Sony PlayStation 4 review: Greatness awaits The PlayStation 4 -- Sony's latest entry into the console market -- will be released Friday. Early buyers will find a technologically impressive console with exciting potential -- potential that as of yet is somewhat unrealized. Hardware The PlayStations 1, 2 and 3 are among the most successful consoles ever released, so Sony clearly has has big expectations for the latest model. For the PS4, the company took what's good about the PlayStation 3 and improved it substantially, and it fixed some of the grievances gamers had with the 7-year-old PS3. The bad news is that there is little that is revolutionary here. The console itself is a thing of subtle beauty. A slanted black box with both a matte and shiny finish, sporting a sleek blue line through mix de vendas the middle, the PlayStation 4 will slot into most living rooms comfortably. Except for immediately after it is turned on, the console runs silently. With a few small upgrades, the DualShock 4 is the best controller Sony has ever produced. The controller also impresses. At first glance the DualShock 4 looks very similar to its predecessor, but a deeper look reveals solid improvements. It has new buttons labeled "options" and "share" and integrates a touch pad -- although how it will be used remains to be seen. The responsiveness has also been tightened up, the controller handles better, and the triggers cradle your fingers lovingly. With these small upgrades it is the best controller Sony has ever produced.
Features A lot of the PS4's appeal comes from making things easy. Games can be purchased via your work PC, and they will be sent online to the PS4 for download so they are there to play when you arrive home. Updates to games can also download in the background as you are playing. In a neat trick, you can even start downloading a game, and start playing it as it downloads. The idea is to get you to your game faster, and in this the PS4 is successful.