Sony PS4 !

The PS4 

They gave us the specs. They dished the dirt on the controller. And they also gave us two hours' worth of hype without one glimpse at the real thing. Sony's PS4 conference held all the way back in February had everything except the main console, so when Sony announced its conference at the ongoing E3 expo, most people wrote it off as more of the same. And that was where we all went horribly, horribly wrong.

One blurry trailer was all that we had to go on for the last four months, an injustice that Sony finally put right at the ongoing gadget expo at Los Angeles and we imagine that the scores of fans who've been queuing up since Friday went home gratified: The PS4 finally put in its maiden appearance and to make up for the agonizing wait, Jack Tretton, Sony CEO brought along the good news, in spades. But first off, here's the cool stuff that's working magic under the hood:

Processor: Single-chip custom processor,

CPU: low power x86-64 AMD "Jaguar", 8 cores

Graphics: GPU: 1.84 TFLOPS, AMD RadeonTM Graphics Core Next engine

Battery: Built-in Lithium-ion Rechargeable Battery; 

Voltage: DC3.7V; Capacity: 1000mAh

Memory: 8 GB

Storage Space: 500 GB Hard disk drive

The Good: 

Tuesday may have dawned a gloomy day for the normal populace of India, but for the gaming buffs, all their Christmases have come at once. Sony opened its little black box of joy and out popped a towering gaming console with a cool purple streak that doesn't need a constant Internet connection and that will soon be privy to an eye-blisteringly amazing lineup of games which includes Assassins' Creed IV: Black Flag, Final Fantasy XV, Kingdom of Hearts III and Diablo III. The trump card however lay in the price tag; the December release will be priced at $399 for US and £349 in UK and Rs.39,999 in India.

The Bad: 

Something bad about a glittering new piece of gaming tech that costs you a cool hundred dollars lesser than Microsoft's Xbox One? We dare you to find it, we double dare you.

The Frickin' Awesome: Grab a seat, for we have saved the best bit for the last: Unlike Microsoft, Sony has announced zero restrictions on used games. "When a gamer buys a PS4 disc, they have the rights to use that disc. They can sell it to another person, lend it to a friend, or keep it forever. We won't impose any restrictions on used games," announced Jack Tretton to ringing applause. The company also made it clear that no internet connection will be required to authenticate games and gamers will not be required to log into the internet periodically. Whether Sony's gamble translates to moolah in the bank remains to be seen, but for now, it looks like the rug has been pulled from right under Microsoft's feet!

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