Difference between PS3 and PS4

Key Difference: Playstation 3 (PS3) and Playstation 4 (PS4) are the names of home video and gaming consoles produced by the company named as Sony Computer Entertainment. PS3 is the successor to PS2 and PS4 is the successor to PS3. PS3 is currently available in the market, whereas PS4 will hit the market in November 2013. They both differ in various technical specifications.

Sony Computer Entertainment is the company that is looked to as the global leader in the progression of consumer based computer entertainment devices like Playstation game consoles. These entertainment systems enable users to enjoy 3D games with a high quality video and audio setup.

PS3 and PS4 differ in many aspects like price, hardware, games, services, etc. Sony had tried to include many tech advances in the new Playstation, that have occurred since the launch of PS3. Download speeds are going to be faster in the new model. Bluetooth 2.1 would surely pair the devices easily with the PS4 as compared to PS3. Sony Japan president Hiroshi Kawano and his counterpart at Sony Worldwide, Shuhei Yoshida, had assured that support for the PS3 would be continued long, even after the release of PS4. Some of the differences are listed below in the table:

	PS3	PS4
Dimensions	290mm (w) x 60mm (h) x 230mm (d)	-
Launch	Japan on November 11, 2006	Due- November 15, 2013
Weight	2.1 kg	-
Buttons	6 pressure sensitive buttons	12 directional buttons
Processor	CPU: 3.2 GHz Cell Broadband Engine GPU: RSX “Reality Synthesizer” @ 550MHz, 1.8 T-FLOPS floating point performance	CPU: Eight-core X86 AMD Jaguar GPU:1.84 T-FLOPS, AMD Radeon Graphics Core Next Engine
Memory	256MB XDR Main RAM 256MB GDDR3 VRAM	8GB GDDR5 RAM
Hard Disk Drive	Built-in	Built-in
RAM	256 XDR and 256 GDDR3 RAM	8GB GDDR5 RAM
AV Output	HDMI, Analog-AV out, Digital Output (Optical)	HDMI, Analog-AV out, Digital Output (Optical)
I/O Output	Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0) X 2	Super Speed USB (USB 3.0) X 3, AUX
Communication	Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T), Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR), IEEE 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi	Ethernet (10BASE-T,100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T), Bluetooth 2.1 (EDR), IEEE 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi
Controller	610amAh DualShock 3 (192g, six-axis motion sensing)	1000amAh DualShock 4 (210g, six-axis motion sensing, 2 Point Touch Pad)
camera	640x480 @ 60Hz, 320x240 @ 60 Hz	Eye camera - 1280x800 @ 60Hz, 640x400 @120Hz, 320x192 @240Hz
Price	Approximately US$299	Approximately US$399
Availability	Currently available	Available from November 2013