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The consumer quest has begun for the current video game holy grail, the PlayStation 4. Sony's new PS4 home game console officially goes on sale Friday for $399. |
(CNN) -- The last time a new PlayStation or Xbox hit the market, Facebook had fewer than 12 million users, a tablet was a pill and nobody outside of Apple had heard of a gadget called the iPhone. |
The PlayStation 3 era represented a role reversal of sorts for Sony. Once the king of home video games with its PS2, the electronics giant took a small step back last generation, as rivals including the red-hot Nintendo Wii and Microsoft's Xbox 360 ... |
Rio de Janeiro. It's not easy being a gamer in Brazil. Not only do you have to wait an extra two weeks for the release of the new PlayStation 4, which goes on sale tomorrow in the US, but it will cost you 4.5 times the price. Skip to next paragraph ... |
The features work well on the PlayStation 4's easy-to-use interface, and gameplay is cleverly stored on a 15-minute lag -- meaning if you aren't recording and score an amazing touchdown in Madden 25, for instance, you can still grab it after it happened. |
See realtime coverage | If you've pre-ordered a PS4 and want to be completely ready to go as soon as the console is out of the box, the day-one patch for the system is available to download right now at the official Sony PlayStation site. The site lists the complete ... |
The PlayStation 4, by contrast, exudes refinement, a system that feels multipurpose-built and confidently purposeful. There's no one standout feature to talk about this time, no genre-bending gizmo or water-cooler-worthy service to trumpet, and you won ... |
Want to know what comes in the box with a PlayStation 4? What does a retail console look and feel like? Is the dashboard an improvement from the PS3? |
With Sony's PlayStation 4 out in the United States this Friday, finally the next-generation of video game consoles is about to begin. |
Here in Dallas, the PS4 midnight launch is about five hours away. In the Dallas Morning News offices, however, the launch was earlier this afternoon. |
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Like the PlayStation 3 before it, the PlayStation 4 allows users to swap out its 500GB hard drive if they so choose. But how does it work? |
While the PlayStation 3 was by no means a failure, with 80 million units sold in seven years, that number is far off from the success Sony had with the PlayStation 2, which sold more than 150 million units. |
Over the past week we've provided you with clear, concise comparisons of both the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4 across a variety of important categories. |
Blue light special: First impressions of Sony's PlayStation 4. Posted by Brier Dudley. Normally I'm not a fan of flashing lights on a box below the TV set, but I love the LED light bar on top of Sony's sleek new PlayStation 4 console. PS4_10_1383677803. |
After more than seven years, the “next generation” video-game consoles PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 are finally giving way to newer models this holiday season. |
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We recently ran a series of articles that took a deep-dive look at the renovated PlayStation 4 controller, the DualShock 4. Now that we've had a chance to check out several PS4 games - ones that are coming out at launch on Nov. 15 and beyond into 2014 ... |
We've had our very own PlayStation 4 here in the Ars Orbiting HQ for a little under 24 hours—not quite enough time to dig into things for a comprehensive review of a new game console. |
Man obliterates PlayStation 4 with high-powered rifle in video. Sony's PlayStation 4 may be able to stand against competitor fanboys and a torrent of game console criticism. |
To say video gamers have been eagerly awating Sony's Playstation 4 would be an understatement. The PS4 hits stores this Friday for $399, while Microsoft's Xbox One, another new video game system, will be available next week for $499. |
The first shot has been fired in this holiday season's video game war, and it's sleek and powerful and designed for the hardcore gamer. |