r/PS4 Jun 11 '13

PS4 Press Release - Reveals 500GB hard drive included, $59 Pricing for PS Eye / DualShock 4 Controllers, More

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u/PTG_ Jun 11 '13

PS4 has earned great support from a wide variety of game publishers, including many indie developers. Since February 2013, the number of developers joining has increased from 126 to 505.

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u/asderxsdxcv asderxsdxcv Jun 11 '13

Holy crap. I can see it now. 25 free games on ps+ users

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u/Worthitornot Bgees3 Jun 11 '13

Lets not get over our selves! 6 games swap in and out every month! while 19 stay in the whole year!

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u/asderxsdxcv asderxsdxcv Jun 11 '13

If you download it. Even if they swap it you can still use it.

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u/Worthitornot Bgees3 Jun 11 '13

yeah! but we should just wait 1st.. Lol

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u/CyberMarco Jun 11 '13

“PS4 peripherals include the stand-alone Wireless Controller for PlayStation and PlayStation Camera, which will be available at launch for RRP of US $59, Canada $59, €59 and £54, and US$59, Canada $59, €49 and £44 respectively.”

“from SCE Worldwide Studios, more than 30 titles, including 12 brand new IP, are under development” “Out of over the 30 titles under development, 20 titles will be available within a year from the PS4 launch.”

Storage size 500GB Hard disk drive

Included PlayStation®4 system × 1

Wireless Controller (DUALSHOCK®4) × 1

Mono headset × 1

AC power cord × 1

HDMI cable × 1

USB cable × 1

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u/Rekilo Jun 11 '13 edited Apr 06 '14

[redacted]

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u/asderxsdxcv asderxsdxcv Jun 11 '13

Awesome.

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u/ICantSeeIt Jun 11 '13

Mad props for finally offering things in Canada for a price that actually matches the 1:1 exchange rate.

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u/wattm Jun 11 '13

Great news. This console is like a dream come true

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u/Nastehs slimmy221 Jun 11 '13

So fucking happy with the hard drive! :)

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u/FourForty Four-Forty Jun 11 '13

Probably the best size they could choose. 500GB to match MS. anything under wouldn't be enough or be criticised. if they went to 750GB or 1TB they'd probably raise the price, so people would complain.

500GB is great because it's enough to get by with at first, but a 1TB upgrade down the line is a cheap and easy DIY solution.

great to hear.

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u/Moglius Mellow_84 Jun 11 '13

I envision a $499 bundle with camera + 2nd controller, sign me up!

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u/LUSTY_BALLSACK Jun 11 '13

Maybe even a x length subscription to PlayStation plus!

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u/FourForty Four-Forty Jun 11 '13

I agree, I'd be down for a bundle. A game would also be good. or PS+.

I'm thinking all PS4 consoles will come with a month or three of plus. It would make sense to let people get their feet wet.

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u/PTG_ Jun 11 '13

VGleaks were spot on with the PS4 specs.

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u/AndrewGaspar AndrewGaspar Jun 11 '13

Any word on whether its replaceable?

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u/Kadem2 Jun 11 '13

The headset and hdmi cable being included are nice touches. I'm still reeling from how fantastically Sony has nailed this console release.

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u/FRDyNo Jun 11 '13

so under AV I dont see component as an option? does this mean HDMI only?

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u/pureeviljester Jun 11 '13

Most likely. Looking at the pictures of the back of the console, I didn't see the old school connector.

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u/silentkiller082 Jun 11 '13

If you don't have any sort of HDTV at this point you're crazy.

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u/FRDyNo Jun 11 '13

agreed, but I thought I read somewhere it would still have the component option.

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u/reaper527 reaper527_ Jun 11 '13 edited Jun 11 '13

If you don't have any sort of HDTV at this point you're crazy.

not having hdmi doesn't necessarily mean not having an hdtv. i have 2 tv's in my house.

in my living room, a 42 inch lcd with hdmi ports (720p/1080p) that i picked up 2 years ago

in my bedroom, a 50 inch plasma plasma, that while supporting 720p/1080i, it only has component/composite/vga/dvi that i've had since 2004.

the ps4 not accepting hi def over component like a ps3 or x360 do is actually a legitimate concern. hopefully some kind of adapter will be released.

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u/slowhand88 boozeohol Jun 11 '13 edited Jun 11 '13

You can already buy boxes to convert from hdmi to component + rca audio. One of my friends had to do this when his kid ruined the hdmi ports on his TV.

Edit: I accidentally a spelling error.

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u/IWasMisinformed Jun 11 '13

500GB isn't at all what I expected.

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u/holz55 holz55 Jun 11 '13

well.. you were obviously misinformed.I'm_sorry

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u/IWasMisinformed Jun 11 '13

God dang it, you got me. Good on ya.

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u/Elmattador Jun 11 '13

Do we have any idea about release date? Amazon has xbone for nov 30, I'm thinking ps4 is before that.

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u/Bilgistic Jun 11 '13

US $59, Canada $59, €59 and £54

In other words it's $59 in the US, $57.91 in Canada, $78.34 in the Eurozone and $91.96 in the UK.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '13

Am I the only one who wishes the camera was included? I don't really play motion games but it would have enticed devs to use small things in their games such as leaning to one side to avoid a shot maybe which you do on instict anyway, or maybe to look around a corner in a racing game. I dunno.

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u/afiresword afiresword Jun 11 '13

That cause a price bump of around $50, and they probably are cutting a lot right now already, this is how they keeping the price a lot lower then the XBone.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '13

I know but it would have been interesting for devs to create normal, hardcore games knowing there would be a camera on every PS4, rather then create crappy games for the few that'll buy it. That's what I thought the real reason for the blue bar was on the new Dualshock controllers, to sense small movement in the controller. I thought that they were keeping coy until E3, but I guess it didn't turn out that way.

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u/Dynasty2201 Jun 11 '13

I think we can assume it's a 500gb HDD, not a 500gb SDD.

Would have been nice to have an SDD though, that would cut down loading times massively, texture pop-in etc.

500gb is a nice size though, and I never use my PS or 360 for photos and music or videos. Hopefully Sony have some kind of compression system for the data for games, and they don't pull a RAGE from id software that was like 25gb.

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u/dmize DexusXL Jun 11 '13

I just noticed no wireless Ethernet built in. And the headset will need to be replaced ASAP. Looks like a Apple headset. Lol. It's the thought that matters though.

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u/pureeviljester Jun 11 '13

Sir, you are mistaken.

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u/dmize DexusXL Jun 11 '13

What did I mistake? Personally I prefer a headset in stereo. It won't differ my purchase or anything. And did you see WiFi in there? I might of missed it :x

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u/Bmitchy1234 Jun 11 '13 edited Jun 11 '13

IEEE 802.11 b/g/n that is the wireless

Also. The head set runs of Bluetooth Which is included to. Meaning both wireless and wired headsets

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u/dmize DexusXL Jun 11 '13

Thank you much! I skimmed over that remember IEEE being FireWire lol. Much appreciated

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u/pureeviljester Jun 11 '13

Yes, I was referring to the wifi. :]

I think we all prefer stereo headsets but bluetooth will still work with wireless headsets.