2013: 8th Generation Video Game consoles are released. * Sony Playstation 4: The fifth Sony console(including Atari;not including portable systems), no major innovation. It was the first home console to be released in the 8th generation, launching exactly 7 days before the Xbox One. The PS4 was one of the largest advancements in gaming history. In a vain attempt to recapture the market it had won with the PS3. Sony jammed as much technology into the PS4 as they could, hyping it up as the most powerful console ever made. All this technology resulted in low amount of problems with manufacturing and an incredibly good price (reaching US $399 at some points). The PS4 was able to properly transmit visual information to most TVs and monitors and when it didn't work the quality was not that bad