PS4 release date

In the history of video games, the eighth generation is the 2013 iteration of video game consoles, following the previous seventh generation: Nintendo’s Wii, Sony’s PlayStation 3, and Microsoft’s Xbox 360. The eighth generation includes Nintendo’s home console successor, the Wii U, which was released in the fourth quarter of 2012. The PlayStation 4 was officially announced on February 20, 2013, and is anticipated for a Q4 2013 release. Microsoft announced the successor to the Xbox 360, the Xbox One on May 21, 2013, also to be released in Q4 2013. For video game handhelds, the generation began in February 2011 with the release of the Nintendo 3DS, successor to the Nintendo DS, in Japan, followed by a North American and European release in March. The successor of the PlayStation Portable, the PlayStation Vita, was released in December 2011 in Japan, and Western markets in February 2012.