Sony unveils the inside of the PlayStation 4 ahead of launch

Jordan O'Brien

November 7, 2013

Unless you’ve been living in a box, then we’re pretty sure you’ve heard that Sony is set to launch its new next-generation gaming console next week — also known as the PlayStation 4. If you’ve ever wanted to have a look in the beast of a console, well Sony is finally giving you a chance.

Wired managed to tie Sony engineering director Yasuhiro Ootori down in order to give us the deepest, most intimate look at the PlayStation 4 to date. Inside is some of the things you would expect, with a small fan, sizeable heatsink and the standard circuit boards and components — pretty much the kind of things you would expect in a computer, or just about any electronic device.

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