Sony is expected to release details of a new PlayStation 4, a long-awaited entry in its line of home consoles, today at 3 p.m. PST / 6 p.m. EST. The news to be revealed — any release date, controller or games — is still up in the air, though that hasn’t stopped leaks and rumors as anticipation of the announcement has grown.
Tune into the stream above for Sony’s live announcement.
Among the speculation is that the system will launch by the end of the year, the controller will feature a touch-enabled screen, the initial price will be around $400, and it will feature extensive mobile integration.
The questions are many. Will anticipated PS3 games such as “The Last Guardian” and “Final Fantasy Versus XIII,” long kept in the dark and speculated to have been shelved, reemerge as PS4 titles? Will games like “Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes,” and “Watch Dogs,” which look beyond the range of current consoles, be featured in Sony’s event? Or are there games that no one but their creators and Sony know about waiting to be unveiled?
PHOTOS: A look back on the Playstation
Sony’s track record with console debuts was muddied when the PS3 bowed. Its debut was met harshly by fans not thrilled by the $599 price tag or the possibility of fighting giant enemy crabs. So, Sony is facing additional scrutiny as memories of that awkward past performances reemerge.
Shortly, will clear the air and unveil its latest offering.
Keep an eye on Hero Complex for ongoing coverage as Sony pulls back the curtain on its much-anticipated PS3 successor, and feel free to add your predictions, analysis and reactions below to Sony’s announcement.
Mark Cerny, lead system architect for Sony's PlayStation 4, talks up the new PS4, promising more "personalized" gaming at the Feb. 20 Sony announcement.
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Mark Cerny and Sony revealed the new PS4 controller, though not the console itself. (Emmanuel Dunand / AFP / Getty Images)
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Sony's Andrew House, president and group chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment, at the announcement, held in New York. (Emmanuel Dunand / AFP / Getty Images)
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Sony's Andrew House at the announcement, which was the first major PlayStation meeting in more than two years. The last was in January 2011 to unveil the prototype for the PlayStation Vita handheld console. (Emmanuel Dunand / AFP / Getty Images)
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David Perry, Irish video game developer and chief executive of Gaikai, was among speakers at the event. (Emmanuel Dunand / AFP / Getty Images)
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Gaikai Chief Executive David Perry. Following the event, fans grumbled about the lack of information.
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Mark Cerny explains features of the PlayStation 4. There were promises at Wednesday's announcement of zero lag time and zero startup time with the new device. (Frank Franklin II / Associated Press)
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French musician, writer and video game designer David Cage, head of game developer studio Quantic Dream, at the PlayStation event. Credit: Emmanuel Dunand / AFP / Getty Images
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Japanese video game producer for Capcom Yoshinori Ono was also among speakers. (Emmanuel Dunand / AFP / Getty Images)
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In August 2009, Sony Computer Entertainment Japan President Shawn Layden displayed a new PlayStation 3 during a news conference in Tokyo. (Itsuo Inouye / Associated Press)
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A motion controller, bottom left, and wireless controllers, right, for Sony's PlayStation 3 on display at the company's Tokyo showroom on Feb. 7, 2013. (Kiyoshi Ota / Bloomberg)
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A controller for Sony's PlayStation 3 video game console at the company's showroom in Tokyo. (Kiyoshi Ota / Bloomberg)
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Gamers play PlayStation 3's "Hitman: Absolution" during the E3 expo in Los Angeles on June 7, 2012. (Frederic J. Brown / AFP / Getty Images)
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omg! cant wait get the popcorn!!
WAIT IT WAIT NOW BECAUSE IC ANC DO
How they can expect to stream all this rich content when I can't even watch the video properly without it cutting out every two minutes!!!
IT KEEPS STOPPING!!!!!!!!!!!!
how long is this presentation ????
It doesn't affect me, but why is a press conference age restricted?
The very beginning said that it was rated (something). I assume the content is going to be above E for Everyone.
They are probably showing pg-13 games lol
it's for tracking of age demographics.
b/c video games are violent and if I watch this before I go to work I may go crazy on my customers
some of the games they are gonna show are probably nc17
eh? what's that? I was born in 1902.
Ladies bits.
Because some of the games that they show are usually rated R.
because they were showing rated m material
Can't wait.
cant wait
yayayayayayaya
first!
First!
Why is nothing on, its 3 p.m. PST / 6 p.m. EST
Well, its past 6pm EST…… Whats up?
keeps lagging
PSN servers.
It is because some games previewed on their is rated m
just audio?
umm…. am i missing something? where is the video?
Why was the video playing and now it says it's off air?
omg!!!!! it's the moment we have all waited for
buffer much?
After 10 minutes, the video streaming got dead, and unable to recover… Bravo Sony !
Its not sonys fault
Where is live feed it just speed
what time is this live
Any good news yet?
why is the stream dead?
Stream isn't working
this lag in the stream makes me want to go out and buy a ps4 right now
Sick !!
Wont load for me, like 10million people streaming or something?
lol
cant wait
Won't load I hate it
knack looks fun but as a presentation. Bad start to releases
If the online game isnt good then all of this defeats the purpose. It was the lack of a unified online community not graphics and horesepower
when will it start!!!
darn it lag!!
lebron is a baby
I hate this guy
Have any of you heard of communicating with actual human beings? Get a life
The price better be good…or aint buying it until later on…
What a terrible stream, managed 2 mins then kicked! I hope this isnt a sign of things to come from sony.
Ps3 still has a lot more to offer!
when xbox bring their console out people are gonna say they copied ps4 both consoles are gonna be doing pretty much the same thing by the sounds of it.
is enyone elses video constanly freezing
where is it?
Meh
omg cant wait
PS3 here i come!
Wait, did I miss it?
Wow.. PS4 only 8 gigs, HDD, and x86? u_u 8 gigs meh, better then nothing. HDD though? Cmon.. SSD is a must. x86? with 8 gigs? Lol. Sony, you trolls.
Has anyone heard anything that would justify this system's existence?
Great…stream just stopped
bart scott "cant wait!"
is it down still?
Been on a good 30 sites, not one of the streams work! Lol…. Poor choices from day one….
This is for jack bro
wtf
holy crap im an xbox guy and this looks amazing
why is the streaming not worldwide, why only friends?
Sucks
ZzZzZzZzZzZz………Boring system
No video
Do not want. Not impressed. What happened to the good ol' days? Too much social BS as it is. I want to play the game on my own, not wimp out and have some slob do it for me. It completely ruins the experience, in my opinion.
Pj!!!!!! Read comments pj!!!!!!
Taking over people game to help and live stream amazing
Way to steal from NIntendo!!! Remote play… Come up with something more original Sony
are they going to show the system?
so when is it coming out? my connection blows
wow just wow
Pj!!! I’m on the toilet
I thought this was for the xbox 720…ps3 is used to hold my xbox games
cloud based = no physical copy = you dont own anything
Well, im missing about half of the announcement because of the shitty streaming…
If PS Vita and Gaikai technologies will be as good as their announcement live stream jitters, we might as well throw them into the basket.
you all cant even stream a fing video
when is this event starting
This is a waste of time. It's all filler. I haven't heard one specific detail except that you can use facebook or something.
Im forcing my wife to watch this with me…cuz this is cooler than when spock was born, or even when jar jar binks first talked…im so excited I have to go get my calculator
IT SHIT LIGHT BULBS
xbox 720 will be better
I can't even view this video stream on 240p with dedicated 12mb connectivity. How do Sony expect to deliver rich 1080p and beyond content like this when the layman can't even via the video ?
I love sony when does it come out i wanna now
what game is being announced? i missed the beginnig
this sucks
wahz diz game called :L
QATCH IT ON UR PS3 under “what’s new” watch*
This video stream quality is so good it's a little scary.
I have this streaming in 43 different tabs, just to use up extra bandwidth.
Why is it so freaking boring, no emotion or anything from the audience or anyone!
>Nintendo fans say Sony copied remote play.
Does the 3DS do remote play, tablet, or computer?
WOW LAGGY POS STREAMING
Is it just me, or is the site choking?
drive club sucks 10 years of working on it and it looks like crap
LAGGY STREAm
awesome
Has there been any confirmed any images of the actual console?
Guys it is working fine for me, if you are going to complain then get a better network connection
Did they mention if it could play ps3 games (disks)
Crap this stream suuuuuuucks!
is anyone else live feed laging
Mine is.
Can’t wait
Buffering all the time
its the halophone from futrama!!!!
lies
cant wait for the xbox
this ps4 looks so bad the wii u will bet the crap out of it if they could fight
Dude the Specs of the PS4 outweigh the Wii U. Even though the Wii U has a SSD, the SSD is tons more pricey. Do you want an 800 buck console?
ilove my PS3 but PS4 with no backward capibility is really dissaponiting
CANT WAIT FOR IT!
this asian guy is hilarious!
There is nothing more awkward than watching these guys explaining games. Each have the personality of a piece of cauliflower.
They are nerds….aka socially awkward
MY WIFUUUU!!
let me show the PS4 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i cant wait damn bro let me show it
Watch E3
That puzzle game looks like garbage.
Depends what kinda fan you are. I personaly think Pokemon is garbage
Did they show the ps4 already?!!!! ;O
Straight Garbage. I just want a picture of the console and some specs.
They gave us Specs….and besides you know that they do the console thing on E3
X Box 720 I will whether buy than this, boringgggggggggggggggggggggggg
Wait for the Xbox announcement before trash talking.
Damn. Lag much.
That Watch Dogs looks pretty cool
Blizzard!?!?!?! WTF
Ikr?
I want an MMO for my Vita, thanks.
Runescape Vita!!!
Dude
Can't wait for Diablo III!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Destiny is its only hope.
Only Destiny will tell if its a good game…
Heard a lot about how they are making the producers and Developers happy… But what about the Customers???
If the developers are happy the customers will be too.
I can't wait till Xbox 720 comes out and looks like shit and they all buy ps4 lmao
Does anyone think that Destiny looked better than CoD….?
didnt even show the system
lol bungie didnt want halo anymore so they can move to the ps3 and ps4 dont get me wrong i own both the ps3 and the xbox 360 and its pros and cons with both systems and they are equal in almost every way cuz they balance each other out
Save yourself some gaming time and fast forward to the speakers from Ubisoft, Blizzard and Bungie … Square Enix and Capcom you can afford to miss
Whatsreally important is will the PS4 overheat like the PS3 in the first 4-5 years due to 3rd rate materials used. And it had better have more RAM than a 2nd rate tablet.
way to copy wii u with a touch screen controller… is anything original anymore
I want to feel that control!!!!!
does anybody know when we get to see the design for the ps4?
Looks sick they are really upping the game cant wait till everything is done with it and th egraphics are kicked up a notch cant wait saving for it right now
this was really disappointing
is there a way to start from beggining?
what does the counsel look like?
Kind of doing most of that stuff right now with the wii u. I'm writing this on the gamepad and watching this on my tv at the same time. If you haven't played one you don't know.
i am watching it just fine.
Same old playstation, same old controller, same old games……Yawn :0
i hope this year 2013 is better for the PS4 cuz i think that ps3 is ok but i hope ps4 is better then ps3 i would like too know how is every thing is going to look like the games going to be better & when is going to come out & how much would it be…
Totally disappointing. As mentioned in the article here almost no essential information was given. Sony failed at this:
http://www.lolr.de/2013/02/21/sony-ps4-announceme…