Sony unveiled the PS4 back in February before Microsoft showed up with the Xbox One. Microsoft also revealed what the upcoming Xbox has to offer recently and Sony managed to get one step ahead of Microsoft by offering all the features that we were expecting to see in the new Xbox. Unlike the Xbox One, the PS4 is restriction-less and is also cheaper. Let’s see if the PS4 has really something more to offer than the Xbox One or not.

Specs

As mentioned earlier here, the new PlayStation will feature an 8-core 64-bit x86 AMD CPU called “Jaguar”, 8GB GDDR5 RAM, 6x Blu-ray drive and an enhanced Radeon GPU to give users “the kind of multi-dimensional experiences they expect and deserve”. However, what we didn’t know earlier is that the new PS4 will allow users to play games offline and you don’t have to be always-online or follow daily check-ins to play games.  Last time, the company didn’t reveal any picture of the console either but now we have a picture of the console too.

The design is not really impressive and it looks quite similar to Xbox One. However, we don’t have the exact dimensions yet so we don’t know if it’s really as big as it looked like at E3. You will find two USB connectors on the front, one HDMI out, Aux socket, S/PDIF optical audio out and Gigabit Ethernet socket on the back. Another great feature of the PS4 is, it will let you play used games.

Price and launch titles

The next-gen PS will be available for only $399 which is a huge win for Sony as Microsoft’s Xbox will be available for $500. It’s the exact opposite of last time and looks like Sony managed to find all the weak points of the Xbox One this time and went one step ahead of Microsoft.

Sony is planning to feature some exclusives like Final Fantasy 15, Kingdom Hearts 3, KIllzone Shadow Fall, Destiny, Driveclub and Knack as launch titles. The next installment of the famous Infamous series is also ready to release for PS4 in Q1 2013. Some games like Assassins’s Creed, Grand Theft Auto and Elder Scrolls will be available for both the consoles.

PS4 Release date

Sony wasn’t specific like Microsoft about release date so we don’t know when exactly the company is planning to launch the PS4 in “this holiday season”. However, we do know that the Xbox One will be available in November.

Here’s the complete list of specs released after the event:

• Main Processor: Single-chip custom processor
• CPU: x86-64 AMD ‘Jaguar’ 8 cores
• GPU: 1.84 TFLOPS, AMD next-generation Radeon™ based graphics engine
• Memory: GDDR5 8GB
• Hard Disk Drive: Built-in
• Optical Drive (read only): BD 6xCAV, DVD 8xCAV
• I/O and communication: Super-Speed USB (USB 3.0), AUX  ,Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T), IEEE 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth® 2.1 (EDR)
• AV output: HDMI, Analog-AV out, Digital Output (optical)