Sony PS4 to cost Rs 39,990 in India, in stores from January 6

New Delhi: Sony has launched its new generation Sony PlayStation 4 in India at Rs 39,990. The device will be available in stores on January 6th 2014, and consumers can pre-order it online on all major e-commerce stores. The PS4 is powered by an eight-core AMD Jaguar/Kabini x86-64 CPU supplemented by a Radeon 7870-derived GPU and 8GB of RAM. It comes with 500GB of hard drive space and connectivity options like Wi-Fi, HDMI out, Aux, Gigabit Ethernet socket, an S/PDIF optical audio out, and two USB connectors.The device's DualShock controller includes a two-point touchpad, six-axis Move motion sensor, a light bar and a Share button that allows players to post gameplay footage and screenshots online. While one controller is available for free, the other one will be available for Rs 4,999.The PS4 will use Gaikai game streaming technology which will allow users to directly download games on their console. Users can play the game online as it downloads. The console will also have the ability to download games in the background, even while it is powered off. Users will also be able to upload videos online while playing games and thus share their gameplay on social networks in near real-time. The Gaikai game streaming technology will be available from next year only. Some of the titles arriving on the PS4 include Knack and Killzone Shadow Fall, which cost Rs 3,999. Eight third-party games will be launched on January 6 and they will be priced between Rs 2,499 and Rs 4,499.Since its launch in the US last month, Sony's gaming console has been creating quite a buzz on the Internet.