Sony PlayStation 4 Review

Item: Sony PlayStation 4
Rating: 4.8
Author: Kevin Bruce Francisco

Kevin Bruce Francisco April 18, 2014 · 1 min read

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Here’s our Sony Playstation 4 review after buying one here in the Philippines to test out and well, play around with. Watch it as we take a look at its physique, user interface, gaming capabilities, and more after the break!

Sony PlayStation 4 specs:

Single-chip custom processor
8-core x86 AMD Jaguar CPU
1.84 TFLOPS Radeon GPU
8GB GDDR5 RAM
500GB HDD
6x Blu-Ray & 8x DVD drive
USB 3.0 & auxiliary ports
Digital optical output
Ethernet
Wi-Fi
Bluetooth 2.1
HDMI
Analog AV-out
Price: Php24,500

Here’s a list of what we liked and didn’t like about the PS4:

What we liked about it:
Slim build
UI is responsive
Really detailed graphics
Fast loading times
Upgraded DualShock 4

What we didn’t like:
Heats up easily
PSN doesn’t support Philippines as of yet
Couldn’t play media files

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Kevin Bruce Francisco is the Senior Editor and Video Producer for YugaTech. He's a Digital Filmmaking graduate who's always either daydreaming of traveling or actually going places on his bike. Follow him on Twitter for more tech updates @kevincofrancis.

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actually there is no Philippine PSN account until now.. idk if der will be in the future but i guess sticking to a US PSN Account is better.

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you can use a US PSN account since meron naman binibenta na PSN Cards on major game stores :)

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you can register a US account. just put any random valid US address. that’s what i did. and tama si felix may mga psn cards naman na binebenta dito.

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