E3 2013 – PlayStation 4 Official Specs Revealed, Games Will Be Region Free

During a Sony press release after their 2013 E3 conference, the company has officially revealed the specs to their upcoming PlayStation 4 console, which will be priced at $399 USD and will release this holiday season.

Official Playstation 4 Specs

• Product code CUH-1000A series
• Recommended retail price $399/€ 399/£349

Main processor:

• Single-chip custom processor
• CPU : x86-64 AMD “Jaguar”, eight cores
• GPU : 1.84 TFLOPS, AMD next-generation Radeon based graphics engine

• Memory GDDR5 8GB
• Storage size 500GB Hard disk drive
• External dimensions Approx. 275×53×305 mm (width × height × length)
• Mass Approx. 2.8 kg
• BD/ DVD drive (read only): BD × 6 CAV, DVD × 8 CAV

Input/ Output:

• Super-Speed USBx (USB 3.0) port × 2
• AUX port × 1

Networking:

• Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) ×1
• IEEE 802.11 b/g/n
• Bluetooth® 2.1 (EDR)

AV output:

• HDMI out port
• DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) port

Included:

• PlayStation 4 system × 1
• Wireless Controller (DUALSHOCK 4) × 1
• Mono headset × 1
• AC power cord × 1

In addition, the president of Sony worldwide Shuhei Yoshida has confirmed over twitter that Playstation 4 owners will be able to swap out their HDD and upgrade it. Much like the PlayStation 3. Also, Yoshida has also confirmed via twitter, that PlayStation 4 games will be region free.

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