PlayStation 4 Slim
Variant of PlayStation 4
- Manufacturer
- Sony
- Released
- 2016
- Generation
- Gen 8
- Type
- Home
- Launch price
- $299
- Units sold
- 117.2M
About PlayStation 4 Slim
The PlayStation 4 (PS4) is a home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Announced as the successor to the PlayStation 3 in February 2013, it was launched on November 15, 2013, in North America, November 29, 2013, in Europe, South America, and Australia, and on February 22, 2014, in Japan. A console of the eighth generation, it competed with Microsoft's Xbox One and Nintendo's Wii U and Switch.
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Library & collector facts
3,000licensed games
- North America: 2,700
- Japan: 2,200
- PAL: 2,700
What's different from PlayStation 4
- Smaller, quieter chassis (~30% smaller, ~16% lighter than Phat)
- Rounded edges and matte finish
- Updated DualShock 4 with light bar visible through touchpad
- Bluetooth 4.0 (vs. 2.1 on Phat)
- USB 3.1 ports
- 5GHz WiFi support
- Optical S/PDIF audio output (removed from Slim — controversy because audio receivers and many headsets relied on it)
- power draw: ~165W max Phat → ~110W max Slim
- form factor: Angular two-tone Phat → rounded matte all-black
- hdd default: 500GB → 500GB / 1TB SKUs
Lineage
Pricing
Launch price (2016)
- 🇺🇸 USD
- $299
Controller
DualShock 4 / PlayStation Move
Launch titles & exclusives
Killzone: Shadow Fall · Knack · Resogun (PSN) · Contrast · Flower · Sound Shapes · Trine 2 · Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag · Battlefield 4 · Call of Duty: Ghosts · FIFA 14 · Madden NFL 25 · NBA 2K14 · Need for Speed Rivals
None standard; many launch bundles included Killzone: Shadow Fall
Bloodborne · God of War (2018) · God of War Ragnarok · Marvel's Spider-Man / Miles Morales · Horizon Zero Dawn / Forbidden West · The Last of Us Part II · Uncharted 4 / Lost Legacy · Ghost of Tsushima · Days Gone · Death Stranding (timed exclusive) · Returnal (timed) · Demon's Souls Remake (timed) · Gran Turismo 7 · Persona 5 (timed) · Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon · Until Dawn
Still receiving cross-gen releases (as of 2026); production wound down through 2024–2025 with select markets still receiving stock
Limited Edition Spider-Man Pro (2018), 20th Anniversary PS4 (12,300 produced, 1994-themed gray, ~$1500+ sealed); Days of Play Limited Editions; God of War Pro Limited
Hardware specs
- Cpu
- AMD Jaguar, 8-core @ 1.6 GHz (2.13 GHz on PS4 Pro) , Secondary low power processor (for background tasks)
- Gpu
- PS4 & Slim: AMD Graphics Core Next, GCN with 18 CUs @ 800 MHz (1.84 TFLOPS), Pro: AMD GCN with 36 CUs @ 911 MHz (4.2 TFLOPS)
- Ram
- All models: 8 GB GDDR5 RAM, PS4 & Slim: 256 MB DDR3 RAM (for background tasks), Pro: 1 GB DDR3 RAM (for background tasks)
- Os
- PlayStation 4 system software
Hardware revisions
- Original PS4 CUH-1000 to CUH-1200(2013)
original launch hardware
⚠ some early units had HDMI port damage issues and overheating during long sessions
- PS4 Slim CUH-2000 series(2016)
smaller, more power-efficient, HDR support added
- PS4 Pro CUH-7000 series(2016)
enhanced GPU (4.2 TFLOPS), 4K checkerboard rendering target, boost mode for older games — first 'mid-gen refresh' alongside Xbox One X
Launch colorways & special editions
- Days of Play Limited Steel Black (2018)
- 500 Million Limited Edition Translucent Blue (2018)
- Spider-Man Limited Amazing Red (2018)
- Monster Hunter: World Edition
- Pro Evolution Soccer Edition
- Call of Duty: WWII Bundle
- Star Wars Battlefront II Bundle
- Crash Bandicoot Bundle
- The Last of Us Part II Limited Slim (2020)
Modding scene
- Difficulty
- soft-mod
- Custom firmware
- No public CFW for current firmware as of 2026; older firmware exploits exist (5.05 Jailbreak, 7.55 Jailbreak, 9.00 GoldHEN)
Reception & legacy
Strong launch — outsold Xbox One roughly 2-to-1 globally driven by Sony's clear messaging on used games, DRM, and the $399 price ($100 cheaper than Xbox One)
Removal of optical audio port was the most-cited complaint — many headsets (Astro A40/A50, older surround setups) required adapters or new revisions; some saw it as cost-cutting; missing port was not announced prominently pre-launch
Best-selling PlayStation since PS2 (~117M+ units); cemented Sony's narrative dominance in the 2010s; first-party studios produced what many consider PlayStation's peak narrative era
References
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