编辑“︁PlayStation”︁（章节）

=== PlayStation 4 ===
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2013年2月20日，[[索尼电脑娱乐]]公司在新闻发布会上公布了[[PlayStation 4]]（PS4）。在会上，索尼透露了新游戏机的一些硬件规格<ref name="PS4 announcement">{{cite news | url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/2/20/4009410/sony-playstation-4-ps4-announcement | title=Sony announces the PlayStation 4 | work=TheVerge | date=2013-02-20 | access-date=2013-02-20 | author=Bishop, Bryan | archive-date=2013-12-07 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207150052/http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/20/4009410/sony-playstation-4-ps4-announcement | dead-url=no }}</ref><ref name="PS4 announced - TechRadar">{{cite news|url=http://www.techradar.com/us/news/gaming/consoles/ps4-release-date-news-and-features-937822|title=The PlayStation 4 has been officially revealed in New York!|last=Rivington|first=James|date=2013-02-20|work=TechRadar|access-date=2013-02-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426090607/http://www.techradar.com/us/news/gaming/consoles/ps4-release-date-news-and-features-937822|archive-date=2013-04-26|dead-url=yes}}</ref>，这款于2013年第四季度推出的第八代系统为PlayStation系列引入了[[x86]]架构。根据首席系统架构师Mark Cerny的说法，PlayStation 4的开发工作早在2008年就开始了。<ref name="PS4 announced - IGN">{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2013/02/20/playstation-4-revealed|title=PlayStation 4 Revealed|last=Goldfarb|first=Andrew|date=2013-02-20|website=IGN|access-date=2013-02-21|archive-date=2020-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517085150/https://www.ign.com/articles/2013/02/20/playstation-4-revealed|dead-url=no}}</ref>PlayStation Europe首席执行官Jim Ryan在2011年强调，索尼希望避免推出落后于竞争对手的下一代游戏机。<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-11-23-sony-it-would-be-undesirable-for-ps4-to-launch-significantly-later-than-the-competition|title=Sony: it would be "undesirable" for PS4 to launch significantly later than the competition|last=Minkley|first=Johnny|date=2011-11-23|website=Eurogamer|access-date=2013-02-21|archive-date=2011-11-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125013817/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-11-23-sony-it-would-be-undesirable-for-ps4-to-launch-significantly-later-than-the-competition|dead-url=no}}</ref>

在新的应用和服务中，索尼推出了PlayStation App，允许PS4用户将智能手机和平板电脑变成第二块屏幕，以增强游戏性。<ref name="SCE introduces PS4">{{cite news |title=SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. INTRODUCES PLAYSTATION®4 (PS4™) |url=http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/130221a_e.html |access-date=2013-02-25 |date=2013-02-21 |author=Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. |dead-url=yes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424075309/http://scei.co.jp/corporate/release/130221a_e.html |archive-date=2013-04-24 }}</ref>公司还计划首次推出[[PlayStation Now]]游戏流媒体服务，由Gaikai的技术提供支持。<ref>{{cite web|title=PlayStation™Now: Bringing Game Streaming to Consoles|url=http://us.playstation.com/playstationnow/|access-date=2014-04-23|archive-date=2014-07-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702152136/http://us.playstation.com/playstationnow/|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Jackson|first=Mike|title=Gaikai tech brings spectating, instant demos, more to PS4|url=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/392446/gaikai-tech-brings-spectating-instant-demos-more-to-ps4/|access-date=2013-02-25|date=2013-02-20|archive-date=2013-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509010917/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/392446/gaikai-tech-brings-spectating-instant-demos-more-to-ps4/|dead-url=no}}</ref>通过在新控制器上加入分享按钮，并可以查看朋友们正在直播的游戏内容，索尼计划将更多的重点放在社交游戏上。<ref name="SCE introduces PS4" />PlayStation 4于2013年11月15日在北美首先发布。