The PlayStation 4

SOCIAL
PERFORMANCE
Technology
PROTOTYPES:
First video game console in
1972; first console using
16-bit processors in 1988;
first console with online
multiplayer feature in
1999; first console to have
wireless controller in 2002.
IDEATION:
Sony Computer Entertainment (1994) wanted
to develop a next-generation game consoles,
led by Mark Cerny (1964)
SPHERE
THE “LAW”
SUPERVENING SUPPRESSION OF
SOCIAL NECESSITY: RADICAL POTENTIAL:
Microsoft launched Xbox One, their
Entertainment, enhance 3rd generation gaming console just a
gaming experience, digital few days after releasing PS4 to
socialization directly compete with Sony.
FUTURE
‘INVENTION’ DIFFUSION
Sony released the PS with
CD-ROMs for the first time (PRODUCTION)
in 1994; Sony’s PS2 had a Takes the gaming experience to
DVD player in 2000, PS3 the next level, increases streaming
came out in 2006 with services for gaming content.
better performance and
better graphics.
SPIN-OFFS
PS4 Pro with better graphics,
REDUNDANCIES GPU and 4K resolution; PS4
PS3 game discs production Slim has affordable price and
was decreased due to energy saving.
incompatibility with PS4.

Science: Advanced Micro Devices “AMD” APU (2011), GDDR5 memory (2007),
Blu-ray Disc (2005), HDMI connectivity (2002), Playstation Network (2006)
PAST

COMPETENCE
Student name: Dương Nguyên Giang
Student ID: 104221973

Reference:
Wolf, MJP 2008, The video game explosion : a history from Pong to Playstation and
beyond, Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn.

Altar of Gaming 2019, ‘All PlayStation Console Models & Generations Ever Released
(1994-2020)’, Altar of Gaming, viewed <https://altarofgaming.com/all-playstation-
consoles/>.

Deckert, C, Duc, A & Phan, N 2023, PlayStation 4 vs. Xbox One, viewed
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