PlayStation 4

PlayStation 4 hardware revealed

PlayStation 4

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Andrew House, president and group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, unveiled the design of the PlayStation 4 at Sony’s pre-Electronic Entertainment Expo press conference today in Los Angeles.

The design is sleek. It sports hard edges that are similar to the popular PlayStation 2. Gone are the PlayStation 3’s humps and curves. Jet black remains the hardware’s color, as it has for every PlayStation system since the PS2. The PS4 can also stand vertically, something its competitor, the Xbox One, is not designed for.

Sony unveiled the PS4 in February, but it waited until today to finally show the design of the box.

Mike Minotti

Mike Minotti has been with GamesBeat since 2012, starting as an intern. Based near Youngstown, Ohio, he now manages GamesBeat's editorial team. He's also a prolific podcaster, appearing on multiple shows covering the gaming industry.