{"id":11265,"date":"2013-06-11T16:57:18","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T11:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/?p=11265"},"modified":"2013-06-15T10:23:04","modified_gmt":"2013-06-15T04:53:04","slug":"sony-playstation-4-console-price-and-policies-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/sony-playstation-4-console-price-and-policies-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony PlayStation 4 console, price and policies revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sony finally unveiled the next generation of its popular console- <strong>PlayStation 4<\/strong>, during a press conference at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). <strong>PlayStation 4 is priced at just $399<\/strong>, $100 cheaper than Microsoft\u2019s Xbox One and will\u00a0ship with a 500GB hard drive.<\/p>\n<p>Described as &#8220;sleek and visually impactful wherever it\u2019s placed&#8221;, the PS4 features a contrasting flat black surface alongside a bit of gloss and appears to stand vertically or horizontally. It looks a little too much like the XBox One, but much slimmer.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the new Microsoft console, Playstation 4 will support pre-owned games, and disc-based purchases will be able to be traded in or lent to friends and family, without any limitations. Contrary to Xbox One&#8217;s &#8216;always-on&#8217; feature, PS4 doesn\u2019t need an active internet to check for any form of authentication. However, Sony has followed Microsoft&#8217;s path and you&#8217;ll have to pay for <strong>PlayStation Plus Service<\/strong> if you want to play multiplayer games.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/sony-playstation-4-console-price-and-policies-revealed\/sony-unveils-the-playstation-4-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11270\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-11270\" src=\"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/files\/2013\/06\/sony-unveils-the-playstation-4-1-620x513.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"401\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2013\/06\/sony-unveils-the-playstation-4-1-620x513.jpg 620w, https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2013\/06\/sony-unveils-the-playstation-4-1.jpg 918w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/a>Over 140 games are in development for PS4 and more than 100 will be available within the first year. Sony also showcased one of the new titles,<strong> The Order: 1886<\/strong>. Other titles include Infamous: Second Son, Killzone: Shadow Fall, Drive Club and Knack. Kingdom Hearts 3 and Final Fantasy XV and XIV will also arrive on the Playstation 4. Sony also launched the non-gaming entertainment features for the console like Netflix, Amazon Movie, Redbox Instant and Sony\u2019s Video Unlimited service which will be available on day one with 150,000 of the latest television shows and movies.<\/p>\n<p>The company began developing the PS4 shortly after it released the PlayStation 3 in 2006. Sony Playstation 4 will be available during the Holiday season. With a lower price tag and no restrictions on used games, it seems like Sony just won this generation&#8217;s console war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony finally unveiled the next generation of its popular console- PlayStation 4, during a press conference at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). PlayStation 4 is priced at just $399, $100 cheaper than Microsoft\u2019s Xbox One and will\u00a0ship with a 500GB hard drive. Described as &#8220;sleek and visually impactful wherever it\u2019s placed&#8221;, the PS4 features a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":11266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[360,286],"class_list":["post-11265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-playstation-4","tag-sony"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11265"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}