The PS4 was announced on February 20th 2013 and is expected to release "Holiday 2013"

Hardware specs:
single-chip custom processor
eight x86-64 AMD Jaguar CPU cores
next-gen AMD Radeon based graphics engine
-the "highly enhanced PC GPU" packs 18 GCN units - that may sound a like a lot of techy mumbo jumbo but what it essentially means is that the GPU packs 18 processing clusters, each packing up to 64 cores. That provides a lot of parallel processing power, and will thus handle the majority of the PS4's grunt work. It hits 1.84 TFLOPS of processing mojo
-there is also a secondary chip for downloads, downloads can be performed in the background while playing games AND you can play games while the game is downloading (basically streaming it and saving it)
8GB of GDDR5 memory (RAM)
-There is a local HD, sizes have not been announced

Other Specs:
PlayStation 4 will be able to playback 4K/Ultra HD video. However, it will not upscale to 4K or play games at 4K resolution.
Blu-Ray, DVD
HDMI, Analog A/V in and out
NOT backwards compatible with PS3 games.
-there will at some point be a service on the Sony Entertainment Network that offers server-side emulation and streaming of games from PS One classics right through to PS3 Platinum Editions.

Dualshock 4:
enhanced vibration, motion sensor blah blah blah...it has a touch screen on the front and a light on the back/top. Start and Select have been replaced by Share and Options


Playstation Eye (basically their "Kinect""
Playstation Move (the ball-on-stick thing)
"Instant On" feature that lets you turn off your console during a game and pick it up back up within seconds of turning it back on.
Feature that will stream PS4 games to be played on the PS Vita...basically what the Wii U does with it's touchscreen controller.

Gameplay Graphics:

Launch titles (so far):
Deep Down (Capcom)
Destiny (Bungie)
Diablo III (Blizzard)
Driveclub (Evolution Studios)
Final Fantasy (Square Enix)
Infamous: Second Son (Sucker Punch)
Killzone: Shadow Fall (Guerilla Games)
Knack (Sony)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (CD Projekt RED)
Watch Dogs (Ubisoft)

some info consolidated from:http://www.techradar.com/us/news/gam...eatures-937822


...discuss  

Probably won't be picking up this or Microsoft's next console until later down the road, but it looks promising. Processor and the GPU seem good as well.  

Not backward compability with PS3...seems legit  

Posted by Zero02

Not backward compability with PS3...seems legit

They did this because a very small percentage of players used it and they could allow the ps3 to continue it's life cycle until the ps5 is announced.  

Can't wait! Always been a PlayStation fan from the day I got my PS2. This one is a must for me ^~^.  

I mainly get the Playstation for the Metal Gear Soild and the Killzone games and few other tiles.

I will getting the ps4 and I do know they will be having a lot of old ps1-3 on the cloud/I forgot the other one they will add the old games.
I do understand why it isn't backward compability. To me there is no real point of having it. The games on ps4 will still be on the ps3. Nothing will really change. They pretty much have the same graphics  

Posted by Santa Claus

I mainly get the Playstation for the Metal Gear Soild and the Killzone games and few other tiles.

I will getting the ps4 and I do know they will be having a lot of old ps1-3 on the cloud/I forgot the other one they will add the old games.
I do understand why it isn't backward compability. To me there is no real point of having it. The games on ps4 will still be on the ps3. Nothing will really change. They pretty much have the same graphics

Um, have you seen the trailer? Read any news? Bro, the PS4 graphics and PS3 graphics looks so different. And all PS4 games will not be made for PS3..  

"Gameplay Graphics"

I can guarantee you that the video of Deep Down is not gameplay graphics. If you have sat through any launch for any console, you would know that all those flashy videos are usually bull****.  

Posted by iAmSupah

And all PS4 games will not be made for PS3..

let's watch and see.

Posted by Pimpsy G.

"Gameplay Graphics"

I can guarantee you that the video of Deep Down is not gameplay graphics. If you have sat through any launch for any console, you would know that all those flashy videos are usually bull****.

Great Graphics doesn't make a game great. makes it great graphics with a bad ****ty input on the game.

and yeah I remember on Battle Field 3 they made the trailer so bad ass and the graphics on the game were good but not as great as their trailers.  

I thought watchdogs was for all consoles and not a ps3 exclusive! F***ing ubisoft, make it for xbox 720 tooooooo!  

Watch dogs looks cool

Posted by Santa Claus

and yeah I remember on Battle Field 3 they made the trailer so bad ass and the graphics on the game were good but not as great as their trailers.

mhmmm yea they were  

eh.  

Tbh, no backwards capability is kind of a letdown, but the specs are pretty good.  

I read that it's because the PS4's processor is different or something like that.
I'm sure Sony also doesn't mind that they will be making loads of money off people buying old titles from the PS store.  

Posted by Ryan

eh.