New PS4 Model to Be Available Worldwide Later This Month

“New” Lighter PS4 Model to Be Available Worldwide Later This Month

June 22, 2015

In a press release, Sony announced that it will launch a “new” version of the PlayStation 4 later this month in Japan, which will then be followed by North America, EU and Asian countries and regions.

While not the slimmer PS4 revision that everyone’s looking forward to, the new models will have a reduced weight of 10 percent compared to the PS4s out in the market, as well as a lower power consumption rate of eight percent. Additionally, the surface of the new PS4’s HDD bay cover will come in a matte finish, which gives the system a more “casual look,” according to Sony.

Color choices will once again be Jet Black and Glacier White, with the full system specs listed below along with the official images.

<PlayStation®4 (CUH-1200 series)>

Product name	PlayStation®4
Colors	Jet Black / Glacier White
Product code	CUH-1200 series
Recommended retail price	JP39,980yen+Tax, US$ 399, EU€ 399
Main Processor	Single-chip custom processor CPU : x86-64 AMD “Jaguar”, 8 cores GPU : 1.84 TFLOPS, AMD next-generation Radeon™ based graphics engine
Memory	GDDR5 8GB
Storage size	500GB Hard disk drive^*²
External dimensions	Approx. 275×53×305 mm (width × height × length) (tentative, excludes largest projection)
Mass	Approx. 2.5 kg
BD/ DVD drive (read only)	BD × 6 CAV DVD × 8 CAV
Input/ Output	Super-Speed USBx (USB 3.0) port × 2 AUX port × 1
Networking	Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T)×1 IEEE 802.11 b/g/n Bluetooth® 2.1(EDR)
Power	AC 100-240V, 50/60Hz
Power consumption	Max. 230W
Operating Temperature	5 ºC – 35ºC
AV output	HDMI out port DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) port