The DRM-free PS4 is coming this holiday for $399

It’s finally unveiled, the PlayStation 4. At the E3 press conference last night Sony announced the price $399 in the U.S., €399 in Europe and £349 in the UK.  The console will launch this holiday in the U.S. and Europe, no word on an exact release date just yet though.

The design is a slim, slanted box, slightly physically larger than the latest PS3 slim and comes with a two-toned finish. The case also has a blue line running through it which is a nice throwback to the first PS2 model. The dimensions of the box are 27.5×5.3×30.5 cm (10.8×2×12 in) and it weighs in at about 2.8 kg (6.2 lbs). Included with the PlayStation 4 system is one HDMI cable, a DualShock 4 and a mono headset which you plug into the controller.

The showstopper came at the end of the press conference when Jack Tretton, SCEA’s chief executive, outlined the DRM plans for the console, or rather, the lack of them:

“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.”

DRM (Digital rights management) was beforehand feared to add limitations to who you could lend, trade or sell a game to but it was revealed none of this exists on PS4. A huge win for gamers who trade in and buys used games.

Sony even made this excellent instructions video about not adding any used game restrictions nor internet requirements for games:

 

6 COMMENTS.
  1. dFUSE stoned says:

    much love…

  2. leonardo ribeiro says:

    lindo de mais nao vejo a hora de comprar mande o preço ..

  3. dFUSE stat1cshade says:

    Great price. very brave £349. Strange looking box but so was the ps3. If this is the last console generation as the doomsday Sayers predict. it will be an honour to ride it out with this bad boy XD

    • dFUSE dFUSE says:

      Haha, you think it’s strange looking? At least it sets itself apart from “that other box” which is just plain boring imo. I hope that blue line that runs across it lights up though :)

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