A major addition to this eighth generation video gaming console by Sony is the implementation of social media in gaming. The PlayStation franchise continues to be a provider of exceptional high definition graphics for gaming and via the PlayStation Network, users can access the PlayStation Store, stream music via Music Unlimited and stream videos via Video Unlimited. The PS4’s read-only optical drive is reported to have the capability of reading Blu-rays up to three times faster than that of the PS3 console. Sony’s highly successful gamble on the Blu-ray format has seen continued consummation of this format with the PlayStation 4. The Xbox One GPU has 12 compute units whilst the PS4 has 18 compute units, rendering it theoretically 50% more powerful despite the Xbox One testing at a higher GPU clock speed (853MHz vs. Technologically the GPU is very similar to that of the Xbox One, however the PS4’s GPU is slightly larger. The PS4 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) has a peak performance of 1.84TFLOPS and is an AMD next-generation Radeon based graphics engine. In actual fact the PS4 and its main rival the Xbox One have virtually identical CPUs.

The Central Processing Unit (CPU) consists of two quad-core Jaguar modules totalling 8 x86-64 cores. The PS4’s main processor consists of a single-chip custom processor. The technology within Sony’s PS4 is similar to hardware in personal computers which makes it more cost effective for game developers to develop games for the console.

The one and only launch model has a 500GB hard disc drive (HDD) of storage space and does not support an external hard drive. Sony’s contender in the eighth generation of video gaming consoles is the PlayStation 4 (PS4), released in Australia in November 2013.

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