PS4 | E3 Console Teaser | It's a Box and it's Black!

When I first started studying the images from the teaser, one thing I quickly deduced was that the top of the console uses at least 3 materials: A black glossy material, a dark grey matte material, and a light grey glossy material. It also became clear early on that the entire base of the console was made of the dark grey matte material.

At first, I thought the vents (pictured on the front right of my mockup) were located on the back of the system, but after studying the arrangement of the different materials and their surroundings, I was finding it near impossible to deduce what the top of the console would look like with the vents in the back. I discovered that making 3 columns instead of two, and placing the vents in front was the solution that made the most sense.There were no images showing the power/eject buttons, LEDs, or USB ports, so I had to improvise on those, using locations that seemed plausible based on the evidence I had.

Only the "4" is shown in the pictures, but if you look closely, you can see the bottom of the S. Then there was another picture with the PS logo on the same matte material as the 4. It was clear that the PS4 logo, as well as the PS logo were both located in the same section on the top of the console.

The circular fan was difficult to place. One other mockup placed it on the left side, but close examination of the photos made that pretty much impossible, as the left side is the glossy black material. The right side seemed plausible, but placing it on the side would result in a round back, while other photos showed a flat back. Placing it on top allowed it to match the light grey glossy material, touch the edge of the console, but also allow the back of the console to be flat vertically.Some people have suggested that the circular fan is not actually a part of the ps4 console, but an extreme close up of something else, possibly a headset speaker.

There weren't many pictures of what I assumed to be the back, but from the evidence, I could deduce that there was a thin glossy black rim along the edge (this also matched the circular fan image), then the rear of the console was glossy black on top and dark grey matte on bottom. It was fairly easy to match the left side of the console with the image of the small black vents due to the materials used, and the back images being mostly flat vertically. It's also clear that the indent on this side could be useful for ventilation if the console is placed vertically, using the left side as the base.

gamerforever wrote:Stunning!

gamerforever wrote:Stunning!

Wedgie wrote:

gamerforever wrote:Stunning!

Reel in the fanboy side of you in, will you?

1cmanny1 wrote:I hope they don't screw up their conference.

gamerforever wrote:

1cmanny1 wrote:I hope they don't screw up their conference.

Oh, they won't. Expect big things.

I don't think Sony are into the practice of buying out third party's 'affections' to get games on their platform - their first party portfolio is unrivalled for its strength, diversity and originality.

On top of that the machine is an absolute beast and to be honest I would pay £424.99 - It's the price you pay for 50% more power than it's closest rival.

We truly have a three tiered console lineup in terms of raw power from the underpowered Wii U to the absolute beast, the PlayStation 4.

gamerforever wrote:

1cmanny1 wrote:I hope they don't screw up their conference.

Oh, they won't. Expect big things.

I don't think Sony are into the practice of buying out third party's 'affections' to get games on their platform - their first party portfolio is unrivalled for its strength, diversity and originality.

On top of that the machine is an absolute beast and to be honest I would pay £424.99 - It's the price you pay for 50% more power than it's closest rival.

We truly have a three tiered console lineup in terms of raw power from the underpowered Wii U to the absolute beast, the PlayStation 4.

NickSCFC wrote:

gamerforever wrote:

1cmanny1 wrote:I hope they don't screw up their conference.

Oh, they won't. Expect big things.

I don't think Sony are into the practice of buying out third party's 'affections' to get games on their platform - their first party portfolio is unrivalled for its strength, diversity and originality.

On top of that the machine is an absolute beast and to be honest I would pay £424.99 - It's the price you pay for 50% more power than it's closest rival.

We truly have a three tiered console lineup in terms of raw power from the underpowered Wii U to the absolute beast, the PlayStation 4.

I love you console gaming don't ever die