PlayStation 4

Forget the New Playstation 4.5, an SSD Is All You Need

The rumors are already flying that we’ll be getting a new PS4 soon. Well, sort of. It won’t play different games than the current PS4 does, it will just play them better. This is all in aid of making a PS4 that can handle the beefy graphics requirements of Playstation VR, and do what the…

Playstation VR Is Virtual Reality’s Trojan Horse

Nobody gives a shit about VR. Okay, some people are giving a shit. People in the VR industry care, and people covering that industry, and maybe very enthusiastic gamers with a lot of time and money and dreams of a Lawnmower Man life. But the rest of the world? They couldn’t care less about VR.…

No Man’s Sky Just Got Even Cooler, Now That We’ve Seen Its Aliens

For the past several years, the video game community has been salivating over No Man’s Sky, a space exploration game by Hello Games. Now at last, the game is being released on June 21. At an event in Los Angeles, we experienced about 30 minutes of gameplay—and discovered that some of the game’s planets are…

Sony Secretly Fixed The PlayStation 4’s Annoying Hardware Quirks

What’s the most annoying thing about the PlayStation 4? Is it perhaps the jet-engine-like sound it makes, or the capacitive buttons that eject your disc at the slighest provocation? Sony’s latest PS4 solves those woes. Back in June, Sony announced a new version of the PlayStation 4 that would be lighter, slightly more power efficient,…

This Hacked App Lets You Play Bloodborne In Any Room Of The House

Gosh, wouldn’t it be nice to play a little Bloodborne tonight? Shame my wife will be using the TV. If only I had a way to stream games from my PlayStation 4 to another device. How about a hacked version of the PS4 Remote Play app that works on Android phones and tablets—and my Nvidia…

Playstation Now, the service that will let you stream old Playstation games on your new Playstation (and pretty damn well) will be going into open beta on July 31st. It’ll come to PS4 first, but later PS3, Vita, and select Sony smart TVs (Dual Shock 3 controller required).

According to a report seen by All Things D, the new PS4 costs $381 to manufacture—just $18 shy of its $399 retail price.

From PS1 to PS4, It’s a PlayStation Family Reunion

The PlayStation family has a lot of stylish members — and one very upright, ashen patriarch that started it all. Let’s take a look at how their aesthetics evolved. This fun little video by UnboxTherapy really shows the changes in physical size that occurred over PlayStation’s 18-year run. Remember how mind-blowingly small the PSone was…

PS4 Teardown: Beautiful Outside, Tidy Inside

The PS4 has landed and it’s great—but what lurks beneath its slick, slanted frame? Fortunately that’s not something you need to keep wondering, because iFixit has gone and torn the console down so we can all see the guts within. https://gizmodo.com/ps4-review-the-future-is-finally-here-1463432248 In fact, iFixit is carrying out the teardown out live, overnight—that’s how excited they…

Ask Us Anything About the PS4

We have a PS4! We gave our first impressions here, but we’re still poking and prodding at it as more features become available. So tell us: What do you want to know about Sony’s next generation console? https://gizmodo.com/ps4-review-the-future-is-finally-here-1463432248 Put your questions in the discussion below, and we’ll do our best to answer every single one.…

PS4 Review: The Future Is Finally Here

The next gen is here! Or half of it, anyway. Sony’s PS4 has come in first the haphazard sprint to the new-console finish line. And yeah, it’s pretty awesome. What Is It? It’s the PlayStation Freakin’ 4. The first new Sony console since 2006. A gaming station for gamers who like to game. A beautiful…

Sony has announced that the PS4 will only support four controllers at once—unlike the Xbox One, which will allow eight players to game at the same time.

Watch Sony’s PlayStation 4 Gamescom Press Conference Live

While we already know pretty much everything there is to about the PS4, there are still a few precious details left to reveal. Here’s a stream Sony’s Gamescom press conference, which should be starting any minute now: Live streaming video by Ustream

Sony revealed today that the PS4 will have party chat for up to 2,000 friends, no PlayStation Plus subscription required. Apps like Netflix will also be available without a PS Plus subscription, along with free-to-play games. [Sony via Verge]

Here’s What a Developer’s PS4 Looks Like

The cat may already be out of the bag, but for many months we didn’t know what the PS4 looked like. Now, we know what the retail version will look, but what about the developer box Sony hid during the big reveal and on Jimmy Fallon? Well, here’s an exclusive image we’ve acquired of some…

The PS4’s Controller Almost Had Basically a Built-In Lie Detector

During the development of the PlayStation 4’s DualShock 4 controller, Sony tested a version of a controller that included biofeedback sensors to detect how stressed the player was, based on how much his or her hand was sweating. That’s right; the same technology that’s used in polygraphs could have been an integral part of the…

Why I’m Getting the Xbox One, Not the PS4 (Ugh)

If you’re anything like me, your penchant for gaming has probably dwindled over the years. And, as I stand on the precipice of unloading an ungodly amount of money on either Microsoft or Sony’s next generation console, I ask myself if I should upgrade to either, or just opt for a media streaming box? The…

Here’s What the PS4 Looks Like in Person

Is it possible to be striking and understated at the same time? The PS4 might be just that. Though the early jokes had pointed it as just being an italicized Xbox One, the sharp angles of the rhombus add a lot more character in real life than they do in pictures. Also: the hollowed-out middle…

PlayStation 4 Vs. Xbox One: A Feature by Feature Showdown

Well, it’s finally time to have this discussion. What should you buy, the PlayStation 4 or the Xbox One. It helps that we’ve finally got some facts to work with in the new console war, instead of just chasing rumors and misinformation. So here’s the definitive look at how the two new consoles stack up…

6 Big PS4 Questions (And the Answers We’re Hoping For)

While the nitty gritty details about Xbox One are all out in the open the PS4 is still largely a mystery despite technically bursting on to the scene months ago. Here are just a handful of the unanswered questions surrounding Sony’s next-generation console—and how we hope and think they’ll be answered. https://gizmodo.com/the-new-xbox-everything-you-need-to-know-about-microso-509033619 What does the…