Eighth generation of video game consoles
Comparison

Eighth generation of video game consoles

Section Title: Comparison
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Product Line	Wii U	PlayStation 4	Xbox One	Nintendo Switch

Name	PlayStation 4	PlayStation 4 Slim	PlayStation 4 Pro	Xbox One	Xbox One S	Xbox One X

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A white Wii U console and GamePad	A PlayStation 4 console and DualShock 4 controller	A PlayStation 4 Slim console	A PlayStation 4 Pro console	An Xbox One console, controller and Kinect sensor	An Xbox One S console and controller	An Xbox One X console	A Nintendo Switch console in docked mode with Joy-Con controllers in grip

Manufacturer	Nintendo	Sony	Microsoft	Nintendo

Release dates	NA: November 18, 2012EU: November 30, 2012AU: November 30, 2012JP: December 8, 2012	NA: November 15, 2013EU: November 29, 2013AU: November 29, 2013JP: February 22, 2014	WW: September 15, 2016	WW: November 10, 2016	NA: November 22, 2013EU: November 22, 2013 (select countries only)AU: November 22, 2013JP: September 4, 2014	NA: August 2, 2016 (select countries only)EU: August 2, 2016 (select countries only)AU: August 2, 2016JP: November 24, 2016	WW: November 7, 2017	WW: March 3, 2017

Launch prices	US$	US$299.99 (equivalent to $327.38 in 2018)	US$399.99 (equivalent to $430.22 in 2018)	US$299.00 (equivalent to $312.14 in 2018)	US$399.00 (equivalent to $416.54 in 2018)	US$499.99 (equivalent to $537.77 in 2018)	US$299.00 (equivalent to $312.14 in 2018)	US$499.99 (equivalent to $511.05 in 2018)	US$299.99 (equivalent to $306.63 in 2018)

€	Set by retailers	€399.00	€499

GB£	Set by retailers	GB£349.00 (equivalent to £392.89 in 2018)	GB£345.00 (equivalent to £369.26 in 2018)	GB£429.00 (equivalent to £482.95 in 2018)	GB£279.99 (equivalent to £289.34 in 2018)

A$	A$348.00	A$549.00	A$560.00	A$599.00	A$469.95

JP¥	¥26,250 (equivalent to ¥26,118 in 2013)	¥41,979	¥29,980

Current prices	Discontinued	US$349 £299 A$479 (500 GB Model)	Same as launch prices	Same as launch prices	Launch Model Same as launch prices 1TB Model (without Kinect) US$349 £299 A$499 (500GB Model)	Same as launch prices	Same as launch prices	Same as launch prices

Discontinued	January 31, 2017	September 15, 2016	In production	August 25, 2017	In production

Sales	Shipped	13.56 million (as of December 31, 2018)	96.50 million (as of February 1, 2019)	10.00 million (as of December 2014)	32.27 million (as of December 31, 2018)

Sold	Not reported	91.6 million (estimated as of December 31, 2018)	39.1 million (estimated as of March 31, 2018)	Not reported

Best-selling game	Mario Kart 8, 8.42 million (as of September 30, 2018)	Horizon Zero Dawn, 10.00 million (As of February 28, 2019)	PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, 8.00 million (as of July 2018)	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, 15.02 million (as of December 31, 2018)

List of best-selling Wii U video games	List of best-selling PlayStation 4 video games	List of best-selling Xbox One video games	List of best-selling Nintendo Switch video games

Media	Distribution	Wii U Optical Disc (25 GB) (5x CAV)Wii Optical Disc (4.7/8.5 GB) (6x CAV)	Blu-ray (25/50 GB) (6x CAV)	Blu-ray (25/50 GB)	Nintendo Switch game card (1-32 GB)

Other	N/A	Blu-ray, DVD, CD	Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, DVD, CD	N/A

CPU	Type	Tri-Core IBM PowerPC Espresso	Octa-core AMD Jaguar-based	Quad-core ARM Cortex-A57, quad-core ARM Cortex-A53

ISA	PowerPC	x86-64	ARMv8-A

Clock speed	1.24 GHz	1.60 GHz	2.13 GHz	1.75 GHz	2.30 GHz	1.02 GHz

L1 cache	192 kB	512 kB	576 kB

L2 cache	3 MB	4 MB	2.5 MB

L3 cache	32 MB eDRAM @ 550 MHz (256 GB/s)	N/A	32 MB eSRAM @ 853 MHz (204 GB/s)	32 MB eSRAM @ 914 MHz (219 GB/s)	N/A	N/A

3 MB eSRAM

Process	45 nm	28 nm	16 nm	28 nm	16 nm	16 nm	20 nm

Secondary	ARM9 processor (for background tasks)	ARM processor (for background tasks)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

GPU	Type	AMD Radeon-based "Latte"	AMD Radeon-based "Liverpool"	AMD Radeon-based "Neo"	AMD Radeon-based "Durango"	AMD Radeon-based "Durango 2"	AMD Radeon-based "Scorpio Engine"	Nvidia GM20B Maxwell-based

Clock speed	550 MHz	800 MHz	911 MHz	853 MHz	914 MHz	1,172 MHz	307-768 MHz

Stream processors	320	1152	2304	768	2560	256

TFLOP/s	0.352	1.843	4.198	1.310	1.404	6.001	0.157-0.393

TMUs	16	72	144	48	160	16

Texture rate	8.8 GTexel/s	57.6 GTexel/s	131.2 GTexel/s	40.9 GTexel/s	43.8 GTexel/s	187.5 GTexel/s	4.9-12.3 GTexel/s

ROMs	8	32	64	16	32	16

Pixel rate	4.4 GPixel/s	25.6 GPixel/s	58.30 GPixel/s	13.6 GPixel/s	14.6 GPixel/s	37.5 GPixel/s	4.9-12.3 GPixel/s

Compute units	5	18	36	12	40	2

Process	40 nm	28 nm	16 nm	28 nm	16 nm	20 nm

Memory	Main	2 GB DDR3 SDRAM	8 GB GDDR5 SDRAM	8 GB DDR3 SDRAM	12 GB GDDR5 SDRAM	4 GB LPDDR4 SDRAM

Clock speed	800 MHz (1600 MHz effective)	1375 MHz (5500 MHz effective)	1700 MHz (6800 MHz effective)	1066.5 MHz (2133 MHz effective)	1700 MHz (6800 MHz effective)	1600 MHz (3200 MHz effective)

Bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	176.0 GB/s	217.6 GB/s	68.3 GB/s	326.4 GB/s	25.6 GB/s

Reserved	1 GB	3.5 GB	3 GB	1 GB

Secondary	N/A	256 MB DDR3 RAM	1 GB DDR3 RAM	N/A

Storage	Internal	8 GB/32 GB eMMC flash memory (non-replaceable) 1 GB flash memory (reserved for the OS)	500 GB HDD, 1 TB HDD (user replaceable)	1 TB HDD (user replaceable)	500 GB HDD, 1 TB HDD (non-replaceable) 8 GB flash memory (reserved for the OS)	500 GB HDD, 1 TB HDD, 2 TB HDD (non-replaceable) 8 GB flash memory (reserved for the OS)	1 TB HDD, (non-replaceable) 8 GB flash memory (reserved for the OS)	32 GB eMMC NAND flash memory (non-replaceable)

External	Supports up to 32 GB SDHC cards Supports up to 2 TB USB HDD (Wii U Mode only)	Supports USB HDD over 240GB up to 8 TB (with System Software 4.50)	Supports USB 3.0 HDD larger than 256 GB up to 16 TB	Supports microSD/microSDHC/microSDXC up to 2 TB

Game Installation	Only downloaded games can be installed to storage	All games must be installed to a connected HDD	Downloaded games can be installed to internal memory or SD card

Network	Wireless	802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi @ 2.4 GHz 802.11n Wi-Fi @ 5.0 GHz	802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi @ 2.4 GHz	802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi	802.11a/b/g/n dual-band Wi-Fi @ 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz	802.11a/b/g/n/ac dual-band Wi-Fi @ 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz	802.11 a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi @ 2.4 and 5.0 GHz

Wired	Fast Ethernet	Gigabit Ethernet	Fast Ethernet

Dimensions	When lying down on its side: Width: 172 mm (6.7 in) Height: 46 mm (1.8 in) Length: 268.5 mm (10.5 in) (can be oriented vertically using a stand)	When lying down on its side: Width: 275 mm (10.8 in) Height: 53 mm (2.0 in) Length: 305 mm (12.0 in) (can be oriented vertically using a stand)	When lying down on its side: Width: 265 mm (10.4 in) Height: 39 mm (1.5 in) Length: 288 mm (11.3 in) (can be oriented vertically using a stand)	When lying down on its side: Width: 295 mm (11.6 in) Height: 55 mm (2.2 in) Length: 327 mm (12.9 in) (can be oriented vertically using a stand)	When lying down on its side: Width: 309 mm (12.1 in) Height: 83 mm (3.2 in) Length: 258 mm (10.1 in) (must be oriented horizontally)	When lying down on its side: Width: 295 mm (11.6 in) Height: 64 mm (2.5 in) Length: 227 mm (8.9 in) (can be oriented vertically using a stand)	When lying down on its side: Width: 300 mm Height: 60 mm Length: 240 mm	Console laying flat: Width: 102 mm (4.0 in) Height: 13.9 mm (0.55 in) Length: 203.1 mm (8.00 in) (Console only) 239 mm (9.4 in) (Joy-Con attached)

Weight	1.5 kg (3.3 lb)	2.8 kg (6.2 lb)	2.1 kg (4.6 lb)	3.3 kg (7.3 lb)	3.2 kg (7.1 lb)	2.9 kg (6.4 lb)	3.8 kg (8.4 lb)	0.297 kg (0.65 lb) (Console only) 0.398 kg (0.88 lb) (Joy-Con attached)

Power	75 W (external power supply)	Max. 223 W (internal power supply)	Max. 163 W (internal power supply)	Max. 289 W (internal power supply) (PSU) Max. 310 W (internal power supply) (Product Page)	Max. 220 W (external power supply)	Max. 125 W (internal power supply)	Max. 245 W (internal power supply)	4,310 mAh, 3.7 V lithium-ion battery

Included accessories	All Models Wii U GamePad Stylus Wii Sensor Bar HDMI cable Deluxe/Premium Model only Wii U GamePad stand Wii U GamePad charging cradle Wii U console stand	DualShock 4 controller Micro-USB cable (for charging DualShock 4) Wired mono headset HDMI cable	Xbox One controller Kinect sensor (in some bundles) Wired mono headset HDMI cable	Xbox One controller Wired mono headset HDMI cable	Two Joy-Con controllers (L and R) Two Joy-Con straps Joy-Con Grip Switch Dock HDMI cable

Video	Output	1080p, 1080i, 720p, 480p HDMI out 1.4 Component video YPBPR (D-Terminal out Japan only) 576i, 480i (standard 4:3 and 16:9 anamorphic widescreen) Composite video S-Video (NTSC consoles only) RGB SCART (PAL consoles only) D-Terminal (Japanese consoles only)	1080p, 1080i, 720p, and 480p HDR10 HDMI out 1.4b	4K 2160p, 1080p, 1080i, 720p, and 480p HDR10 HDMI out 2.0b	1080p and 720p HDMI in/out 1.4b	4K 2160p, 1440p, 1080p and 720p HDR10 Dolby Vision HDMI out 2.0a (Xbox One S) HDMI out 2.1 (Xbox One X) HDMI in 1.4b AMD FreeSync support	720p (undocked) Via 6.2-inch, 1280 × 720p LCD screen @ 237 ppi 1080p (docked) HDMI out 1.4a

Integrated 3DTV support	No	Yes	No

Second screen	Wii U GamePad (bundled with console)	PlayStation Vita PlayStation App on iOS and Android devices	SmartGlass on Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows Phone, iOS, and Android devices	N/A

Remote	Local game streaming via Off-TV Play to Wii U GamePad for some games	Local and remote game streaming via Remote Play to PS Vita, macOS and Windows, or selected Sony Xperia smartphone for all games, except those that require the PS Camera or PS Move	Local game streaming via Xbox App to Windows 10 PC	N/A

Audio	5.1 LPCM output via HDMI Analog stereo via "AV Multi Out" port Stereo speakers on Wii U GamePad Stereo output via 3.5mm jack on Wii U GamePad	7.1 LPCM and bitstreaming output via HDMI 2.0 LPCM and bitstreaming output via optical out Stereo output via 3.5mm jack on DualShock 4 Mono speaker on DualShock 4	7.1 LPCM and bitstreaming output via HDMI 2.0 LPCM and bitstreaming output via optical out Internal system speaker Stereo output via extension port on controller (requires adapter for 3.5 mm jacks) and via 3.5 mm jack port (present only on 2nd and 3rd controller revisions)	5.1 LPCM output via HDMI Stereo speakers on Console Stereo output via 3.5mm jack on Console

Peripheral abilities	Bluetooth 4.0 HDMI (1 out port) "AV Multi Out" port 4 USB 2.0 ports (2 at front of console, 2 at rear) Sensor Bar power port Near Field Communication (NFC)	Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR HDMI (1 out port) 2 USB 3.0 ports (at front of console) PS Camera AUX port Optical out port Ethernet port	Bluetooth 4.0 (LE) HDMI (1 out port) 3 USB 3.1 (gen 1) ports PS Camera AUX port Optical out port Ethernet port	Wi-Fi Direct 2 HDMI (1 in port and 1 out port) 3 USB 3.0 ports (1 at side of console, 2 at rear) Kinect port Optical out port Ethernet port	IR Blaster Bluetooth 4.0 2 HDMI (1 in port and 1 out port) 3 USB 3.0 ports (1 at front of console, 2 at rear) Optical out port S/PDIF Ethernet port	Bluetooth 4.1 HDMI (1 out port on dock) 1 USB 3.0 port (on dock) 2 USB 2.0 ports (on dock) 1 USB-C port (on Console) Near Field Communication (NFC)

Controller	Wii U GamePad Wii U Pro Controller (up to 7) Wii Remote/Plus (up to 7) Nunchuk attachment Classic Controller attachment Wii Balance Board Nintendo 3DS (select games only) Nintendo GameCube controller (adapter required, only supports Super Smash Bros.	DualShock 4 controller (up to 4) PlayStation Move PlayStation Camera PlayStation Vita (select games only)	Xbox One controller (up to 8) Kinect	Joy-Con controller (up to 8) Nintendo Switch Pro Controller (up to 8) Nintendo GameCube controller (adapter required)

Touch capability	Wii U GamePad includes an integrated resistive touchscreen	DualShock 4 controller includes an integrated 2 point capacitive touchpad	N/A	Console includes multi-touch capacitive touchscreen

Camera	Wii U GamePad camera (bundled with all consoles)	PlayStation Camera	Kinect	Kinect (adapter required to use)	N/A

Online services	Nintendo Network Nintendo eShop Miiverse (discontinued) Nintendo TVii (discontinued) Wii U Chat (discontinued)	PlayStation Network PlayStation Store PlayStation Now PlayStation Music PlayStation Video PlayMemories Online PlayStation Vue	Xbox Live Microsoft Store Microsoft Movies & TV	Nintendo Switch Online Nintendo eShop

Downloads games and automatic updates in the background via SpotPass	Downloads games and automatic updates in the background	Downloads automatic updates in the background

Free	Paid PlayStation Plus subscription required for online multiplayer, except for free-to-play titles	Paid Xbox Live Gold subscription required for online multiplayer and party chat	Paid Nintendo Switch Online subscription required for online multiplayer, except for free-to-play titles

Game DVR	Image	Screenshots with Miiverse integration (can be shared to Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus and Tumblr)	Screenshots with Facebook and Twitter integration	Screenshots with Twitter integration	Screenshots with Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr integration

Video	Gameplay replays with YouTube integration (select games only)	Up to 1 hour of gameplay with Dailymotion, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube integration; 720p for all PS4 models, 1080p for PS4 Pro	Up to 5 minutes of gameplay; 1080p for all Xbox One models, 4K for Xbox One X (external storage required)	Up to 30 seconds of gameplay with Facebook and Twitter integration

Live streaming	N/A	Live streaming with Dailymotion, Twitch, Ustream and YouTube Gaming integration	Live streaming with Mixer and Twitch integration	N/A

Free	Free	Paid subscription to Xbox Live Gold required

Regional lockout	Region locked	Unrestricted

List of games	List of Wii U games	List of PlayStation 4 games	List of Xbox One games	List of Nintendo Switch games

Backward compatibility	Wii	Partial

System software	Wii U system software	PlayStation 4 system software	Xbox One system software	Nintendo Switch system software

Updates	Updates are downloaded and installed automatically in Standby Mode	Updates are downloaded and installed automatically in Rest Mode	Updates are downloaded and installed automatically in Instant-on Mode	Automatic updates can be enabled by turning on Automatic Software Updates in System Settings

Sentence(s)

The eighth generation began on November 18, 2012, with the release of the Wii U and continued with the release of the PlayStation 4 on November 15, 2013 and the Xbox One on November 22, 2013.

final_sentence: The eighth generation began on November 18, 2012, with the release of the Wii U and continued with the release of the PlayStation 4 on November 15, 2013 and the Xbox One on November 22, 2013.