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"PlayStation fans, your wait is almost over. Sony officially announced the PlayStation 4 at a press event Wednesday, the next generation of its popular console.\nNine years in the making, the PlayStation 3, the current PlayStation in the market, was released seven years ago in November of 2006.\n\"The living room is no longer the center of the PlayStation universe, the gamer is,\" Andrew House, CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment said at the event. \"We believe that PlayStation 4 represents a shift from thinking of a box or console.\"\nPlayStation 4's lead system architect Mark Cerny said that Sony started working on the console shortly after the release of the PlayStation 3, ultimately creating a console \"for developers, by developers.\" The console sports a completely updated UI, and a number of new features ranging from an updated controller to social features you won't find on any other console.\n\nCrazy #ps4 intro vine.co/v/b6pHmQtA5XW\n\u2014 Chelsea Stark (@chelseabot) February 20, 2013\n\nUpdated DualShock 4 Controller\nThe fourth-generation console has an X86 processor, enhanced PC GPU, and 8GB high-speed unified memory. The console will also have an updated DualShock controller, with a touchpad, share button, and a headphone jack directly on the controller. A light bar on the back of the controller identifies players,  and a 3D camera on the console will track the controllers connected to the console.\n\nGames you play on the PlayStation 4 can be suspended by just pressing the power button, and then started again by tapping the power button again \u2013- right where you left off. \n\nSEE ALSO: Watch Sony Unveil the Next PlayStation Console\nDigital titles can be downloaded in the background, and games can be played as they\u2019re being downloaded, so you don\u2019t have to wait.\nOne unique PlayStation 4 feature: a share button direction on the controller that lets you share gameplay with friends and even allows friends to help you get through tough spots in games.\nShare Like Never Before\nThe console has dedicated, always-on video compression, making it easy to share video clips of your gameplay on-the-fly with friends.\nCan't get through a particular level? You can ask a friend on the web to virtually take over your controller and get you through. Friends can also watch you playing a game, virtually \"over your shoulder,\" and comment on your screen \u2014 if you allow them \u2014 while you play using the share button and the console's \"broadcast live\" functionality.\nRemote Play\n\nA Remote Play function allows you to take your PlayStation 4 game from your television to your PlayStation Vita. Similarly to how the Wii U works, the Remote Play functionality can allow your kids to watch a movie on your TV while you're playing a game on the Vita. \nKids go to bed? you can bring the game back to your television and keep playing right where you left off. PlayStation ultimately hopes to make all games playable on the PlayStation Vita. \nNot Backwards Compatible\nPlayStation 3 titles will not natively be supported, however, Sony says that it is exploring \"advanced technologies\" to bring backwards compatibility to the console in the future. All existing PlayStation titles will be playable via the PlayStation cloud service.\nThe PlayStation 2, which originally launched in March 2000, is currently still Sony\u2019s most successful console. The company has sold more than 150 million of the consoles in the past 13 years, and more than 1.5 billion games have been sold for the console. In contrast, in January of this year, Sony had only sold 70 million PlayStation 3s in the 7 years since that console\u2019s launch.\nGames on the Way\nSeveral developers showed off games that are already in the works for the PlayStation 4 at Wednesday's event. Upcoming titles include DriveClub, a new team-based racing game by Evolution Studios, as well as Infamous: Second Son, an exclusive game by Sucker Punch.\n\n#driveclub #ps4 vine.co/v/b6plOBipA3j\n\u2014 Chelsea Stark (@chelseabot) February 21, 2013\n\nJonathan Blow from independent video game creator Braid also showed off his new game, The Witness. On stage he described the game as a puzzle game, where each puzzle has a core idea that the player has to figure out.\nA substantial amount of third-party developers have already signed on to support PlayStation 4, so many in fact that there was barely enough space to put all their name on the slide Sony showed during the event. \n\nCapcom showed off a game called Deep Down (working title), and Square Enix also showed a title it is working on for the console. Ubisoft showed off Watch Dogs, a game about smart cities. A live demo, the game was played by someone on stage using one of the PlayStation 4's new controllers.\nWatch Dogs was also shown off during E3 last year.\n\nBlizzard announced it will be bringing Diablo 3 to the PlayStation 4 as well as the PS3, and Bungie, a developer that hasn't been on PlayStation in over a decade, announced it will bring a new game called Destiny to the console. Destiny will also be coming to the PlayStation 3, and the studio will be creating exclusive content just for the PlayStation community.\n\nWhen Can I Get One?\nStrangely, Sony didn't announce any pricing or availability information (besides a \"Holiday 2013\" slide shown in the last few seconds of the event) of the PlayStation 4 at its event Wednesday. Even stranger, at no point during the two hour event did the company actually show the console.\nWe'll likely hear more about the console (and hopefully see it) later this year, potentially at E3 in June.\nWhat do you think about the PlayStation 4 (or what we know about it)? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.\n\n\nPlayStation 4 Announcement\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlayStation 4\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe PS4 Controller\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPS4 Share Button\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe New Look of PSN\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFind Out What Your Friends Play\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFacebook Integration\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPSN Profile\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPSN Updates\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPS4 Online Content\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRemote Play on PS Vita\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKillzone Shadow Fall\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nScenes from Killzone Shadow Fall\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDriveclub\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDriveclub\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHoliday 2013\nComing Holiday 2013.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n      window._msla=window.loadScriptAsync||function(src,id){if(document.getElementById(id))return;var js=document.createElement('script');js.id=id;js.src=src;document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0].parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);};\n_msla(\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\",\"twitter_jssdk\");"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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