NEW YORK -- Sony announced two new versions of the PlayStation 4 on Thursday, a smaller standard model and a high-performance platform, hoping to attract a wider audience as smartphone games are eating console gaming's lunch.
Subsidiary Sony Interactive Entertainment will launch a new PS4 console Sept. 15 that is 30% more compact yet boasts nearly the same capabilities as its predecessor. The $299.99 price tag is smaller as well, $50 below the current price. This follows a $50 cut last fall, meaning the price of the standard model has dropped $100 in just a year.
