PlayStation 4 via firmware update v2.0.

There is still no word on when the firmware will be available, other than later this year. However, what we do know is that these themes will allow you to customise your PS4, adding in backgrounds and stylised icons, all of which can be downloaded from the PS4 store.

Share Play and YouTube sharing are also a new feature of the latest firmware, while a real-time friend activity feed in the What's New section of the dashboard will also be added.

 
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Not sure where to put this question, but I pre ordered a white ps4 on the Game website and it's obviously out next Tuesday. So will it get delivered Tuesday or before? And when do they take the money as they haven't taken it yet.
 
Preordered the white ps4 with destiny in store Game today. Then went to local cex and got black flag ps4 for £18 due to them sticking the ps3 version on the ps4 case, staff didnt even dispute at till as just took case, got the disc and I paid. I left very pleased.

When in game the gihtold me that they canstart taking payments tomorrow so that come Tuesday youll be able to queue up in a mini line to just collect. Unfortunately I wont be back in that area until next Tuesday anyways
 
Got my email from gaming saying that they have started to being processing my order for the White PS4 Destiny bundle. My guess it should arrive Tuesday, although some game orders have arrived a day early
 
Just got done installing a 2 TB Hard Drive into my Playstation 4. That should hold me over for a long while. It now shows that i have a total of 1768 GB available, instead of the 407 that i had with the 500 GB, that the system came with. Well spent $105, imo.
 
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I just ordered some GelTabz to protect the 2 sticks on my new white PS4 dualshock coming in the Destiny bundle next Tue.
Are all the new controllers being sold now have an improved rubber finish on the sticks since the originals were defective?
 
Guess its either Monday or Tuesday for delivery. The wait is killing me....
My white matt skin arrived today, i don't want to scratch up the glossy HDD cover
 
Got a few games this week as I wait for the white destiny bundle to be released. Just looked a couple of the games (UFC & Injustice) and see that multiplayer requires playstation plus membership.

Do all ps4 games require you to have playstation plus membership?

One of reasons why I always stuck with playstation was due to free to play online so slightly disappointed if now have to get playstation plus :( if I have, anyone know best deals on it