Sony launched the PlayStation 4 back in November 2013 and since then, it has sold like hotcakes. In fact according to the official sales figures, Sony has been able to sell 6 million PS4 consoles so far. Andrew House, Playstation’s current president and Group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment told WSJ
We’re struggling to keep up with demand. Conservatively, as we get into the early summer months, we’ll be closer to a full supply situation.
Here is a quick recall of the technical specifications of PS4
Main processor
- Single-chip custom processor
- CPU: low power x86-64 AMD “Jaguar”, 8 cores
- GPU: 1.84 TFLOPS, AMD Radeon™ Graphics Core Next engine
Memory
GDDR5 8GB
Hard Disk Drive
Built-in
Optical Drive (Read only)
- BD 6xCAV
- DVD 8xCAV
I/O
Super-Speed USB (USB 3.0), AUX
Communication
- Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T)
- IEEE 802.11 b/g/n
- Bluetooth® 2.1 (EDR)
AV output
- HDMI
- Digital Output (optical)
Right now interested people have to overpay on websites on eBay for a brand new PlayStation 4 console which seems hotter than the Microsoft Xbox One.