SONY: PS4 is region free, has upgradable HDD; Yoshida says it was "a great day"

MCV Staff 11th June 2013 Business News

The PlayStation 4 will be region free and allow gamers to upgrade the internal hard drive.

That was confirmed by SCE’s president of Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida on Twitter this morning as Sony continues to ride high on the wave of goodwill that has followed its E3 presentation.

Note that Xbox One will not be region free and does not allow HDD upgrades.

A buoyant Yoshida added: It was a great day today, an understatement :)”

Sony has also confirmed that each PS4 console will come with an HDMI cable and a headset.

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