Sony presents the PlayStation 4 Slim and Pro

 Although there are several platforms for playing video games, many players prefer to have a fully dedicated equipment for games, such as the consoles.

To enhance its position in this market, Sony today introduced the new Playstation 4: Slim and Pro, two new versions with some news.



Playstation launched by Sony in 1994 in Japan, became one of the early reference consoles on the market, maintaining this status until the present day.

Since Playstation One and PS2 Slim that Sony has accustomed its fans to launch a smaller version of their various versions of the console. The Playstation 4 is no exception, and today presented in New York the new Playstation 4 Slim and Playstation 4 Pro to compete with Xbox One S.

What's new Playstation 4 Slim?

As usual this kind of releases by Sony, the Playstation 4 Slim does not have major changes, limited to a few changes, essentially aesthetic.

For this new model, the Sony bet on a model of lower dimensions, represented a decrease of 30% compared to the size of the normal version of the Playstation 4. In addition to the aesthetic changes, a light bar was included in the top of the console, an increase of space between the front USB port, removing the optical port, greater energy savings with the new manufacturing technology of 16nm and a new Dual Shock 4 command.

The Playstation 4 Slim has a launch scheduled for September 15, and will cost about $ 300.

Playstation 4 Pro

Another new versions of Sony's console is the PlayStation 4 Pro, which has some interesting news.

This version has a new technology that will support 4K HDR images, which will allow this console display images with more vibrant colors, better contrast levels, lighter shades brighter and darker blacks. For the use of this technology, you need a TV with 4K technology HDR.

Another novelty of this new console is the integration with virtual reality glasses of Playstation, the Playstation VR, which will increase and improve users' gaming experience in games already optimized for this type of technology. With the release of this new version, they have been announced some games compatible with this console like Battlefield 1, the FIFA 17 and Mass Effect: Adromeda. These games will also be compatible with other versions of this console, though losing quality 4K HDR.

In addition to games, it was also launched some updates in applications Netflix and YouTube, so as to be compatible with 4K technology.

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