Summary
It was released in North America regions on November 2013, and follow by Europe regions, Asian region on December and Japan on February 2014.
Also known as PS4, it is the 4th PlayStation home console and is the successor to PlayStation 3. It is part of 8th generation consoles.
Departs from the complex CPU architecture and Nvidia-made GPU, the PlayStation 4 contains a APU co-developed by Sony and AMD; Its CPU is a 8-core low-power 'Jaguar' based X86-64 processor and its GPU is the Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture GPU with 18 compute units (64 cores per CUs). The console also has the unified 8 GB of GDDR5 system memory.
Because of these, it is easier to develops games on PS4, at the expenses of backward compatibility. It doesn't support PS, PS2 and PS3 titles.
It also has secondary custom chips for background tasks.
The PlayStation 4 doesn't have analog video/audio output port, and only has HDMI output port. It supports Ethernet, WiFi internet connectivity, and supports Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity. The console also supports Remote Play, which can use PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita as controllers.
It has two USB 3.0 ports for controllers and accessories, and a auxiliary port for PlayStation Camera. It comes with a user-replaceable 2,5 inches HDD.
The DualShock 4 controller, included with the PS4 console and also available separately, has a touch pad for touch functions. it also has a 3.5 mm audio jack for headset.
