Sony Unveils New High-End 'PlayStation Pro' and Slimmer PS4

Sony unveiled a slimline PlayStation 4 during a press conference at the PlayStation Theater in Times Square Wednesday afternoon. Sony boss Andrew House kicked off the show by leaping straight to the revised system, which he said would be "slimmer, lighter, more energy efficient" than the current model, which hasn't changed since its launch in November 2013. The slimmer PlayStation 4 will be the "standard" PlayStation 4 moving forward, said House, and it's designed "to appeal to as wide an audience as possible." It'll be available by September 15 for most markets, and Sony's going to sell it for 299, or 50 less than the current model's 350 price tier. PlayStation 4 system architect Mark Cerny then confirmed the existent of PlayStation Pro, Sony's souped-up, razzle-dazzle followup to its not quite three years old PlayStation 4 games console.