I've found that upgrading to an SSD helps a lot when it comes to texture pop in. Also, regarding the Series S, you can always get an external SSD and shuttle your games back and forth to the main drive. Older games can be run straight from it as well.

I remember pre ordering my Og PS4 and picking it up at GameStop and driving home with my grandfather plugging it in and realized I needed a HD port he let me use his flat screen to play when he wasn't watching it be thankful for the things people do for you

The PS4 slim is still a very capable gaming and entertainment console, it has a massive library of games as well good support for entertainment with regular Netflix/Netflix updates. The slim even uses much less power than the OG model so it doesn’t sound like a jet engine on use. Great video anyway- Now is time to get the LAST PS4 PRO and compare that with PS4 & PS5

I put an SSD in my PS4 around 2018 and when I upgraded to my PS5 in 2021 I took the SSD out and used as an external drive for playing PS4 games and storing PS5 ones. I put the old hard drive back in played a few games and the SSD makes a HUGE difference. Probably the best upgrade ever especially with load times, loading in textures and with more consistent FPS in demanding games. Also very easy to do even on the original PS4

I’m so early, it’s just me and the bots

I remember when I bought my ps4 with my brother last year: "Do you want 500Gb or 1Tb?" "Uhhhhhhh, just buy a 500Gb one, I wont play that many games on it anyways" And now here I am having space problems. Edit: about 7 months after this comment was written I switched out my 500 gb hard drive with a 1tb one with the help of my brother.

The PS4 Slim is a great console that is very popular in the secondary market.

I remember buying my 1TB PS4 slim in 2017 brand new for $200 +tax and it was a solid console for the 5 years I’ve had it. I have since moved to the PS5 last August, but there are some things I miss going from PS4 to 5 like the UI and the background themes. If you can find a Slim for cheap, I’d say go for it even if its used (I didn’t fully agree with Austin to just buy a new one for over $300). As for the Series S comparison, get an external hard drive or SSD for games not optimized for next gen or to store next gen games that you’re not going to play until later. I don’t know why Austin didn’t bring that up in his Series S bit in the video.

Still going strong with my ps4 in 2023, I love this console

I have one of these in our truck. The only console other than the switch we can run off the stock electrical system. Pulls about 80w on average. Works perfect on a generator with a battery

Played my old day one ps4 slim again recently because I’ve been living away from my home. It gives you a real feeling of the differences and how far we’ve come.

Thank you for this video Austin. I know you weren’t just super eager too just give the Series S it’s flowers over the beloved PS4 especially taking into consideration how great the PS4 has been the past 10yrs but you did it & I commend you on that my friend great content I always enjoy you’re coverage.

I have a ps5 in the living room, but I still use my ps4 slim sometimes and it feels really good still, especially since I upgraded it to a 1TB SSD as well. The UI loads an insane amount faster

It's worth using the PS4 for themes since my PS5 does not have them... I really hope that changes. When I boot the PS4 I get to see/hear my cool backgrounds!

I have a feeling they'll keep developing games for the PS4 for some time, given the current install base. They've sold 116+ million PS4s, developers are going to want to still get in on that player base who haven't bought a PS5 yet (which has sold 32 million so far) Remember, the PS2 got FIFA 14 (the same year the PS4 came out!) Major releases will get a few more years, and I foresee indie stuff for ages as long as the PS4 store still operates.

I'm going to say this, gamers destroyed gaming. We have such high expectation nowadays when it comes to graphics that game companies neglect gameplay and storyline. We give game companies a short period of time to create a high def and high graphic game, but when it comes out and the storyline/gameplay suffers, we complain. Typical modern day gamers, instant gratification, entitled and selfish.

I remember buying the Spider-Man ps4 bungle and that came with the physical disc back in I wanna say 2018 on Black Friday. Only downside I see is that mw2 isn’t physical only digital which is a downside but same time isn’t a huge deal since I have it on digital myself.

Back during pandemic, I managed to sell my PS4 Slim (FFXV edition) that I got used from Japan, for basically same price…. After playing on it for almost 5 years. So yeah, definitely keeping those values, although having PS4 shortage probably also helped. Honestly, the only reason I have not been getting my PS4 Slim SSD for so long, is because PS5 is coming, and 60$ is quite a big percentage of 500$. I think PS4 will have quite a long tail of software coming out for it just like PS2. Developers making games just for PS5 need to consider whether their game reaaaally need SSD and extra GPU of PS5. Alot of game does not. Releasing a game on PS4 will ensure that many extra install bases compared to just releasing on PS5.

The big reason was scalpers and the high demand for the latest transistors, people couldnt get their hands on it. I believe they even mentioned it when they talked about increasing ps4 production during the chip shortage, the older tansistors were easier and cheaper to get.

Someone needs to teach Austin how to round up

The idea of getting a new console should transition more into moving the old console to another room or spare room instead of forgetting it

I love videos like this. Such a good idea to take a look at an old console, cause its still very good.

I like how good the base ps4 runs new games make the prospects of steam deck really good considering it’s roughly the same raw power while targeting a lower resolution with 9 year newer architecture that makes it really exciting to see how long steam deck can run new games

I actually bought a PS4 from Sony when they announced last year that they would be doing a final million run of PS4s and then they made way more and that bundle. Maybe someday it'll be worth a lot more since I kept it sealed in the box and everything

The thing that annoyed me the most about the PS4 when it came out was that it didn’t support external storage, and despite it being the most requested feature, Sony didn’t add it until well after the PS4 Pro was released. I had to buy larger internal drive, so I went with the largest laptop drive I could fine, it didn’t fit into the PS4 Pro … I had to get cables to extend the internal connection outside of the console, its still like that to this day … mostly because I switched to Xbox as my primary console, it had external HDD support from day one along with a bunch of other quality of life features that the PS4 lacked at the time like the Quick Menu that allowed you to access the party chat without switching from your game, also I think Xbox has overall better value with Game Pass/Backwards Compatibility/Cross-Platform Support, and I often found the sale prices of third-party games were better than on PSN. It’s also getting harder to support Sony’s anti-consumer business practices, when Microsoft has been doing so much better in that regard in recent years. It’s almost like they switched places in terms of consumer friendliness at some point between the PS3/X360 and the PS4/XB1 generations. Ultimately, now I just play the exclusives on PlayStation, everything else is on Xbox or PC.

Seriously people freaking out about the price was getting old. The controller alone was a 60 dollar value, add the game with let's be generous and say another 40 bucks is added and the console itself was a decent value imo.

When you realize that PS4 is from 2013, you feel time going fast.

Last PS4? Bruh, the PS4's life cycle doesn't end until 2025.

i cant lie when i saw this video i instantly got negitive thoughts because of the fact about almost 10 years has passed after the ps4s original launch of november 2013 and i got ps4 on december 10th 2019 (i was 11 btw) and when i watched this video i got extremely relieved because most of the things that you had said was mostly positive information so thank you austin for keeping my hopes up and still letting me know that the ps4 still has some sense of power left in it. (you forgot about the jet engine part but i feel like every ps4 user has heard it at "LEAST" once or twice.)

If you really want a PS4 slim brand new, the MWII bundle sounds like an amazing deal as you arent losing so much money, if you dont want mwII you can always just give it away to someone who wants it Would be great if it was a disc and not a digital code so you could use it in multiple PS4's

If you are on a tight budget, and don't care about playing on a large display, or having the best of the best graphics, then I have to say the Switch Lite at $200 new is a fantastic value for the vast amount of games it has, and the fact you can take it with you. @ $300+ I'd start looking around at some used PC gear, and installing a good Linux distro on it like Solus Linux for some STEAM gaming.

Sony just announced that about 1/2 of their customers are using.... PS4. And they are still selling them!! I just picked up a refurbished PS4 Pro for less than 250$ and it was in near mint condition and it has a LOT more TFLOPS than the standard PS4.... hard to believe. I purchased it basically for media consumption, but the fact that it plays games.... well, icing on the cake.

The one thing crazy about the ps4 is how expensive the controllers are still. Even duing sales it stays at its $60 price compared to the Ps5 controller dropping in price being much cheaper.

the ps4 wont discontinue til 2025

Specific PlayStation models are being sold for around 12 years: PS1 1994-2006, PS2 2000-2013, PS3 2006-2017 So we can expect PS4s to be produced until 2024-2025

I started to use my ps4 early model with the shiny top that slides off. I haven't used it since launch. I'm so mad I haven't touched a Sony system since ps2. I'm loving it, the fun games, trophies. Yeah I can play Xbox on my pc, but these games are so casual and just fun!!!

Gotta get the Series S, it's got better Sony back compat than Sony

if sony releases an update that optimizes performance for SSDs on PS4, the PS4 pro could be a great 1440p60 machine for 300. they could make newer games at 1440p medium settings and have newer games require a newer software with an SSD. kinda like a ps4.5 or something like that. sell the pro model only with a 1tb ssd for 300.

PS4 is still sold here in Poland new in electronic stores as well. Around 330 $ for console alone (Slim 500 GB), 370 $ for CoD: Modern Warfare 2 bundle (as one in video, but one on video actually has 1 TB HDD). Crazy.

I have a ps4 base model. Then 8 years later finally decided to get a Ps4 Pro to run Horizon FW better (base did fine, long load screens and an occasional load screen in a fight with more than 4 machines or 2 Thunderjaws, Tiderippers,etc…) had the Pro for 4 days and seen a notification from Sony saying they restocked PS5s and now I have the disc PS5 and HFW (PS5 edition) is just beautiful. Now, I’m gonna go back to playing Super Mario 64 on my N64 (unphased graphics btw)

PS5 now has the ability to play natively some PS1 and PS2 games. You still need the premium sub but it seems to be improving. They even have trophy support!

In the past I would choose the PlayStation4 and it’s cheap library of amazing games over the Xbox series, 2 games a year. However with its studio acquisitions lately, and game pass, they will be on track to release lots more games! It’s a good time to be a gamer.

I'm a PC gamer. If i were to get a consdole it would be a PS4. The only reason I haven't is because I find them to be expensive considering how old they are and can't justify it.

PS5 is still $700 plus in Australia, it's just not in reach for a lot of people. My PS4 Pro is still going strong (bought new Xmas 2019), and I could probably extend that with an SSD upgrade.

I grabbed forbidden west last year and that was what convinced be to seek out a PS5. Forbidden west just looked and felt bad to play. It was blurry, the higher detail world was phasing in just a few feet around you giving this really odd pixelated effect to vegetation and at least on my TV the 30 fps just didn't feel right. I couldn't even make it through the prologue, it hurt my eyes and made me feel kind of sick because of the way the motion was. I put my PS4 out to pasture after that, she had a good run but new stuff just wasn't very nice to play on it anymore.

austin complaining about how the ps4 in only supported by 1080p... meanwhile me here with a ps3 super slim with broken hdmi port playing on 560p supported by av thinking the graphics are great

My biggest problem with the ps5 as someone who plays play station games a lot is i dont have the room for such a big console to stand or to lay down the ps4 slim fits perfectly into my media center and does not jump out at me like a giant white wifi router does and thats the main reason i wont be upgrading anytime soon

First time seeing your channel! Appreciated your presence on the other YT channel. HOWEVER, even better to see you on your own content!

I still have my ps4 that I got around the time Red Dead 2 came out and I don't plan on getting rid of it until games I want to play start only getting released on the PS5. I also have a PC now so it would have to be an exclusive that REALLY blows me out of the water. God of War Ragnarok runs great on the PS4 (according to DF) so I plan on getting it for that eventually.

I have a slim when it was new and its slower than the new ps4 slim. And it’s probably because the age but the new one is significantly snappier when it comes to the quick menu. I think we are getting to a time where systems are all getting good enough to make good games.

One absolutely massive flaw with series S is good luck playing second hand disc games

Regretted selling my OG PS4 when I got my desktop. It was such a good media powerhouse in the living room

cant afford ps5, cant play ragnarok on series s, ps4 it is

1.2 million views but 27k likes? hmmm ok..

When I upgraded my PS4 to a PS5 just a few months ago, I kept it, moved it to my bedroom. Remote play ps5 and play PS4 games. It's been awesome. I think the PS5 is amazing but u gotta realize, some people don't have an extra $200. They also may not have a 4k display, etc. So if their PS4 goes out, they may not want to upgrade for the price, and they may not have the TV for it. They especially wouldn't want to switch to Xbox if they are invested in the accessories and ecosystem.

I think I have the best combo, I got a PS5 disk edition since I have physical PlayStation games, a Xbox Series S since all my Xbox games are digital, and I play them on PC most of the time anyways. I think that those consoles are the best combo you can get for this generation.

Ps4 is the goat of consoles hands down

I paid less for my ps5 than that lol

PS4 is already legacy console ,majority of AAA game developers are supporting it but after 2-3 years only FIFA and WWE games will be available and it is fact . But if you are homebrew enthusiast and willing to play around with emulators , mods for games and so on it is your chance to snatch a brand new console and stay offline waiting for jailbreak .

Honestly I'm surprised Dualshock 4 controllers have not majorly dropped in price. At some point during sales the Dualsense is more cheaper then the Dualshock 4

340 for not even the pro thats a rip off

I'm a playstation user 100% however I needed to upgrade to the next gen consoles (I had a PS4) but the PS5 wasn't available for a reasonable price so I said why not and got a series s and I gotta say If want PS5 but they aren't available the series s is a great middle ground until you can get you hands on a PS5

At least the PS4 does still have the option of buying an external hard drive and plugging it in and using it. So you are able to expand your memory in the system that way. The PlayStation five and the Xbox series X don’t allow you to do that. Which for me as a major drawback. I don’t have $200 to drop on a memory stick in the case of Xbox.

Gamestop: $259.99 Austin: $250! Drove me nuts lol.

PS4 came out in 2013 ;-)

Love you Austin and your team, one day i want to meet you all irl

I mean it made sense until like a few months ago because the PS5 was impossible to get but now you can just walk into a store and get one so there’s absolutely no reason for this especially when the Xbox Series S is the same price.

wow, the PlayStation 4 Slim was announced on September 7, 2016 Sony are making some money on those sales now

still rocking the ps3 since 2008~

You can add an inexpensive external SSD to the Series S via the USB ports. My Series S has two external drives attached, I have one 2 TB SSD and a 2 TB HDD and it works great. Games that are optimized for Series X|S will need to be installed on the internal storage but its very easy to transfer games back and forth from the external drives. Also, most games from last gen will run on the external SSD with no issues. Not all Series X|S optimized games need to be installed on the internal SSD.

Hello everyone I just wanted to say that if you ever have a bad day don’t let it push you down all the bad days just make you better

here in the UK you can buy a pre owned ps4 slim for £100

imagne playstation start to selling ps3 again

So you basically just reviewed the PS4 again? Good shit bro.

Just bought a New Base Model PS4 $299 took a break from games mid 2010s so was Excited to get a Brand New PS4.

I keep seeing these in stores and have had to talk myself out of it several times. We skipped PS4 last gen and have a Series X this gen (which we use to watch a TON of media off an external drive, lol).

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Can you not do a comparison like this for xbox one s?

while it might be crazy to buy a new ps4, just as crazy as putting an ssd in it, and thinking 2 seconds is a great improvement.

ITS 2023 GET A PS5

Finally, a good video!!!. This is a good tech review, not a buch of guys throwing boxes and screaming ...

austin keep up the great work

The only use for ps4’s long term is to jailbreak it at this point which hopefully has as cool of a scene as the vita one day

I bought a brand new PS4 last year (April 2022). I’ve kept it sealed. But I think I may open it up finally.

Money man, lotta ps4 out there I bet my ass ps4 gonna be out there for a while.

Its not one of the last ps4s, i still see them periodically at walmarts in canada for about 280 dollars

my family got our PS4 slim like 2 or 3 years ago for $200 on black friday and it was 1TB and came with 3 games and the value on PS4's have held so well we could probably sell it for a profit

Easiest fix for the limited storage issue. Get an internet connection that lets you download 70gb games in 30 mins. And before you say that's expensive and you pay for it every month. It's nickels and dimes, when you have a decent paying job and gaming is your hobby.

*340 USD. The intro states it as being 10 bucks cheaper.

Someone just opened the storage room and found the old chips lying around so in a board meeting it was decided to again sell the PS4.

I still have a standard ps4 that has a manufacture date of 2014. I have never changed anything about the system. Yet while I see some certain load spike in game like Ark and Call of Duty, I still run it almost daily since I got it and it’s staying strong.

You need to take into account that $300 today is worth less than it was 10 years ago. Value of $1 from 2010 to 2023. This means that today's prices are 1.37 times as high as average prices since 2010,

Austin when he finds out that one of the newest consoles gets more dev support and performs better than a 10 year old console. 😱😱😱😱

Its the same price because ps4 sells at the same price that it cost 2 built. and discounts you see in stores are just taking price off the profit money the stores make. So, in my opinion. its a bit unfair to say that they are too expensive. They are just not worth it anymore. That should be the conclusion.

See...this is my kind of thing.. I have wanted a playstation ever since the PS2 slim came out.. Haven't had anything since.. This PS4 would be a great buy

I personally have a ps4 slm and I think that the ps4 slim is still able to to handle more games but it is true that at the most in the next 5 years, sony will probably retire the console.

I understand that games now have their own backgrounds and music on the PS5, but I miss themes.

Thought it was actually going to be the very last PS4 of the production line ever, which would have been cool.

At my Walmart they have a 1TB PS4 slim for over $300, does not include any games. They keep getting them in stock the last couple of months.

I got my ps4 fat from Gamestop as a preowned console back in 2016. It was a spotless and very clean example like a brand new one. I loved Gamestops they were always very kind and helpful with me. I have nothing but good experiences with them and my ps4 is still rocking hard.