Console Information
"Always On" feature
There seem to be no requirement for a continious internet connection (ofcourse unless you want to use services that require them, like PSN/SEN, online mediaservices, share button etc.).
Same requirements as WiiU - while in the Xbox field there was some discussion about the need of it. See also : http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/microsoft-exec-stirs-controversy-always-xbox-twitter-tirade-173337715.html
OtherOS (Linux / BSD)
- None
Backwards compatibility
Hardware
- Does not support Super Audio CD (SACD)
- Does not support PS3 DualShock 3 or PS3 Sixaxis
- Supports PS Move
Software
- PS3 disc/media will not work directly.
- PS1/PSone, PS2/PStwo, PS3 game support via cloud service.
Comparison Table
- "you can emulate with a PC, 90% of the things that the PS4 will never do, by just turning it off."
Controllers | |||||||||||
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Function \ Platform | PC | PS1 | PS2 | PS3 | PS4 | Wii | WiiU | Xbox | Xbox360 | Xbox One | Remarks |
Dualshock 1 | Yes (with par.port or USB adaptor) |
Yes | Partial (not all games) |
Partial (not all games, only with USB converter) |
No | No | No | No | No | No | |
Dualshock 2 | Yes (with par.port or USB adaptor) |
No | Yes | Yes (only with USB converter) |
No | No | No | No | No | No | |
SixAxis | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
Dualshock 3 | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
Arcadestick (PS3) | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
Dualshock 4 | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | |
EyeToy | Yes | No | Yes | Partial (as Chatcamera) |
? | No | No | No | No | No | |
PS3 Eye | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No | |
PS3 Move | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No | |
PS4 Move | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | |
Wii Remote / Wii Remote Plus | Yes | No | No | Partial (not all games, only with USB converter) |
No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |
Wii Nunchuk attachement | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |
Wii Classic Controller attachement | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |
Wii Balance Board | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |
WiiU Game Pad | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | |
WiiU Pro Controller | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | |
Xbox Controller / Xbox Controller S | Yes | No | No | Partial (not all games, only with USB converter) |
No | No | No | Yes | No | No | |
Xbox 360 Controller | Yes | No | No | Partial (not all games, only with USB converter) |
No | No | No | Yes (but only a few titles and you'll need Xbox Live to download emulation profiles) |
Yes | No | |
Xbox One Controller | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Disc Media | |||||||||||
Function \ Platform | PC | PS1 | PS2 | PS3 | PS4 | Wii | WiiU | Xbox | Xbox360 | Xbox One | Remarks |
PS/PSone discs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
PS2/PStwo discs | Yes | No | Yes | Partial (only older models) |
No | No | No | No | No | No | |
PS3 discs | Partial (Dump only, Theoretical) |
No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
PS4 discs | Partial (Dump only. Theoretical) |
No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | |
Wii discs | Partial | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |
WiiU discs | Partial (Dump only, Theoretical) |
No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | |
Xbox discs | Partial (Theoretical) |
No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | |
Xbox 360 discs | Partial (Dump only, Theoretical) |
No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | |
Xbox one discs | Partial (Dump only, Theoretical) |
No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Used Game discs without repay | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
Lending games to friend/brother without repay | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
Games continue to work beyond lifetime | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
MultiMedia | |||||||||||
Function \ Platform | PC | PS1 | PS2 | PS3 | PS4 | Wii | WiiU | Xbox | Xbox360 | Xbox One | Remarks |
AudioCD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? | |
Compressed Audio (MP3/AAC) | Yes | Partial with MP3 addon on older models |
Yes with homebrew |
Yes | ? | Yes with homebrew |
Yes with homebrew |
Yes with homebrew |
Yes | ? | |
Super Audio CD (SACD) | Yes | No | No | Partial (only older models) |
No | No | No | No | No | No | |
DVD-A | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? | |
VideoCD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No | |
DVD Video | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No (only with oldest patchable drive and added homebrew) |
No | Yes (add-on required) |
Yes | ? | |
HD-DVD Video | Yes | No | No | Yes with 360 HD-DVD addon and homebrew software + firmware modifications |
? | No | No | No | Yes with 360 HD-DVD addon |
No | |
BD-Video | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Compressed A/V (AVCHD/H.264/MP4/DivX/WMV) | Yes | No | Yes with homebrew |
Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Homebrew / Linux / Community changes | |||||||||||
Function \ Platform | PC | PS1 | PS2 | PS3 | PS4 | Wii | WiiU | Xbox | Xbox360 | Xbox One | Remarks |
Homebrew | Yes | Yes Caetla (or when modified) |
Yes PS2 Linux kit (or when modified) |
Yes OtherOS (or when modified) |
No | Yes Only when modified |
Yes Only when modified |
Yes Only when modified |
Yes Only when modified |
No | |
Linux | Yes | Partial (bare kernel, only 2MB useable) |
Yes PS2 Linux kit (or when modified) |
Yes OtherOS (or when modified) |
No | Yes with homebrew |
Yes with homebrew |
Yes with homebrew |
Yes with homebrew |
No | |
Drivepatches | Yes | Yes modchips, swapmagic |
Yes modchips, swapmagic, softmods and isoloaders |
Yes swapmagic, softmods and isoloaders |
No | Yes drivechips, softmods and isoloaders |
Yes drivechips, softmods and isoloaders |
Yes drivechips, softmods and isoloaders |
Yes drivechips, softmods and isoloaders |
No | |
Peripherals | |||||||||||
Function \ Platform | PC | PS1 | PS2 | PS3 | PS4 | Wii | WiiU | Xbox | Xbox360 | Xbox One | Remarks |
Mouse | Yes | Yes (proprietary) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Keyboard | Yes | Yes (proprietary) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Harddrive (Internal) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Harddrive (External) | Yes | No | Yes (when modified) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Printer | Yes | No | Yes (with Linux) |
Yes (some Canon, Epson and HP) |
? | No | No | No | No | No | |
Storage | |||||||||||
Function \ Platform | PC | PS1 | PS2 | PS3 | PS4 | Wii | WiiU | Xbox | Xbox360 | Xbox One | Remarks |
Memory | Only limited by userchosen hardware | 3.5 MB | 26 MB | 512 MB | 8 GB | 91 MB | 2 GB | 64 MB | 512 MB | 8 GB | |
Disc Storage (max) | Only limited by userchosen hardware | 650 MB | 8.54 GB | 50 GB | 50 GB | 8.54 GB | 25 GB | 8.54 GB | 8.54 GB (15-30 GB HD-DVD) |
50 GB | |
Audio + Video Output | |||||||||||
Function \ Platform | PC | PS1 | PS2 | PS3 | PS4 | Wii | WiiU | Xbox | Xbox360 | Xbox One | Remarks |
Video Resolution | Only limited by userchosen hardware | 256×224 to 640×480 | 256×224 to 1920×1080 | 480i/576i SD up to 1080p HD | up to 1080p HD (games) / up to 3840×2160 (Video/Photo) | up to 480i/480p/576i | up to 1080p | up to 1080i | up to 1080p | up to 3840×2160 (unsure which content) | |
Audio | Only limited by userchosen hardware | analog stereo + Dolby Surround/Dolby Pro Logic | analog stereo + Dolby Surround/Dolby Pro Logic, optical Dolby Digitial/DTS | analog stereo + Dolby Surround/Dolby Pro Logic, optical Dolby Digitial/DTS | analog stereo + Dolby Surround/Dolby Pro Logic, optical Dolby Digitial/DTS, LPCM 1.0, 2.0 and 5.1 over HDMI | analog stereo | analog stereo, LPCM 1.0, 2.0 and 5.1 over HDMI | analog stereo (optical with added Xbox Advanced AV Pack or Xbox High Definition AV Pack for optical Dolby Digitial/DTS) |
analog stereo + Dolby Surround/Dolby Pro Logic, optical Dolby Digitial/DTS, on models with HDMI: LPCM 1.0, 2.0 and 5.1 over HDMI | analog stereo + Dolby Surround/Dolby Pro Logic, optical Dolby Digitial/DTS, LPCM 1.0, 2.0 and 5.1 over HDMI |
Note: The GameStick, NVIDIA Shield, Ouya, and Steam Box are attempting to compete in this market; however these are seldom referred to as "eighth generation consoles".
4K resolution
Generic Info
In short, 2160p or 8.3 megapixels (yes, that is the resolution of a pre 2002 era camera)
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_high_definition_television
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4K_resolution
Not supported by PS4
Will not support rendering, upscaling etc for gaming of:
- PS4 games
- PS3 games
- PS2 games
- PS1 games
- PSN games
Supported by PS4
- "video" (not specified which type, using what service nor examples of to be expected quality).
- "photo" (not specified which type, using what service nor examples of to be expected quality).
Supported already by PS3/ PSP/ PSVITA
By using the same extended definition of 4K resolution, it s already supported on PSP, PSVITA and PS3 for "photo", PS3 wiki: Talk:Eboot.PBP#Description article being officially described as using "ultra- high resolution (4K) digital data".
- Resolution used such 6400x3600,5760x3240...
Release Date
color: Jet Black release date: Holiday Season 2013
Japan
- PS4:
- DS4:
- PS4Eye:
USA
- PS4: $ 399,-
- DS4: $ 59,-
- PS4Eye: $ 59,-
Europe
- PS4: € 399,- / £ 349,-
- DS4: € 59,- / £ 54,-
- PS4Eye: € 49,- / £ 44,-
Comparison With PS3 Slim
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